Spain’s left has managed to hold together, even if just barely. The right, meanwhile, is stuck in endless fights and ego clashes. The country’s biggest problems include an oversized state and high taxes, along with a slow, politicized justice system. Open borders and a falling birth rate compound them. Conservative parties keep putting their own turf battles ahead of what the country needs.
Instead of working together, right-wing parties keep splitting into new groups and movements. Each wants more influence, but few offer real solutions. The political scene has become a contest over faces and logos, leaving ideas sidelined. When parties care more about poll numbers and headlines than about fixing housing or family policy, the real issues get pushed aside. Demócrata reports that the PSOE government has suffered 39 legislative defeats in the current parliamentary session, a measure of the gridlock and the difficulty of passing reforms.
The government, accused of using state power to protect itself, has presided over economic stagnation. Taxes keep rising. Subsidies go to those who know how to work the system. Rules and red tape punish people who try to get ahead. The opposition’s response is a set of competing agendas, with no single plan for reform. Reports from Ara and France 24 say migration has become a central political issue, especially after the Ceuta crisis. Afterward, the PSOE dropped by 2 points, while Vox rose to 16.6% in the first CIS poll after the events.
Coordination does not mean everyone has to agree on everything. The center-right and liberal space is broad, spanning conservative and liberal currents as well as regionalist and municipalist ones. That should be a strength. But when these differences turn into turf wars over offices and media coverage, the country loses out. Spain’s urgent problems will not wait for parties to finish dividing up power. Le Monde reports a new legal and political fight over voting rights for naturalized citizens. The Madrid Supreme Court has suspended voting rights for some people naturalized under the Democratic Memory Law. This could affect more than 408,000 new citizens by July 2026.
Spain needs a clear reform agenda shaped with civil society at the table. Business leaders and freelancers should have a say, alongside associations and independent experts. The state should be smaller and more efficient, while families and entrepreneurs need real tax relief. The justice system must be free from political meddling. Borders need secure management without empty slogans, and schools should prepare free citizens rather than party loyalists. Ara reports that recent weeks have brought public disagreements among right- and center-right parties such as Vox and Junts, especially over migration and coalition strategies ahead of the 2027 elections. Regional forces are also debating internally, making stable alliances increasingly difficult to form.
This kind of program cannot come from a coalition focused only on its own survival. The right has to accept that yielding ground in some regions can be necessary for real change. Spanish voters are not loyal to party brands. They want someone to tackle their daily problems.
Moderate voices from the left also have a place, especially those ready to work on practical, local solutions without dragging in ideology. The right should challenge them to join a real debate based on facts and proposals, not insults or tribalism. A confident, reform-minded opposition should push for this kind of honest exchange.
After years of socialist rule and quiet decline, the task is to replace those in power while shrinking the power itself: return decisions to citizens and free them from a bloated state. No single party or leader can do this alone. The right has a shot at pulling Spain out of its current deadlock if it puts urgent reforms ahead of its rivalries and wins over a tired civil society with results.
Recent changes in other sectors show how quickly old positions can fall when new players work together. In the car market, foreign brands have overtaken traditional ones, as reported earlier. Spain’s right must adapt and work together, or risk fading away as the country’s problems get worse.
