Pedro Sánchez celebrated the triumph in the elections and was willing to negotiate with all the political forces of Spain

"The Socialist Party won the parliamentary elections, which made it possible to win the future and to lose the past," he proclaimed from the balcony of the PSOE headquarters in Madrid. According to almost definitive data, his party won 123 of the 350 seats in the lower house, far from the absolute majorityand must agree with other forces to continue to lead the country.

"With Rivera not"they chanted their supporters, leaving a clear message: they do not want the PSOE to agree with the leader of the citizens to form a government. "We will not install sanitary cords, the only condition is to respect the Constitution, to move towards social justice, coexistence and political cleanliness," Sanchez replied.

With citizens, the PSOE would quickly form a government, since it would get the 176 seats needed; it would reach 180, with the 57 obtained by the center-right block.

However, this option is difficult after the hard campaign by Rivera against Sanchez. The People's Party (PP) and the citizens have clearly expressed their opposition to the Socialists during its government.

"I think it's pretty clear," the Spanish president told the Socialist activists who invaded Ferraz street, flanked by his trusted team, which included his vice president. Carmen Calvo, who wore a striking shirt with the slogan "Yes, I am a feminist", in a clear allusion to the defense of the feminist struggle in Spain.

Before his answer, his supporters again shouted in unison: "they will not pbad", in this case with reference to the three parties in which the right was divided in Spain: the popular party, the citizens and the ultra Vox.

"The Spaniards clearly want the Spanish Socialist Workers Party to rule and run the country for the next four years"Sanchez announced.

Despite this, the Spanish president held out his hand "to all groups to govern under the Constitution".

Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos, was willing to negotiate with Sanchez. "We would have liked a better result," he admitted, but said he would work "so that there is a coalition government in Spain left."

During the campaign, Podemos asked Sánchez to govern together.

However, with the 42 seats reached by the left block, it is not enough that Sanchez reaches the absolute majority. The possibility of a leftist government would depend on an agreement with the Catalan independence parties, possible but laborious.

Rivera, on the other hand, demonstrated this Sunday at the headquarters of the citizens' campaign and predicted that "Sánchez and Iglesias will form a government with the nationalists."

He also pointed out that his party "represents the hope and illusion of the future of Spain" and "Opposition leaders are going to be the deputies of the citizens", virtually eliminating any possibility of negotiation.

"I promise that sooner or later (…) we will govern Spain," he concluded before bidding farewell to his activists.

"Very bad" choice of PP

The leader of the People's Party, Pablo Casado, acknowledged that the result of his training had been "very bad" in Sunday's elections, and attributed it to to the fragmentation of the conservative vote, by the appearance of the far right Vox and the liberal citizens.

At a hearing without questions after the broadcast of the election results, Married exhorted Vox and the citizens to "unite" in the local, regional and European elections that will take place at the end of May.

Regarding the situation in which the PP remains, he was convinced that the party will be "hard and mature" and announced that he would start working tomorrow "with hope and responsibility" to recover support. "The fragmentation of the vote has been much punished," he lamented, noting: "All parties, too, must badyze whether the confrontation with the PP was worth it".