Elections in Spain | Pedro Sánchez celebrated the victory of the PSOE: "We send a message to all Europe"

Socialist leader and outgoing President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, claimed Sunday victory in the Spanish legislative elections in front of hundreds of followers in Madrid: "We sent a resounding message to Europe and the world, that you can beat the reaction, authoritarianism ".

These first public statements are a clear response to the emergence of totalitarian parties that have emerged in recent years, such as Vox. "It is important that we recover the democracy and to all of Spanish and Spanish. We sent several messages. Especially of what we do not want. We do not want involution, movement backwards. We want a country that is moving forward, looking towards the future, "he insisted.

"I want to thank all the Spaniards who gave us their vote and trusted us." In addition, with nearly 75% of Spaniards voting, it has been shown that it was one of the most great democracysolid, quality, which millions and millions of Spaniards have participated, in defense of their future, freedoms we have won, "said Sanchez.

According to definitive data, his party won 123 of the 350 seats in the lower house, far from the absolute majority, and must accept the other forces to continue running the country.

The President also recalled that throughout the campaign, they had stated that "the three objectives of the next socialist government would be to advance social justice, coexistence and harmony, to end the confrontation and, third, to claim political cleanliness and put an end to corruption. " "

"For these three challenges, I want to tell you that the socialist government will be the government of all spanish. We will not do like them, we will not install sanitary cords, the only condition we will ask is to respect the national constitution, "Sanchez said.

What the elections have left

The PSOE managed to break ground in the June 2016 general elections and win its first elections since 2008, with 7.38 million votes (28.7% of the total), which will result in 123 seats of deputies, with 98.54% counted.

Although its ability to agree to form a government remains to be seen, the PSOE was the most voted party, although its figures are far from those achieved by the Socialists before the outbreak of Podemos and Ciudadanos.

In terms of percentage, support for the PSOE is comparable to that obtained by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba in 2011 (28.76%), in a race still bipartite between the PSOE and the PP. It was a resounding defeat for the PSOE, who ended up with 110 seats. In 2019, he managed to stay above this figure.

Henceforth, the fragmentation of the center-right vote has led the PSOE to become the first political force of some of the autonomous communities, with the exception of Catalonia (where ERC was), País Vasco (PNV) and Navarre ( Navarra Suma) and Autonomous City of Melilla (PP).