Alberto Feijóo: I don’t need Vox’s help to run Spain

The frontrunner to become Spain’s next prime minister has set out his vision for a moderate and centrist style of government that rejects the “politics of Twitter”, defying critics who say he needs the support of populist rightwingers to come to power.

In an interview with The Times, Alberto Feijóo, head of the conservative Popular Party (PP), said he was convinced that he could win enough votes to command an outright majority in next month’s general election, called suddenly by Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist prime minister. If polls are correct, Feijóo will become Spain’s leader after elections on July 23.

One flaw in Sánchez’s attempts to cast the PP as aligned with the far right is that Feijóo is almost a caricature of moderation, reluctant