The right-wing populists in Spain are making a new attempt to overthrow the left-wing government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez with a vote of no confidence. The Vox party officially registered its initiative today in Parliament in Madrid, as announced by Vox President Santiago Abascal. One should not stand idly by as Sánchez destroys the Spanish state, he explained.

Although Vox is the third-largest group in the Madrid House of Commons where the no-confidence vote will be taken and holds 52 of the 350 seats, the party is expected to fail in its second attempt after the October 2020 vote of no-confidence. No party has so far supported the initiative.

No date for the vote of no confidence yet

Vox accuses Sánchez, among other things, of "promoting illegal immigration" and working with separatist parties in the regions of Catalonia and the Basque Country. A date for the vote of no confidence has not yet been set. Abascal wants debates and voting to take place by early April at the latest so that if successful, there is enough time to call early elections. The next parliamentary elections are scheduled for the end of the year.

This is only the sixth no-confidence vote in Spain since the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975. Of the previous five, only one was successful: In June 2018, the socialist Sánchez was able to overthrow the conservative Mariano Rajoy from the PP with his motion and take office take over from the Prime Minister.