Last-minute deal brings Vox into Andalusia's governing coalition

Days of tense negotiations ended with a final-hour pact between the Popular Party (PP) and Vox to invest Juanma Moreno as president of Andalusia's regional government. According to lavanguardia.com, the programmatic agreement had been sealed for some time, but the sticking point was the distribution of ministries, with Moreno reluctantly agreeing to let Vox join the cabinet despite his earlier resistance.

lavanguardia.comPP y Vox cierran acuerdo de investidura para Juanma Moreno en Andalucía con cesión de consejerías

"The pact puts Andalusia at the service of the reactionary agenda"

InfobaeMontero, sobre el pacto PP-Vox: Sitúa a Andalucía al servicio de la agenda reaccionaria

The criticism came swiftly from Spain's Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, who denounced the conservative alliance as a step backward for the region. The minister's words reflected the broader political tension surrounding the coalition, which brings the far-right party into executive power in Spain's most populous autonomous community.

Lavanguardia.com reported that the agreement was reached just before Moreno's second investiture attempt in the Andalusian parliament. The PP had been negotiating behind the scenes for days, trying to balance its need for Vox's parliamentary support against the political cost of handing them government positions.

Despite the deal, the alliance faces a divided legislature and will likely struggle to advance its agenda on contentious social issues. Montero's accusation that the pact serves a "reactionary agenda" highlights the ideological clash that now defines Andalusia's coalition government, with both sides digging in for a combative term.