The PSOE acknowledges its defeat and a "bad result" but warns that the PP will have to agree with Vox

Alegría affirms that they should make "a reflection" and explains the result in which the 'popular' absorb Ciudadanos

MADRID, 29 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of Education and Vocational Training and spokesperson for the PSOE, Pilar Alegría, has acknowledged the defeat suffered by the PSOE in the regional and municipal elections held this Sunday and has described the result obtained as "bad".

Alegría has congratulated the PP on its victory, which it has explained in the "absorption" of Ciudadanos by the main opposition party. In addition, she has warned that those of Alberto Núñez Feijóo will have to agree with "the extreme right" of Vox to govern in many parts of Spain.

"It is clear that this result is a bad result for the Socialist Party, it is not at all what we expected," he explained in a brief intervention of just three minutes from the party's headquarters on Ferraz street.

As he has indicated, they aspired to forge majorities of progress thanks to the mobilization of the progressive electorate that "it is evident that it has not occurred", as he has transferred.

"The Popular Party has absorbed all the Ciudadanos vote and it is also clear that many of those governments that will now have to be constituted in different town halls and in different autonomous communities, will only be possible with the sum of the Popular Party and the far-right party of Vox", he explained.

In a self-critical tone, he has indicated that the will of the citizens is clear and the PSOE assumes that they must do things better. "We must work harder to achieve that confidence in the next elections," he said.

Along the same lines, he has indicated that they have to "reflect on the coming months" and continue working from the progressive government so that Spain continues to advance in progress and rights.

The socialist spokeswoman has made these statements in a statement without questions, after learning the results of the 28M elections in which the PSOE has lost the elections against the PP at the municipal level with a difference of 2.5 points. In addition, they have lost the mayoralty of 15 of the 22 provincial capitals in which they governed and they have not managed to add in Valencia or be the first force in Barcelona.

The PSOE has also lost the executives of the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, Aragon, La Rioja and its defeat in Extremadura is about to be confirmed.

Finally, he thanked the citizens who have come to vote, especially the PSOE voters. "We pick up the gauntlet, we understand the message and from now on we start working with more intensity", he has transferred.

Finally, he pointed out that this Monday the Federal Executive will meet to analyze the data of the elections in more detail.