Pedro Sanchez made the declaration to reporters after meeting with Rajoy, who is trying to negotiate a way for him and his center-right Popular Party to remain in power after it won the most votes in a national election Sunday but fell far short of a parliamentary majority.
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Such an alliance would dispel political uncertainty, including the risk that Catalonia might declare independence from Spain, Albert Rivera said.
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The Spanish parliament consists of 350 seats of which 123 are now held by the Popular Party; 90 seats are held by the Socialists; Podemos has 69 seats; and Ciudadanos claimed 40 seats (leaving 28 seats held by independents and smaller parties).
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The polls cap a year of electoral change in southern Europe after Syriza swept to power in Greece in January and a coalition of leftist parties in Portugal pooled their votes in Parliament to unseat the conservative government after an inconclusive election in October.
During the campaign Rajoy’s rivals also pointed to glaring inequalities brought on by his drastic spending cuts, tax rises and health reforms – and none more so than pony-tailed, 37-year-old Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias.
Mr. Rajoy celebrated the results on Sunday, but gave a cautious message to his supporters, saying, “I will try to form a government, and I believe Spain needs a stable government”.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s PP had pinned its hopes of securing another term in office on the economic rebound, but it has also been hit hard by corruption scandals and many Spaniards are still worse off than they were before the downturn.
The one possible exception, Rubido and other commentators have suggested, is Podemos, which established itself Sunday as the largest antiestablishment party in Spain.
The PSOE and Podemos both say they would vote against Mr Rajoy. Overall, Podemos’ strong showing tipped the balance to the left of the political spectrum with five left-wing parties led by the Socialists and Podemos together winning 172 seats. A lot of them were lost to their competitor on the left, anti-austerity party Podemos, whose leader said the outcome was a sign that voters were exhausted of the two establishment parties taking turns in governing.
If there is still a deadlock after two months, King Felipe VI will call a new election. “The key question is whether there will be a coalition of parties against Rajoy”.
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The PP’s promise of dialogue came just as José María Aznar, a former prime minister and current honorary president of the PP, raised the spectre of a party congress in the new year to review Rajoy’s leadership. He is firmly opposed to any Catalan referendum on independence.
