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The insufficient conservative victory and the shadow of ungovernability fill the international press

The international press highlights the elections in Spain. The New York Times He headlines that the results “push the country into a political mess” and underlines that we expect “weeks of uncertainty” or even a repeat of the elections at the end of the year, after no party has achieved a majority sufficient to form a government. The BBC explains that Alberto Núñez Feijóo claims victory in these early elections, but “without the result he needed”, because “even with the support of the far right” he does not get the majority in Parliament. Therefore, he underlines that the “applause” of the socialists sounded as loud as the declaration of their leader, Pedro Sánchez: “The right-wing bloc has failed.” Therefore, since both Sánchez and Feijóo can claim their success, the result in Spain is inconclusive, according to the BBC. Even in the UK, Keeper reports on election day. This morning the news opens its web page. “A parliament without a majority after the failure of the Conservatives to get the majority they hoped for,” headlines the paper. And he points out that, even if he won a majority of seats, he is unlikely to reach a right-wing coalition after an election that raised fears that the far-right would enter government for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of General Franco five decades ago.

Also in Germany a prominent place is given to the result of the elections. “Can Sánchez continue to govern?” you ask the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “Spanish election loser has good reason to smile,” headlined the article. “The conservative People’s Party wins the parliamentary elections, but the right-wing camp is too weak. The socialist Sánchez has a new opportunity, and for this he will have to get closer to the Catalan separatists”, explains the German newspaper. Even the weekly Der Spiegel points to the “decisive role” that an “almost forgotten Catalan separatism” could play and indicates that the far right has lost.

In Italy, The Republic he indicates that the right will not be able to govern and explains that Sánchez, with fewer seats, is approaching La Moncloa, even if there is the risk of new elections on the table. A “difficult government” in Spain, highlights the Corriere della Sera, which refers to Vox as being on the far right, although it does not describe the party of Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, in the same way.