Bauza denies that he will go to Madrid

Though the president believes that undecided voters will yet help the PP to 40% of the vote, he is making overtures to other parties, notably PSOE.Internal surveys conducted by the Partido Popular suggest that the party will win between 24 and 26 seats at the regional election on 24 May, down, therefore, on the 35 seats which formed the party’s majority in 2011. President Bauza, accepting that the party will, according to these surveys, not attain a majority, has left the door open to potential pacts with other parties, such as the surprise package of Ciudadanos, but has reaffirmed that he is willing to extend his hand to the PSOE socialist party as well. Indeed, he has indicated that, in the event of a pact, PSOE would be his preferred option.
Notwithstanding the findings of the surveys and the talk of pacts, Bauza believes that there will be a recovery in support when the election takes place. Undecided voters, he calculates, could raise the PP’s share of the vote to around 40%. (In 2011, the percentage share was just shy of 47%.) This fall, he says, would be as a result of policies which, he admits, “have taken their toll”.
Bauza took the opportunity of addressing the press at a working breakfast to stress that on 24 May the electorate will face a choice between a party - the Partido Popular - that has created 40,000 jobs and other groupings which will succeed only in generating debt and unemployment.