Vicente Barrera, the first vice president of the Consell and the leading Vox representative in the Valencian Community, continues to hold the regional government in a delicate balance with the Popular Party led by Carlos Mazón. Speaking to À Punt at the doors of the Cortes before the control session scheduled for today in the chamber, and when asked whether he would enact the threat voiced by Santiago Abascal, Barrera insisted that he would do “whatever the party says.”
The second in command at the Consell has stuck to the same stance as in previous days, during which he and other Vox leaders signaled their willingness to follow any order from the national party leadership. “I will do what my party tells me, and that’s it,” Barrera affirmed.
The Vox member did not want to specify whether the Consell is “in danger.” “I am at the party’s disposal and I will continue to follow the discipline of my party. I will do what my party considers and I will support the decisions it makes,” he reiterated.
Differences with Murcia
Abascal cited this afternoon in Madrid his regional representatives and the future of Vox in the Consell will be decided there. While the verdict is awaited and despite the readiness to leave the government, Vox leaders in the Valencian Community continue to operate as members of the Valencian Executive on Thursday, something that does not happen in every territory.
Together with Barrera, the Valencian leaders Elisa Núñez (Justice) and José Luis Aguirre (Agriculture) appeared in the Cortes to attend the control session with Mazón. This is an event that did not occur in Murcia, where the vice president José Ángel Antelo and the Minister of Development, José Manuel Pancorbo, were present.
In Murcia, the situation diverges on several fronts. While Vox in the Valencian Community maintains a visible presence in the executive, in Murcia these two regional figures were notably absent from the same kind of direct session participation during the current political process. The discussion there centers on how Vox’s national line maps onto regional governance and how any potential shift might affect ongoing policy directions in agriculture, justice, and regional development. The contrast highlights the different dynamics Vox faces across autonomous communities as national directives interact with local governance realities.
Observers note that Barrera’s testimonies and those of Núñez and Aguirre at the Cortes provide a window into how Vox intends to balance its parliamentary discipline with executive responsibilities. Their public remarks emphasize obedience to the party’s central strategy while also signaling openness to compromise if that aligns with national decisions. The tension between staying in government and honoring a potential national directive is a recurring theme in Vox’s regional strategy as the party negotiates influence within broader Andalusian, Valencian, and Madrid-centered political architectures.
Analysts point out that the coming days will be decisive for Vox’s formal stance in the Valencia regional government. If the national leadership decides to reorient or redefine Vox’s role in the Consell, regional leaders will be expected to execute those orders without hesitation. Should the party push for a clear withdrawal from the administration, Barrera and his colleagues have prepared to implement that direction, even if it means a rapid realignment of coalition arrangements with Mazón’s Popular Party. The evolving narrative around Vox’s participation in regional cabinets remains a central question in Spain’s current political discourse, reflecting broader debates about coalition governance and national-party supremacy in regional politics.
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