The pre-23 July picture was bleak. At a time when Europe swings towards the extreme right – either because the extreme right gains access to member states’ governments or because the right wing relies on them to govern – the fear that the result of the Spanish elections would consolidate this trend and inevitably reshape […]
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The results of the general election in Spain have been a hopeful message to Europe: Spain is not going to join Italy, Sweden or Finland, there will be no coalition government between the right and the extreme right. And what is also important for Europe, there will be no such government in the country that […]
As the election night unfolded in Spain, it became clear that the conservative PP would not have an easy go at forming a government while the left-wing block, led by the Socialists (PSOE), might be able to do so. Nevertheless, both sides claimed victory and called upon the other to admit defeat. But: who really, […]
Due to the deliberate inaction of the conservatives and to the complex parliamentary arithmetic for the PSOE, the country’s great challenges have not been addressed for years.
PSOE’s 140th anniversary and a clear election victory: sticking to values, in the past and in the future.
The polls placed the PSOE as the fourth political force and Pedro Sánchez’s leadership faded.