Spanish Politics

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Former Socialist President Felipe González to “cast a blank ballot,” not vote for Pedro Sánchez

In statements that have swept across the country’s news outlets, former President Felipe González—who governed Spain between 1982 and 1996 and was the PSOE Secretary General who forced the party to abandon Marxism—announced yesterday that if Pedro Sánchez is the party’s next candidate, he will cast a blank ballot. Regarding his membership, he remarked: “Me leave? Those who are destroying the party should be the ones to leave.” The anger…

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Socialists win elections in Catalonia, pro-independence parties fail to add up… A difficult victory to manage

Salvador Illa, the candidate of the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC), with 27.9% of the vote and 42 seats, has won the elections in Catalonia. Carles Puigdemont and Junts obtained 21.5% of the votes and 35 seats, but their great partner in the “procés”, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), which until now had been in charge of the government of the Generalitat, has suffered a debacle and has been left…