Spanish Politics

PP Feijoo Manueco

PP wins elections in Castilla y León again as PSOE consolidates left-wing vote and halts decline

The PP (People’s Party), with 35% of the vote and 33 seats—two more than it previously held—has won the elections held yesterday in Castilla y León, where two-thirds (65.7%) of the just over two million people called to the polls turned out to vote. Consequently, the acting president and PP candidate—representing a party that has governed the region for 39 years—Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, is the only one with real possibilities…

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Puigdemont

Puigdemont wants to go for investiture in Catalonia and replicate model by which Sánchez governs Spain after losing elections

Despite the poor results of the pro-independence parties, far short of an absolute majority in Parliament, Junts believes it has a chance of governing. If this Sunday, former president Carles Puigdemont already suggested that he would make Pedro Sánchez’s dependence on JxCat’s seven deputies in Congress count, this Monday he has gone a step further and announced that he will try to opt for the investiture. “I can articulate a…