Comments on: Breathing space and headache at Spanish regional elections

By: Jaume

Jaume — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:46:46 +0000

Jorge: Without prejudice with the socialist loss of votes, in my opinion the leadership of Feijoo was indeed important in order to avoid the same results obtained by the PP in Andalucía. As a matter of fact, during the Galicia campaign, Feijoo did not want to publicly appear with Mariano Rajoy and in some posters even the PP logos were erased or substituted by Feijoo’s face.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:52:08 +0000

In my opinion, Jorge is absolutely right. Galician PP has now lost 17.2% of its votes of 2009, but reinforced its absolute majority thanks to absentism rate and the socialist electoral collapse. The true fact is that the majority of the galician population does not support the Popular Party anymore… but, paradoxically, PP has now icreased its seats at the parliament. The years to come may well not be easy for Aberto Núñez Feijoo, I’m afraid.

http://praza.com/politica/2459/como-evitou-feijoo-o-castigo-nas-urnas/

By: S R Larson

S R Larson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:23:20 +0000

Thanks for an interesting article. I used it in my latest discussion of how Spain is squeezed between austerity and separatism:

http://libertybullhorn.com/2012/11/01/bailouts-add-insult-to-europes-austerity-injury/

By: Bailouts Add Insult to Europe’s Austerity Injury « The Liberty Bullhorn

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:13:40 +0000

[...] Because of their relative independence, the Spanish provinces are pushing back against the national austerity agenda. I discussed this problem in September. A more elaborate analysis is offered by Helena Spongenberg of the EU Observer: [...]

By: Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:03:26 +0000

The key of the victory in Galicia was not the leadership of Feijoo but the abseentism rate. PP increased the presence in the regional goverment loosing 200.000 votes.