LABOR REFORM IN SPAIN: TO ERR IS DIVINE? »
Before the landmark Labor Reform was put to vote, the minority PSOE-Podemos coalition government reckoned it could count on the slimmest of cross-party support. Among the parties that promised to back the Decree was the Unión del Pueblo Navarro. However, on the fateful day two of its deputies broke party discipline and voted to shoot down the Reform. Bitter defeat stared the shellshocked Government in the face. That is until PP’s Alberto Casero sent in his telematics vote supporting the Reform – by mistake!
SPAIN IS THE 13TH BEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD! »
Spain climbs 7 places in The Global State of Democracy 2019 Report and obtains a score similar to those of the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium, and higher than Canada, France and Austria.
WHERE TO, SPAIN? Is the Country Headed for New Elections? »
Uncertainty assails Spain these days. It is possible that a new parliamentary election will be held before the year is out because of the deadlock in investing the President of the Government. I asked a dozen young Spaniards in Puerta del Sol about it and ALL of them said there's going to be an election indeed. Surprisingly, most of them also think it's a good thing.
THE LIONS AT THE CONGRESS OF THE DEPUTIES AND THE COMEDY OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY »
The lion who’s missing a joystick at the Congress of the Deputies, known popularly as Daoiz, is Atalanta really and she has no business sporting a manly member!
MADNESS ISN’T AN OPTION IN SPANISH POLITICS BUT NOBODY IS ACTING TO PREVENT IT »
Who will ever be the president of the Spanish central government? Will there or there not be a new snap election?
SPAIN’S BEWILDERING POLITICAL PANORAMA »
Will there be a third election following the first two that failed to produce a government?
