In zehn der zwölf Regionen, in denen abgestimmt wurde, regierte bisher die PSOE. In sechs dieser Regionen wurde sie nun von der PP abgelöst. Sanchez führt in Madrid eine Minderheitsregierung an. Auch sein linksgerichteter Koalitionspartner Podemos erlitt in den Regionen Stimmenverluste.
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Spain calls snap general election after right, far-right, inflict heavy local and regional defeat
The leader of the PSOE, who heads a leftist coalition government, has decided to bring forward the general elections slated for December to July 23, in order to minimize the risk of further wear and tear on his administration over the coming months after the country’s right wing was emboldened by its resounding successes on Sunday, and to try and prevent the right-wing Popular’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox grouping from scoring a clean sweep during the ballot to elect a new government.
Spain’s PM calls snap election after opposition triumphs in local polls
Sánchez’s high-stakes gamble, which he announced just hours after the results came in, is based on the hope that any such deals will help to galvanise and mobilise leftwing voters and prove distasteful to supporters on the PP’s moderate wing.
Speaking at the Moncloa palace in Madrid on Monday morning, Sánchez said he had informed King Felipe of his decision to dissolve parliament and call a general election on 23 July, five months before the poll had been scheduled to be held.
Italy’s Election Is Dominated by Postfascists — but the Left Is Raising Its Head
In this carousel of Italian politics, the Left has remained out of the picture for too long. It has not been in parliament since 2008, with the exception of small lists in alliance with the Partito Democratico or MPs who quit other parties. It has thus been fourteen years since an independent left has had its own parliamentary representation in Italy. It is an even greater tragedy if we remember that Italy once had the largest Communist Party in Western Europe and a Left whose presence extended from social movements and trade unions to the world of culture.
This time, however, something has moved. With the launch of Unione Popolare, the Italian left is trying to reorganize itself to return to the political scene.
Spanien: Sechste Krawallnacht in Folge
Die Inhaftierung Haséls, der in einigen seiner Texte und in Tweets tiefen Hass auf Polizei und Politik zeigt, löste auch Spannungen in der linken Koalitionsregierung in Madrid aus. Die Sozialisten warfen ihrem kleineren Koalitionspartner Unidas Podemos vor, die Gewalt nicht ausreichend zu verurteilen.
Lockdown verlängert – Proteste in Spanien
Nur kurz nach der Abstimmung gingen Lockdown-Kritiker und Gegner der Regierung in Madrid und anderen Städten an die Fenster, auf die Balkone und zum Teil auch auf die Straßen, um lautstark zu protestieren. Sie machten ihrem Ärger Luft, indem sie auf Töpfe schlugen und „Freiheit, Freiheit!“ skandierten. Viele schwenkten spanische Fahnen, andere waren in die Landesflagge gehüllt.
Sevilla ya es un clamor: cientos de personas marchan por cuarto día contra Sánchez
(today)
Varios cientos de personas se han vuelto a juntar este miércoles para protestar contra el Gobierno de un Pedro Sánchez del que exigen su dimisión. Se trata de la cuarta movilización celebrada en Sevilla contra el Ejecutivo.
Hundreds of Spaniards march against government despite social-distancing rules
The protests in Madrid intensified over the weekend, after health authorities on Friday rejected the region’s request to move to the next phase of the coronavirus deescalation plan. While much of the country is now in Phase 1, which allows some degree of social interaction and the reopening of some businesses, Madrid remains in Phase 0, although a few restrictions have been eased.
La rebelión ciudadana se extiende a toda España: clamor general contra Sánchez e Iglesias
(17.05.2020)
Obligatory use of face masks in Spain: What you need to know about the new rules
According to the ministerial order, published Wednesday in the Official State Gazette (BOE), face masks must be worn in the “public street, in open-air spaces and any closed space that is for public use or that is open to the public, where it is not possible to maintain [an interpersonal] distance” of two meters.
The new rules apply to everyone over the age of six. The use of face masks is also recommended for children between three and five years of age.
Spaniens Sozialisten und linke Podemos wollen koalieren
Zwei Tage nach der Parlamentsneuwahl in Spanien haben die Sozialisten (PSOE) des geschäftsführenden Ministerpräsidenten Pedro Sánchez und das Linksbündnis Unidas Podemos (UP) sich darauf geeinigt, eine Koalition zu bilden. Sánchez und UP-Chef Pablo Iglesias unterzeichneten eine entsprechende Vorvereinbarung. Spanischen Medien zufolge soll Iglesias stellvertretender Regierungschef werden.
Auch Spanien steuert auf Neuwahlen zu
Nach Italien steuert auch Spanien auf Neuwahlen zu. Am Dienstag lehnten die Sozialisten (PSOE) das neue Koalitionsangebot der linken Parteiallianz Unidas Podemos (UP) ab. „Wir schätzen den Vorschlag, der uns programmatisch sehr nahesteht, sehen eine Regierungskoalition allerdings für undurchführbar”, heißt es in einem nur wenige Stunden später veröffentlichten Antwortschreiben der Sozialisten.
Polling for today’s general election forecasts heavy losses for Podemos. With Spanish politics polarized around the threat from the far right, Pablo Iglesias’s anti-austerity agenda is struggling to make itself heard.
We sat down with Podemos MP Txema Guijarro to talk about today‘s election, the party’s strategy, and its transformative program focused on the Green New Deal.
Spain elections: WhatsApp suspends left-wing party Podemos‘s communication channel days before vote
(25.04.2019)
Podemos had been using a WhatsApp channel with tens of thousands of supporters in to deliver campaign messages ahead of the 28 April contest, and planned to use it to get out the vote on election day – but the channel was taken offline without warning this week.