Short
comment on the results of the Spanish national elections by
failedevolution
The results
of yesterday's national elections in Spain were more or less the ones
that the polls had preannounced. A relative disappointment came from
the fact that Podemos didn't manage to take the second place, which
would give them the chance to be the absolute regulators of the
political transformation of the Spanish political landscape.
Although the
political "earthquake"
in Spain was not, eventually, so impressive, the reality is that the
first step has been taken by the Spanish people. The political
establishment lost much of its power with Spain entering into a new
era. The two traditional parties that belong to the European
political families of Popular Right and Social Democrats, carriers of
the neoliberal agenda, lost much of their power.
The final results, however, give the chance to the political
establishment to form a coalition. Despite the heavy losses, Rajoy's
Popular Right took 123 seats, and the Socialists in the second place
took 90 seats.
Although all
the opposition parties before the elections declared that they will
not cooperate with Rajoy, the Socialists can form with him a wide
majority with 213 seats, far more than the 176 seats needed.
In such a
scenario, Spain may experience one of the worst periods, as it
happened in Greece from 2011 to 2015. During that period, Greece was
ruled by coalition governments with New Democracy (Popular Right) and
PASOK (Socialists) at their core. These governments passed the most
brutal neoliberal measures under the Brussels-Berlin axis orders.
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