Pedro Sánchez
The trials and tribulations of Ciudadanos
Ciudadanos (Cs) is a rara avis in Spain’s fragmented and polarized political scene. It started as Ciutadans de Catalunya, a civic platform, in Catalonia in 2006 to combat the region’s independence movement; became a party winning three of the 135 seats in the Catalan parliament that same year; entered [...]
30/9/2020
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Coronavirus in Spain: time to revamp the Moncloa Pacts
In times of profound crisis, countries can pull together and revive morale by political parties burying their differences and agreeing a set of measures and implementing them with or without a coalition government. This was the case, for example, of the UK during World War Two when a Conservative [...]
13/4/2020
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Spain: another democratic deadlock or a coalition government?
Spain’s fourth general election in as many years, a record for an EU country, failed to unblock the political impasse and produced a surge in support for the far-right nationalist VOX which more than doubled its previous number of seats. But as after April’s election, neither the three main [...]
12/11/2019
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Global Spectator, by Andrés Ortega Election-free changes
In a matter of months, three major European countries have coincidentally seen changes of leadership and political direction without elections being held: the UK has witnessed Boris Johnson’s ascent with a promise of Brexit at any cost, by contrast to what was agreed with Brussels by his predecessor, Theresa [...]
17/9/2019
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