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Puigdemont sets high price to break Spanish vote impasse – POLITICO
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Spain’s political future will be decided by one secluded man in a damp corner of Belgium.
Six years after organizing an illegal referendum that sought to make Catalonia an independent republic, the region’s former President Carles Puigdemont is once again positioned to shake Spain to its core.
With left and right-wing forces technically tied in the Spanish parliament, the country’s next government now depends on the support of seven
Spain election repeat more likely after expat vote count – POLITICO
Spain’s already complicated electoral landscape just got a lot more complex.
On Saturday, the count of the 233,688 ballots deposited by Spaniards living abroad — which are tallied five days after the in-person vote is held — led to the redistribution of seats in the Spanish parliament. As a result, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party lost one of the spots it was allocated in Madrid, which will now go to the center-right Popular Party.
The Popular Party is now
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Spanish election aftermath and the watering down of the EU’s anti-SLAPPs law – POLITICO
We analyze the outcome of the recent elections in Spain and what it means for the country and the EU going forward. Also, we discuss the EU’s proposal targeting SLAPPs — strategic lawsuits against public participation, which often target journalists and civil society activists.
Host Suzanne Lynch is joined by POLITICO’s Aitor Hernández-Morales to discuss the outcome of the Spanish election on July 23. Aitor explains the fascinating forces that shaped the final days of the campaign, why the outcome
Dancing with the far right doesn’t pay off – POLITICO
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Kristina Kausch is a senior fellow and resident representative, Spain, at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Vassilis Ntousas is the head of European operations at the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Sunday’s general election in Spain was a turning point in Spanish politics — but in much a different way than anticipated.
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The unlikely rise of Isabel Díaz Ayuso – POLITICO
COVID-19 should have ended Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Instead, it propelled her into the highest echelons of Spanish politics.
When the pandemic hit, the conservative politician had recently been elected as president of the region of Madrid. Widely regarded as inexperienced, having come into office almost by accident, she faced a challenge that would test even the most grizzled administrator — and by any accounting of the numbers, it didn’t go well.
The Spanish capital would eventually register one of the