Posted on December 22, 2015. Tags: 20D, Ciudadanos, Corruption, Elections, Iglesias, Indignados, Liberal Democrats, podemos, Popular Party, PP, PSOE, Rajoy, Rivera, Sanchez, Socialists, spain
20D will go down in Spanish history. 20th of December – the Spanish write all of their most important dates in this manner – was the first time voters rejected the duopoly that had governed the country since democracy was reintroduced in 1975. For 40 years power in Spain has been held by either the […]
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Posted on February 11, 2015. Tags: austerity, bloco esquerda, greece, left bloc, left-wing, podemos, portugal, socialism, spain, syriza
It has been a tumultuous month in European politics. As Greek debt negotiations dominate the headlines, the resurgent left-wing in many European countries waits with baited breath in the realisation that the popularity of their movements may rest on what happens in Athens. It is interesting, however, that while the radical left has enjoyed a […]
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