The weariness of the electorate to the traditional two-party PP and PSOE, which could result in a “throw them all” Spanish, open to the emergence of new forces that generate hopes for change in the voting. Can is the most obvious example of this trend, but now it’s time for Citizens, a young Catalan party, led by Albert Rivera, a lawyer for 35 years, which some describe as “the Pablo Iglesias pro market.”
This force generating new sensation in Spanish politics is experiencing rapid growth. ranks fourth in the polls and went to present 70 lists, in the last election cycle, now to prepare 700
“They do not explicitly postulated as the nemesis because they know they can share the ‘novelty’ and the clean screen in front of the old parties. However, it is true that where we kept in vague terms and attempts to dilute its origin leftist Citizens commitment to concrete ideas and (according to them) realistic “explains PROFILE Jorge Galindo, a researcher at the University of Geneva and editor of Politikon site.
Tiembla the PP. Although the electorate sees citizens as a new force, it emerged in 2006 and on a regional basis as Catalonia. Galindo translates his anger that took advantage of a “window of opportunity by the center-right”, after the Popular Party of President Mariano Rajoy lost almost 50% of its allies. The latest polls give the popular between 20% and 27% of the votes, falling by almost half from 44.5% in 2011.
“To Spain, is presented as a new party, although it is not, because it is not responsible for what they did wrong the old parties.
Citizens try to pick up that discontent with traditional politics, corruption and management of PP. The segment was unable to collect we “adds Lluis Orriols, PhD from the University of Oxford and Professor of Political Science at the University of Girona.
The Rise of Citizen exploded in 2014 with the success in elections Europe in May last year, which also launched a we can-, when they managed half a million votes and two MEPs, and the failure of the last attempt to merge with UPyD, another party that also overshadowed by C’s.
Left or right? “Is placed closer than liberal because he is a staunch defender of liberal market economy, but also defends the policies of the welfare state and promotes equality of opportunity,” says Rafael Martínez, Professor of Political Science at the University Barcelona, who was part of the movement of intellectuals Citizens, who previously came to the party and who resisted the advance of Catalan nationalism.
Therefore, “born in an environment of intellectual left over, but and from the beginning is associated with the center-right nationalist or anti-nationalist because parties are perceived as -detalla right Orriols- and play with this ideological ambiguity to attract more votes. “
Future. This party, which tempts a middle-class electorate, especially professional people between 30 and 55 years, has an uncertain future for specialists. “Your machine is absolutely new, have nothing rather than Rivera, who is the best political valued the country at this time. These are likely to be sporadic pacts with the traditional parties. But if they make a stable alliance die, “Martinez
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