Elections in Spain: one week party is no clear winner – The Nation Costa Rica

Madrid

A week after the elections in Spain, the main national political leaders are turning on campaign, at the prospect of no party achieved a clear majority either for autonomy or in major cities.

All polls published Sunday indicated a desire for change by Spanish society, reflected in the rise of two new parties in the national political scene: Citizens (center, liberal) and Podemos (left) compared to the two traditional parties: the Popular Party (PP, conservative) and the Socialists (PSOE).

This fragmented scenario that predicts the need for agreements to govern, encourages the active participation of national leaders in the campaign, knowing that the elections of 24 May will be interpreted as a prelude to the general elections scheduled for November.

The main parties to the elections presented under the banner of change, even the government PP calls not interrupt the real “change” that began with his arrival to the national government in 2011.

The PP, according to polls, would have a significant decline after suffering wear and political management economic crisis and corruption cases that have affected the game.

Even lose the majority in the municipality of Madrid, a popular emblem, which govern the capital of Spain for 24 years and now face a possible technical tie with the candidate we support group.

Also Barcelona, ​​Spain’s second city, has an open stage to these city, where you could win a leader antidesahucios movement, which is also supported by can.

In other major cities like Valencia, Zaragoza and Seville, governed until now by the PP, this match you could lose the majority and need the support of a second group.

The same would occur in communities historically governed by the Popular Party as Valencia, where this training has been affected by numerous cases of corruption.

The stress produced in the PP is not reflected in an increase of PSOE, its traditional opponent, but will two new parties at national, Citizens and we political scene.

Against this background, both the president of the Spanish government and the PP, Mariano Rajoy, as the leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, have turned to the election campaign of their respective parties, with numerous events in this last weekend of the season.

Even the former Prime Minister (1996-2004) José María Aznar, former leader of the PP, the election campaign was joined today with a speech in which he warned against weak governments, at the prospect of political fragmentation to come.

Even the leaders of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias and Citizens, Abert Rivera are making an active campaign, aware of the novelty of their matches in the Spanish political spectrum, so the voters identify with their people.

Rajoy insists on presenting the PP as the only party able to consolidate the incipient improvement in the economy and supports the majority of the PP as the “real deal” and “wisdom pact” made with citizens, compared to agreements among the various political parties .

Sánchez, meanwhile, calls the tool to oust the PP, which it accuses of anti-social policies and identifies corruption vote. States that vote for the PSOE that is “yes to the defense of the welfare state”.

For his part, Rivera is willing to compromise with anyone who accepts its conditions on However, passing an anti-corruption pact, which his party became the “key” that would govern the PP or the PSOE, according to results of each place.

Pablo Iglesias appears as the most “militant” leader, with scathing attacks on the traditional parties, aware that these elections are the prelude to the general, and a year after his political debut in the European elections in May 2014.