Almost three weeks of the election, took the sign mayors of Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. The PP retained 17 provincial capitals.
A nearly three weeks before the elections of May 24, finally left snatched the Popular Party (PP ) Mariano Rajoy the baton of the great Spanish cities, which are now governed by mayors of “platform” can either near by socialists. The “platforms” govern Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, the three largest and most famous cities of Spain. However, the PP, as the largest party May 24 at the national level, maintain control of lot of medium-sized cities and small, but with a very noticeable loss to the previous elections in 2011.
In Madrid.PUNCTUATION_SPACE Among the cities changing hands undoubtedly stands the capital, where the candidate of the left platform Now Madrid, the former Judge Manuela Carmena was proclaimed mayor with the support of the Socialist (PSOE) party, ending 24 years of PP government. Was defeated Esperanza Aguirre, today dominant figure until the Madrid PP. In Barcelona, Spain’s second city and capital of Catalonia, took the baton Ana Colau finally invested with the office of mayor. The woman became known for face evictions (evictions) of mortgagees. In the worst of the crisis, thousands of Spaniards were driven from their homes by the banks unable to pay the mortgage payment. Colau, leader of the group “Barcelona Commune”, won the municipal elections last May 24 against the nationalist party CIU, who ruled until now.
Another traditional conservative strongholds Valencia, also passed to the platform left home Compromís, who agreed with the PSOE and “Valencia Commune” (We) to name mayor to his candidate, Joan Ribó, and unseat conservative who held the mayor for more than two decades, the historic Rita Barbera (PP)
The wave of change spread to other provincial capitals, such as Zaragoza, the fifth city of Spain.; Cadiz, where the PP ruled for two decades, and La Coruna in Galicia. All of them were put in front of City Hall leaders applications can near. This, however, chose not to appear at the municipal level, and politically accompany these local platforms. But on May 24, none achieved an absolute majority, and since then the negotiations, which this week was finally closed when he was accepted to spread socialism. Before the elections, we can and platforms rejected govern with the PSOE, but now they must accept it as a partner. The Socialists hold nine capital move from province to 16. One is Seville, the country’s fourth largest city and capital of Andalusia, where recovered the municipality governed by the PP with the support of left formations. The socialist Juan Espadas was proclaimed mayor yesterday, overtaking Juan Ignacio Zoido (PP).
Other cities. Among the ten largest cities in Spain, the PP retained Malaga and Murcia. Mariano Rajoy training also will have 17 mayors of the 50 Spanish cities, compared to the 43 it won in the 2011 elections.
Malaga (567,000 inhabitants) is one of the two provincial capitals retained by the PP. The key to keep the Andalusian city was Citizens emerging centrist party and fourth nationally. In Murcia (441,000). In this city in southeastern Spain he was elected mayor José Ballesta (PP), also with the support of Citizens. In Palma de Mallorca (407,000) and capital of the Balearic islands, (PSOE) and the Nationalist Socialist Party mayor MES training will be exchanged at midterm. Yesterday was inaugurated the socialist mayor José Hila. Las Palmas (382,000), the PSOE took over the city council of the Canary supported by a related platform can. In Bilbao, the Basque nationalist Juan Maria Aburto (PNV) was invested alcalcon the votes of his party and the socialist group. In the Basque Country, the PNV govern the three provincial capitals. Vitoria, San Sebastian and Bilbao
From the PP accused the PSOE and its leader Pedro Sanchez of “resign as alternative government “and” deliver local and national governments to radical and far-left parties “
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