Robs the PP left over in the big cities of … – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid .- The left snatched the Popular Party (PP) Mariano Rajoy the baton of most major Spanish cities, which will from now governed by socialist mayors or we close political platform, the party that broke a little more than a year in the Spanish political scene.

Among them is the capital, where the candidate of the leftist grouping Now Madrid, the former Justice Manuela Carmena, was proclaimed today mayor with the support of the Socialist Party (PSOE), ending 24 years of PP government, DPA reported.

In Barcelona, ​​second largest city in Spain and capital of Catalonia, this afternoon will take the baton the antidesahucios activist Ada Colau. The leader of the progressive grouping Barcelona in Comú won the municipal elections last May 24 against the nationalist party CIU, who ruled until now.

Another traditional strongholds conservative, Valencia (east), he became hands of the leftist Compromís, who agreed with the PSOE and Valencia in Comú (We can) to name mayor to his candidate, Joan Ribó, and unseat the conservative mayor who held the mayor for more than two decades, Rita Barberá (PP)

The wave of change spread to other provincial capitals as Zaragoza (northeast), fifth largest city in Spain by population.; Cadiz (south), where the PP ruled for two decades, and La Coruna in Galicia. In all, they went to the front of City Hall leaders of popular applications near can.

The secretary general of the party considered “brother” of the Greek Syriza, Pablo Iglesias, said today that “the enthusiasm and Hope “take” on wings can win the next general election the PP “provided at the end of the year in Spain.

The Socialists, who supported the allied groupings can in key cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, ​​go to hold the mayorship in nine provincial capitals to do it in 16.

One is Seville (south), the fourth most populous city and capital of the region of Andalusia, where recovered the council ruled in recent years by the PP with the support of left formations. The socialist Juan Espadas was proclaimed mayor today, ousting Juan Ignacio Zoido (PP).

Among the ten largest cities in Spain, the PP retained Malaga (south) and Murcia (southeast). The formation of Mariano Rajoy is expected to have 17 mayors of the 50 Spanish cities, compared to the 43 it won in the 2011 elections.

From the PP accused today the PSOE and its national leader, Pedro Sanchez , to “give up being an alternative government” and “deliver local and national governments and the radical left-wing parties.”

In the region of the Basque Country (north), the party nationalist PNV govern the three provincial capitals: Vitoria, San Sebastian and Bilbao. The city of Pamplona (north) is the only country with a mayor of the Basque separatist left BILDU party.