The new parties and govern Barcelona and Madrid – lanacion.com (Argentina)

MADRID Spain yesterday witnessed a historic shift in power. Two social activists linked to the “outraged” Podemos took the municipal government in Madrid and Barcelona, ​​while other leaders outside the traditional parties by capitals like Valencia, Zaragoza, Cadiz, La Coruña and Santiago de Compostela were made.

The influence of the “new politics” is merely a hypothesis. In addition to assuming first key executive positions in municipalities, and emerging Citizens can exercise these days as arbitrators to draw the political map in almost all regions of the country.

The Popular Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) held their first and second place in the local elections on May 24 but were at the mercy of the conditions provided for newcomers in exchange for the votes they lack in regional parliaments, most of whom are still being established.

Without going into government, and citizens can impose their agenda of “political regeneration” to the two historical forces, forced to dance the dance of the covenants to compensate the drain of votes they suffered. This dynamic threatens to repeat itself in the presidential elections at the end of the year, in which a cuatripartidista scenario also anticipates unprecedented.

Citizens Liberals gave themselves first in Andalusia, where the investiture vote on Thursday socialist Susana Diaz as president of the largest region of Spain. They were three months of agonizing negotiations.

The logic of government from the opposition also exercise can and its leader, Pablo Iglesias, with the Socialists in regions where their electoral weight gives the key to power.

The tug of agreements was played at the municipal level. In only one of the 50 provincial capitals emerged an absolute majority of the May elections. Until early yesterday-the day set for the creation of all town councils, there were negotiations to determine who would eventually end up in the chairs of command.

In that game, the big winner was able. All outbreaks were yesterday in Madrid, where the former judge and human rights activist Manuela Carmena, 71, was voted mayor. He had come second in the elections, to a point on the PP candidate, Esperanza Aguirre. The Socialist Party gave its support

Carmena promises to give a dramatic shift in policy from the capital. Paralyze the privatization of services, ban evictions of first homes, shock launch a plan against hunger, reduce salaries of political appointees and audit the huge debt of the city.

A similar program introduced the new mayor of Barcelona, ​​Ada Colau, antidesahucios activist and former ally can. She got to assume majority with the support of socialism and independence of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and the Popular Unity Candidates (CUP).

The PP, which joined the municipal elections 27% of the votes in the country, managed to retain the mayoralty of 18 capitals, against 43 who had until yesterday. In almost all needed agreements with Citizens. The PSOE (25% of total votes) ruled in nine of these cities and now will do so in 16: except one (Vigo), the rest had to make concessions can