Author Archives: jmvalerancha

4 parties were not enough Let’s do a recap about the main parties in Spain: from left to right, we had Podemos (extreme left), PSOE (center-left), Ciudadanos (center) and PP (center-right). This was the starting position of the Spanish political spectrum, but we will see in this post how, along 2019, the different parties areContinue reading “2019: déjà vu in the Spanish election(s)”

Getting the support of the basis Doing a brief recap of the previous post, the political situation of Spain in 2016 was the following: PP got to Moncloa (the Spanish Whitehouse) thanks to the support of Ciudadanos and the white vote of PSOE. Since, Pedro Sánchez kept saying his typical “no es no” to Rajoy’sContinue reading “Pedro Sánchez: the political Phoenix”

Time to form a government Once the Spanish citizens have voted, it’s time to form a government. In the Spanish system, the different parties decide who will be the one that leads the country. For a party to govern, it must count with an absolute majority (more than a half of the seats must supportContinue reading “2015: a double match election”

 Podemos: the party born on 15M As we saw in the previous post, the Spanish crisis created a mix of situations that lead to the movement called 15M. This movement was created by anonymous organizations that wanted to change the country from the basis. The peaceful demonstrations were a complete success with a participation andContinue reading “The end of bipartidism: where Spanish politics get interesting”

From a dictatorship to the European Union In 1939, the Spanish Civil War was over. The rebel side won and transformed the Spanish Republic into a dictatorship and Francisco Franco, who lead the military uprising, became the dictator. The first decades were a stage of famine and poverty: the government tried to create a self-efficientContinue reading “2008 crisis: the beginning of a butterfly effect”