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The labor minister has the highest approval rating of any Spanish politician and is being tipped as a future PM.

O N MAY 15TH 2011 some 20,000 mainly young, middle-class Spaniards occupied the Puerta del Sol, in the heart of Madrid, angry at austerity and the sense of entitlement among politicians and bankers. Organised through social media and calling themselves los indignados (“the indignant ones”), it was a new kind of protest movement, one that would be swiftly copied elsewhere, notably by Occupy Wall Street and Occupy London later that year. Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts oni...

Madrid’s president revels in ‘wake-up call’ victory as left routed Sam Jones in Madrid © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the conservative president of the Madrid region who inflicted a stinging defeat on her leftwing opponents in Tuesday’s snap election, has vowed to carry on acting as a “counterweight” to Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government. Although her People’s party more than doubled i...

Last modified on Wed 5 May 2021 12.35 EDT Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the conservative president of the Madrid region who inflicted a stinging defeat on her leftwing opponents in Tuesday’s snap election, has vowed to carry on acting as a “counterweight” to Spain’s Socialist-led coalition government. Although her People’s party more than doubled its seat count and won more seats than the three leftwing parties combined, Ayuso fell just short of an absolute majority, meaning sh...

Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s mix of bluntness, defiance and appeals to far-right voters appears set to pay off