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May 11, 2021 —  Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — It is far too early to be confident about whether the overwhelming victory of the right and far right in the That the result marks a turn of the political tide is, of course, the hope and forecast of the victorious right-wing People’s Party (PP) and the racist far-right Vox. Just as inevitably, the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the forces to its left—the Greens-like More Madrid and the radical Unidas Podemos (UP)—desire and predict that this apparent surge of reaction will prove to be a short-lived,...

Right-wing parties carry Madrid region as Podemos suffers election debacle The right-wing Popular Party (PP) defeated the ruling Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and Podemos in the May 4 Madrid regional election, running a filthy, anti-communist campaign opposing all social distancing measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus. It was a debacle for the Podemos party, whose general secretary Pablo Iglesias announced his decision to retire from politics. The PP won 65 seats, four short of a majority in the 136-seat legislature, on 44.7 percent of the vote. The More Madrid party, a Podemos spl...

If the poorest 70% could be persuaded to vote with even half that commitment, a victory for the broadly defined left — the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), the Greens-style More Madrid and the radical UP — would be certain. When May 4 arrived, the participation rate certainly leaped, climbing from 64.27% at the 2019 poll to 76.25%, as an extra 400,000 turned out to vote, despite the ongoing COVID-19 danger. However, this tide was overwhelmingly composed of people intending to vote for the PP of incumbent Madrid premier Isabel Ayuso, or for the racist Vox, led by Rocio Monasterio, g...

COVID-19 lockdown rebel wins Madrid regional election REUTERS/Susana Vera By Ingrid Melander and Belén Carreño Madrid's conservative regional leader won a landslide re-election on Tuesday, propelled to victory by her refusal to close down bars and shops during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of flag-waving supporters gathered outside the People's Party (PP) headquarters, chanting "Freedom! Freedom!" as preliminary results showed regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso more than doubled her score from a previous election in 2019. "Freedom" was Ayuso's campaign motto, as she banked on her loose COV...

3 minutes read (Updates with rewrite, additional information) Madrid, May 4 (EFE).- Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), which has governed the Community of Madrid since 1995, strengthened its grip on power in regional elections on Tuesday, winning 65 seats, more than double the number it secured in the 2019 elections and just four fewer than an absolute majority of 69. Meanwhile, with 99 percent of the ballots counted, the Socialist Party (PSOE), the winner of the 2019 elections, lost 13 seats and will now have 24, tied with another leftist group, Mas Madrid, which exceeded the PSOE ...