26 Sep, 2016 @ 10:32
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Spain’s conservative Partido Popular boosted by regional elections

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pp_rajoyACTING Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gained a boost for his party following two regional elections yesterday.

Partido Popular’s Albert Nunez Feijoo secured an absolute majority in Galicia, guaranteeing him a third term, a feat unmatched in any other region in the country in recent times.

PP garnered a staggering 93% of the vote, gaining 42 seats.

The outcome should strengthen Rajoy, a Galician himself, who was heavily involved in the campaign.

In the Basque Country, the Basque Nationalist Party came first, as it has done since the 1980’s.

Socialist Sanchez had a rough night as he continues to struggle in getting his party to back his leadership.

His candidates in the Galicia and Basque Country suffered heavy losses, coming third and fourth respectively.

Neither election is likely to break the political impasse resulting from two national elections since December last year, both of which failed to give any party an absolute majority.

 

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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