Spanish elections and politics

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Podemos will not be allowed to win.

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La Razón's subheadline is 'nos gusta España'? LOL.

Oh great posts btw. Please continue.

"We like Spain"?

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The PP, it has occurred to me watching these elections, must be the worst major centre-right party in Europe. Possibly worse than the GOP. How can they have the gall to compare anyone to dictators when their party was founded by a member of Franco's cabinet, their rhetoric remains unchanged from the 30's and their internal party democracy is about as flourishing as North Korea's?

There is a reason the Francoist parties don't get much of the vote.

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Any ideas on what type of government would take over on this kind of result (the July poll).

PP+Cs+CUP+CC+others?

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I thought Unio was anti-independence, hence why they split with the CDC and broke up CiU?

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In the news, Podemos recruits former Chief of Defense Julio Rodríguez to run in the Zaragoza province. "It's an honor for us to be joined by Julio Rodríguez, a man who has devoted his life to defending his country”, said Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/04/inenglish/1446648712_679491.html

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This is confusing, given what I know of the Spanish Armed Forces.

[Simfan34]

A difficult result. C's seem to have underperformed, which makes things very complicated.

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The UK? Of course, there wasn't a coalition.

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But how is the road map to independence coming along? It seems as if things have stalled due to the broader electoral situation.

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PSOE deserves bad results. Ironically, they would be in a much better shape if they lost Andalousia elections a few years ago.

... And PP deserves to dissapear into a black hole. However, if that unlikely event occurs the People's Party should have to be replaced by other thing that represents the same social groups and interests.

...which is?