There won’t be a third election in Spain this year

AT A meeting held in Madrid on Sunday October 23, members of the PSOE voted 139 to 95 to abstain if and when there is a vote of confidence in Mariano Rajoy as he tries to form a new government.

This means that with the positive support of centre party Ciudadanos, the PP will be able to take control of the Cortes and proceed with a minority government to the relief of an estimate 65 per cent of the Spanish electorate which was against the concept of a third election.

The fact that Mr Rajoy is able to form a government actually means that the opposition will have more opportunity to take action against his party in the coming weeks and months and there is no promise that the 2017 budget will be accepted by the majority of MPs.

What it does do is to give the PSOE some breathing space in which to appoint a new leader and hope that public opinion which has seen a steady erosion of support for the left wing opposition party changes so that it will have a greater chance of being re-elected in the future.

This decision has not been well received by a number of PSOE members who demonstrated outside the Madrid meeting demanding a continued stance against Mr Rajoy but the general consensus of opinion, which prevailed, was that they could only be a true opposition party if they had a proper government to oppose.

Written by

John Smith

Married to Ophelia in Gibraltar in 1978, John has spent much of his life travelling on security print and minting business and visited every continent except Antarctica. Having retired several years ago, the couple moved to their house in Estepona and John became a regular news writer for the EWN Media Group taking particular interest in Finance, Gibraltar and Costa del Sol Social Scene. Currently he is acting as Editorial Consultant for the paper helping to shape its future development. Share your story with us by emailing newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com, by calling +34 951 38 61 61 or by messaging our Facebook page www.facebook.com/EuroWeeklyNews

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