Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Monday, November 12th, 2012
This Wednesday, 14 November, there is a 24-hour general strike across Spain - the second this year. But not just Spain; trade unions across much of Europe are urging their members to show anger at governments which are making lives impossible, on a pan-European day of action organised by the ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
Guest Post: Rebekah Thompson
One of the most famous (or some would say infamous) characters in Andalucía during the Civil War, not for his participation but for his ability to remain hidden for three decades, was Manuel Cortes, former Mayor of Mijas. Through hard work, cunning and an endless list of ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
It's unusual for this blog to have three posts in a row about politics, but then this has been quite a week.
First of all, the PP failed to win its widely-predicted majority in the Andalucian Parliament in last Sunday's elections, leaving the regional president in a political no-man's-land, since he ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
So, the Andalucian people went to the polls yesterday to vote for a new regional parliament, and they went for... the PP, by a hair's breadth.
It was a real cliffhanger - at 10pm, the PSOE was actually leading, but then their lead dropped, they went neck-and-neck with the PP, and ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
GUEST POST: CHRIS CHAPLOW
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This Sunday elections for the Junta de Andalucia (Andalucian Parliament) will take place. A president will be chosen, who will then form a government responsible for an annual budget ...
Posted in Business, Current affairs, Economy, Employment, Living in Andalucia, Politics | 6 Comments »
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
In a recent newspaper poll, 25% of people wanted construction of the Torre Pelli to be halted (it currently has 15 storeys out of the planned 40, and measures around 60 metres). However a massive 62% preferred that the project continue as planned.
This highly controversial building in Seville, designed by ...
Posted in architecture, Current affairs, Economy, Employment, Politics | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Salvados interview with Cayetano Martinez de Irujo.
The Spanish generally enjoy a good relationship with their aristocracy - they tolerate their picadilloes and foibles, discussing them in animated chat shows, poring over them in the prensa rosa, and treating them like a live telenovella (soap opera) created for their own ...
Posted in Current affairs, Economy, Employment, Politics, Royalty/aristocracy | 6 Comments »
Monday, November 21st, 2011
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This was the characteristically pragmatic declaration by Spain's new Prime Minister-elect, in his victory speech in Madrid last night.
Mariano Rajoy's Partido Popular romped home to an overwhelming victory in the elections, ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
[caption id="attachment_4331" align="aligncenter" width="254" caption="Results of the 2008 General Election (blue is PP, red PSOE). How much more blue will we see after Sunday?"][/caption]
Unless you don't live here in Spain, you will be aware that this Sunday is the General Election.
Both major parties have been campaigning, but without much ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
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Although I wasn't around to witness it myself (pressing prior social engagement), the indignados were back on the street again on Saturday - 15 October, following the lead of the original 15M (15 mayo) group who started the famous sit-in in ...
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