Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party

Si su hermana hubiera querido, ya estaría libre Miguel Francisco Montes Neiro

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Si indultar banqueros es de izquierdas, ¿quién les queda a los piratas?

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Spain elections: the view from the edge of the precipice

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Mariano Rajoy’s PP will win tomorrow’s general elections in Spain. The size of the majority it achieves will shape Spanish and Catalan politics for the next few years. The prospect of seeing the PP in power again after 8 years is not a happy one. While I’m no fan of the PSOE (I think I [...]

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Posted in Congress of Deputies, Convergence and Union, Elections in Spain, European Central Bank, Government of Spain, International Monetary Fund, Mariano Rajoy, Occupy, Politics of Spain, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Spanish general election, United Left, electoral law, general elections | No Comments »

The end of the puente aéreo Albacete-Barcelona

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

But may a new link to Zaragoza be in the offing?

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Rubalcaba and the German electoral system

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Josu discusses what the PSOE candidate might have meant and the possible consequences. Key para: De hecho, sii trasladáramos a España el sistema alemán “entero”, con reparto nacional, umbral del 5%, y con sus excepciones, resultaría que suponie…

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Spain’s self-employed

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Destined to save the nation? More numerous than thought? Someone explain, please.

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Posted in Convergence and Union, Margaret Thatcher, National syndicalism, People's Party (Spain), Socialists' Party of Catalonia, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Value added tax, social security, taxation | No Comments »

Counting the corrupt

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

A numerate, corrupt mayor, some innumerate anti-corruption campaigners, and de Tocqueville.

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Spain: Youth in revolt?

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Many people who live in Spain, as well as lots of observers outside the country, have been asking the same question for the last few months: where are the young people? With youth unemployment as high as 46% and the PSOE (‘Socialist’) government using the economic crisis as an excuse to force through radical changes [...]

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State of alert: How the PSOE used Franco’s strike breaking tactics

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

[I intended to write this sooner but I've been rather knocked out with flu since Saturday.] The press was full of it: on the evening of December 3rd, the Spanish military ‘took over’ air traffic control towers across Spain at the request of the government. Air traffic controllers (ATCs) had, we were told, abandoned their [...]

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Posted in Alfredo Rubalcaba, EUR, Franco's government, Francoist Spain, Politics of Spain, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, Second International, Socialist International, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Spanish military, army, civilian infrastructure, flu, interior minister, public infrastructure | No Comments »