Opinion
Peter Edgerton
...useless, they know they're pretty useless and they know that we know they're pretty useless but it all works ok because we need the illusion of leadership. As the US elections hove into view, and every Tom, Dick and Harry expresses an opinion on the
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CRISTIÁN REINO
...with its 135 seats, has with its citizens, is an intolerable State-sponsored coup," he said. Torra was banned for not taking down political messages on public buildings ahead of national elections last autumn. Pere Aragonès of ERC will be acting ... president, although he has refused to use the title. The ruling coalition was already broken and elections will be held early next year, as soon as the parliamentary rules and timetable will allow.
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...out calling regional elections if he is banned from office. Torra explained that he wouldn't subject Catalonia to the upset of regional elections in the middle of a pandemic, ignoring pressure from coalition partners and nationalist rivals, ERC.
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Two autonomous regions will go to the polls in elections on 5 April. First to announce a vote was the regional president of the Basque Country, Iñigo Urkullu. This was followed by the Galician president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, saying he too would ... bring forward regional elections to that date to "avoid three election dates" in Spain this year. Catalonia is also due to go to the polls soon to elect a new regional parliament but the date is still unknown. The Basque Region is currently governed
Local
Héctor Barbotta
...just slowed down, in fact they stopped completely. Since then, the half-built construction has seen three different presidents of the Junta de Andalucía, including the political upheaval after the elections in 2018, and two different mayors of Marbella, ... That was the amount of investment made until the works came to a halt. It was the final point on the order of the day of the last meeting of the regional government while Susana Díaz was president before the elections which ended 37 years of socialist
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
Electing the members of the European Parliament is still quite a novel experience for voters in Gibraltar, because although the Rock joined the EU (EEC) with the UK in 1973, its people were not able to vote in EU elections until 2004, and then only ... Turnout for those first EU elections in Gibraltar was nearly 58 per cent, but has dropped since to levels similar to those in the UK, which are normally between 33 and 35 per cent. However, this EU election, the fourth in which Gibraltar has been able ... before they are able to do so. In the UK, many people who do not normally vote in EU elections were expected to do so this time, either because they wanted to boost pro-Brexit parties or to try to reduce their influence in Brussels. In Gibraltar,
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
...indicated that the socialist party would be the largest party and that the far right Vox would make significant gains. Gibraltar takes a keen interest in Spanish elections, as the results can impact relations between the two governments. The chief
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MARÍA DOLORES TORTOSA
The president of the Junta de Andalucía government, Susana Díaz, has decided to bring forward the next regional elections by three and a half months. The regional parliament in Seville was dissolved this week and Andalusians will be called to the ... Andalucía, has not been good. In her speech announcing the elections, Díaz, who is expected to be confirmed as the PSOE party's lead candidate again later this month said that "Andalucía needs a clear horizon", adding that she wished to avoid six months of ... campaigning before March and also distance the regional elections from next May's municipal and EU elections. She had delayed the announcement a few weeks, she said, in order to give time for local legislation on gender equality and climate change to pass
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Despite the PP not doing as badly as expected, the Socialist PSOE were the overall winners on a national level once all votes in the over 8,000 town hall elections in the country were added up. Regional elections see good results for
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As well as Euro and municipal elections, many people were also voting for the devolved regional assemblies on Sunday. In total, 12 regions were up for reelection. The results in these reflected more closely the national general election result