Spanish Center-Right Makes the Same Mistake Again
They keep trying to outflank the far right and failing.
They keep trying to outflank the far right and failing.
And they call it patriotism.
The center-left and center-right can no longer govern on their own. They need to compromise.
Every time the far right gets what it wants, it asks for something more.
Pablo Casado belatedly appeals to moderates after leading his party into its worst defeat ever.
The Socialist places first, but he will need the support of Basque and Catalan parties to govern.
Repealing laws on violence against women and LGBT equality are a bridge too far.
Conservatives in France and Spain have mimicked the Austrian’s lurch to the right without his success.
The Socialists will probably lose control of the regional government after forty years.
Pablo Casado’s lurch to the right plays well with the base, but he isn’t expanding the party’s coalition.
The People’s Party said it wouldn’t use Brexit to get a deal on Gibraltar. Now it blames the left for failing to do just that.
Pablo Casado doesn’t want to give other parties an opportunity to challenge him from the right.
Pablo Casado’s victory signals a desire for a more right-wing program.
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría is the favorite, but Pablo Casado has mounted a strong challenge.
Three women and two men are tipped as possible future leaders of Spain’s conservative party.