Coalition government in Spain

Jason Moore28/05/2016 00:00

A year ago this month political change arrived in the Balearics. The Partido Popular, which had swept to victory by a landslide just four years earlier, were ejected from office with a bruising defeat. It was the dawn of a new political era of coalition government: a left-wing nationalist grouping of parties.

Initially, many thought that the coalition would not last because it would be a nightmare to bring such different views together under one government. But overall it could be said that the doom merchants were wrong. The Balearic government appears stable and the infighting has been kept to a minimum. Even key and controversial legislation, such as the tourist tax, is being introduced. So coalition government can work.

Pedro Sanchez, the leader of the Socialist Party nationwide, said that the Balearics were a clear example of how multi-party government works. But I would warn him; it may work here but I am not too sure about a national government.

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Simon Tow | over 8 years ago

The only reason it is "working" is because the person who was put in charge is one of the losers of the last election and does what she is told to do by another losing party which doesn´t even form part of it, acting only as observers, which allows them to vote on things which could benefit them and not when they don´t. "Sorry guv, nothing to do with me". In other words its not even a coalition, let alone a government.

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