Tag Archive for elections

Stand-up Politics

As I write, it is still uncertain whether or not Mr and Mrs Denmark are going to the polling stations this autumn, only little more than a year after the latest election.

Andalusia Elections Summary

The socialist polled the same amount of seats on the 22nd of March as the last regional elections, but unlike last time, they came in first – sounds a contradiction, but it’s not.

El Caso E.R.E.

If there is one thing that is liable to lose the regional elections for the socialists (PSOE) it is the scandal of the ERE. Now this is staggeringly scandalous, even in a country where corruption appears to be an Olympic sport. Read on…

A-7 Confusion

The Province of Granada seems to be receiving one piece of bad news after another. First of all it was the negative from Brussels to route the Mediterranean rail-freight network via Costa Tropical, leaving Motril port without a rail connection, and then on the 26th of October, it was announced that the autovia construction between Taramay and Salobreña had seemingly ground to a halt.

The Mayoress of Almunecar

The investiture plenary meeting of the Almunecar town council has just concluded, with Trinidad Herrera receiving the necessary eleven votes to obtain the absolute majority to become Almunecar’s first Mayoress in its 2,500 years of history. The PP received one of the four PSOE votes, as was expected. Nobody knows which of the PSOE councillors…