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The Greek elections domino effect in Spain
In an historic journey , the leftist coalition Syriza has won the Greek elections on January 25th. For the first time, since the extinct Italian Communist Party’s defeat by the Christian Democracy Party in the 70s, a party located on the Left of Social Democracy, in terms of political […]
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The Spanish abortion draft fell under voting intentions and feminist groups pressure
Every 28th of September women health advocates claim for world changes in the International Day of Decriminalization of Abortion. This year in Spain more than 3,000 people gathered to celebrate after having won the battle against the Ministry of Justice with the drop of an abortion bill estimated as […]
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Spanish Indignados: alive and ready to run in the elections
The 2008 financial collapse doubtlessly meant a turning point for Spain according to different perspectives. However, the most outstanding one could be the country’s political transformation shifting from its two-party system established since the 1978’s democratic transition with a decision-making process ruled by economic and political elites, to the […]
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Spain: the countdown to an inequality time bomb
1,500 lawsuits and 500 politicians under impeachment, but only 20 of them in prison: these are the 2014 corruption figures in Spain. Research carried out in 2013 by the Universidad de Las Palmas assessed the social damage of corruption in Spain at €40 billion. That is to say, this […]