Andalusia

Spanish state: Seed of hope sprouts under right-wing vote avalanche in Andalusian election

The landscape after the parliamentary election in Andalusia looks bleak. But, Dick Nichols argues, that hidden beneath the dark statistics, a seed of hope germinated.

In Spain, the far-right enters Andalusian parliament as left voters abstain

In regional elections in Andalusia on December 2, the outgoing government of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) was defeated after 40 years in power. Defeat came at the hands of a fractured yet radicalising right and high levels of abstention on the left.