Spain Elections Results

Laborist party PSOE "Partido Socialista Obrero Español" has won the general elections of Spain, having as this José-Luís Rodriguez Zapatero as the new Spain President instead of José María Aznar.

PSOE (I guess) will have to ally with two or more laborists party to finally rule Spain.

I think, a goverment formed by three political forces would be better than one, cause if you have three points of view you can work the things out better for everyone.

PP, the party of Aznar, was ruling Spain with no more forces, they were alone and they were able to do what they wanted (they took us to a war we didn't want to go, and more things I won't put here).

By my part, today is a great day and people has changed their mind after the Al-Qaeda (eventually) terrorist attack, realising at last that Aznar put us into the war (but Spain people didn't want to go to the war) and punished Aznar giving away the votes.

Spain will be ruled by a Laborists forces and that's great by my part. A new, clear, sane administration is ready to aim Spain to a new future, a new relationship with Europ and a less hate situation inside Spain.

I'm happy. :D

All is going on well here and people is happy!!

YAY! We'll have a good President!!

Socialism rulez!!!

Interesting that turnout went up (most likely) due to the terrorism.

In which case terrorism has been good for democracy...surely not what they intended. Nice one, Spain...

Just what we needed - another bunch of wet lefties making the world a more miserable place.

That's the golf course in Marbella on the market first thing in the morning.

LOL @ Flashman!

Good one there, you just are so right!

WE WON! FASCISTS ARE OVER!

Terrorists 1 Democracy 0

i agree Sir Archie Leach

I must tell you, this is an insult to me.

Uh-oh... I see another argument coming up VERY soon...

I won't argue for such an idiot thing.

Making jokes about terrorist attacks, dying people, democracy and all this stuff makes me sick, but I won't argue.

then your taking it the wrong way(at the very least my comment)

no one is slamming you or the way your country voted or even minimizing the tragedy that befelled Spain last week.

Josuecifu, I have every sympathy for your countrymen what happened there was an atrocity on an equal par (in my veiw at least) with America's 9/11. The Spanish people probably thought what I had thought all along and that is the war on Iraq shouldnt really have happened.

But having said that, I think that there is just a modicum of truth in what PG said. In tonight's ITN news shown here in the UK Michael Portillo said, "The terrorists, I’m afraid, will think that they’ve scored success, they have got rid of a pro American government. And then the fear is that if the terrorists think that on this occasion, then in other elections in Europe they can also interfere with a terrorist outrage before polling day, hoping to change the result of the election"

Welcome to the world of Terrorist Politics I'm afraid...

The new Spanish PM has already said he'll pull the Spanish troops out of Iraq.

Now, even if that was his stated policy beforehand (and apparently it was), shouldn't he have kept quiet on the subject, given the context in which he got elected? I'm not saying don't pull them out, but don't announce it on day one when the whole world sees the terrorists win...

I had been watching the coverage of the elections this weekend on the TVE channel. I'm glad that the socialists won, it signifies a change of government.

The reason of the outcome, as I've seen and heard, has nothing to do with Al Qaeda. Most Spaniards believed that the reason for the 3/11 attack was the conservative involvement in the War of Iraq last year. Remember that most Spaniards weren't pro war when it started last year, and Aznar was attacked by it. Last Thursday's unfortunate massacre was the last nail on the coffin because of Aznar's decision to join Bush and Blair in the Iraq conflict. Therefore, extreme Islamic fundamentalists weren't that happy with the war from the beginning, and they had vowed to terrorise all of the US's allies of the Iraq war.

The new P.M., Zapatero, has vowed to keep fighting terrorism in his country, and I believe he will rise to the ocassion. Also, he promised to bring the Spanish troupes home from Iraq by June, which is great. As for ending ties with the US and the UK, because of the terror attack last Thursday? That remains to be seen.

PD Josue, mis condolencias por lo que ha pasado en su nación.