by hedgecoe | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
As Pablo Iglesias pulled the elastic band off his ponytail and swished his famous mane behind him before addressing the party faithful in Madrid’s Vistalegre arena on Sunday, it was tempting to think that now, finally, everything was going to be alright. Podemos’s...
by hedgecoe | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog
For well over two years, even before Pedro Sánchez took the reins of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) in 2014, Susana Díaz has been touted as the party’s leader-in-waiting, even though she has still not declared her intention to compete in the upcoming leadership...
by hedgecoe | Jan 10, 2017 | Blog
“It takes a lot of energy to keep the flame of civilisation alight.” – Rafael Chirbes Cast your mind back 10 years, when Spain was on a roll. Its economy was growing at an unbelievable rate on the back of a property boom; second cars and second homes were being...
by hedgecoe | Dec 21, 2016 | Blog
Amid the political upheaval, tragedy and celebrity deaths that 2016 saw around the world, Spain has had quite an unusual year of its own. Most notably, the December 2015 general election was followed by 10 months of unprecedented political uncertainty during which the...
by hedgecoe | Dec 15, 2016 | Blog
“We’re kingmakers and we have the right to bring down the government when we like and call new elections.” – Quim Arufat (CUP) The unlikely marriage between the mainstream separatists of Junts pel Sí and the radical Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in Catalonia...