#eh bildu is basque left

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

yesterday i saw a map where it showed that almost everywhere the pp had won which perpetuates that they should be ruling and that spain is conservative and whatnot, but that map was influenced by the US electoral system where a state is either red or blue and it has no validation following spain's electoral system. this is the real map we should be focusing on (found here)

like in the canary islands both provinces have 3 pp seats and 3 psoe seats. but one is blue and the other is red for some reason. in badajoz the right won, but still, it's red. in pontevedra the left won, but it's blue. even places like madrid where everyone was saying yesterday that they fucked up the psoe winning, the right only won by two seats. honestly, looking at the overall map, things are more 50-50 than the other map wanted to show.

[bayofalgecirascranes]

Started taking adhd medications today and now i've found myself watching a completely uncut session of the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Mr. Sánchez gave a few light jabs at the far right and both the leaders of the center-right and the far-right responded with accusing him of embezzlement of public funds. The leader of the Far-left shot back by insinuating that Vox are fascist wannabes and demanding the leader of the center-right apologize on behalf of his entire party for spying on him when Rajoy was in Government. The leader of the Nationalist Republicans essentially said "i respect none of you people." in both Castillian Spanish and what might be Galician but might be Catalan. The leader for Junts is doing what sounds like advocating for major Constitutional Reform in Catalan. The leader for EH bildu is alternating between Basque and Spanish calling the government ineffective and both major parties antidemocratic.

They're debating about how to implement an anti-disinformation law that the EU already passed.

[swldx]

BBC 0430 21 Apr 2024

12095Khz 0359 21 APR 2024 - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from TALATA VOLONONDRY. SINPO = 55445. English, dead carrier s/on @0358z with ID@0359z pips and Newsroom preview. @0401z World News anchored by Chris Berrow. The US House of Representatives has passed a major package of military aid for Ukraine after a six-month hold-up in a move Volodymyr Zelensky praised for keeping “history on the right track”. Democrats waved Ukrainian flags on the floor of the House as the bill authorising $60 billion (£48.5 billion) in lethal aid to be sent from US stockpiles passed by 311 votes to 112. Joe Biden’s plan to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan had been held up in Congress for six months, amid opposition from Republicans who argued the war with Russia had become too expensive. One person was dead and seven missing after two Japanese military helicopters crashed after possibly colliding while out to sea, officials said. Sierra Leone authorities on Saturday burned $200,000 worth of narcotic drugs and chemicals used to manufacture the synthetic drug kush, two weeks after drug abuse was declared a national emergency. A candlelight vigil is being held for the victims of a stabbing at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney. Thousands of people are expected to attend the event to pay their respects to those who were injured in the attack. The vigil is a way for the community to come together in solidarity and support for the victims and their families during this difficult time. The turnout for the vigil is expected to be large, showing the strength and unity of the community in the face of tragedy. Israel will summon ambassadors of countries that voted for full Palestinian UN membership “for a protest talk” on Sunday, a foreign ministry spokesman said. It came after the Palestinian Authority said it would “reconsider” its relationship with the United States after Washington vetoed the Palestinian membership bid earlier this week. Thursday’s vote saw 12 countries on the UN Security Council back a resolution recommending full Palestinian membership and two, Britain and Switzerland, abstain. Two mayoral candidates were killed in two different parts of Mexico as the country heads to elections in June, authorities said. Center-right mayoral candidate Noe Ramos of Ciudad Mante was fatally stabbed in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, said state attorney general Irving Barrios. Authorities are searching for the suspect. Meanwhile, in the southern state of Oaxaca, another mayoral candidate Alberto Antonio Garcia, was also found dead on Friday, according to the state prosecutor. More than 46,500 voters have been called to cast ballots on Sunday in four Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo. In an unprecedented process, they will not vote to elect mayors but to dismiss them. This is the first time Kosovo has organised this type of ballot in which voters can exercise their right to dismiss the mayors of Leposavic, North Mitrovica, Zvecan and Zubin Potok that they never considered as legitimate. But on Wednesday, the Central Election Commission, CEC, announced that 33 school premises in the four municipalities will not serve as polling stations because their directors refuse to allow the votes to be held there. The Basque Country will head to the polls this Sunday for a crucial regional election that could prove to be a political headache for incumbent Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Opinion polls ahead of this weekend’s ballot show the left-wing separatist EH Bildu party, partly descended from the political wing of the now-defunct terrorist group ETA, with a narrow lead over the ruling centrist Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). @0406z "The Newsroom" begins. 250ft unterminated BoG antenna pointed E/W w/MFJ-1020C active antenna (used as a preamplifier/preselector), Etón e1XM. 250kW, beamAz 315°, bearing 63° . Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 15359KM from transmitter at Talata Volonondry. Local time: 2259.

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Left may pull ahead in Basque elections

The far-left Basque party EH Bildu, has a good chance of coming out on top in the regional elections on 21 April, Spanish media reported.

Founded in 2012, EH Bildu is a coalition of pro-independence and nationalist Basque parties with six representatives in the Spanish parliament, led by former ETA member Arnaldo Otegi.

Following the return of democracy to Spain (1975-1976) and the creation of the so-called “state of autonomies”, a quasi-federal model developed between 1979 and 1995, these Basque elections are set to be the closest in recent history, EFE news agency reported. Young people in particular find EH Bildu’s proposals interesting, especially regarding unemployment, the difficulties of emancipation and access to a first home.

EH Bildu “reinforces itself as a useful party capable of rejecting maximalism and extreme positions, and this is rewarded in the ballot” at a time when “social issues are more important than the (pro-independence) debate,” Braulio Gomez, professor of political science at Deusto University and director of the Deustobarómetro poll, told Spanish public television RTVE last week.

Read more HERE

[gwendolynlerman]

Exspaining Spain

Government

Spain is a secular parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament. Since 2014, the head of state is King Felipe VI and the heir presumptive is Leonor, Princess of Asturias.

Since 2018, the head of government and prime minister is Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party).

Branches

The government is divided into three branches. The executive power is wielded by the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the Council of Ministers.

The legislative branch is represented by the Cortes Generales (“General Courts”), composed of the Congress of Deputies, a lower house with 350 members, and the Senate, an upper house with 259 senators.

The judiciary power is wielded by courts and tribunals, which are made up of judges and magistrates.

Elections

The minimum voting age in Spain is 18 years. There are four types of elections: general elections, regional elections, local elections, and European Parliament elections.

General, regional, and local elections are held every four years, while elections to the European Parliament take place every five years. Some autonomous communities hold their elections on a different date.

Political parties

Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level. Nationally, four political parties dominate politics: conservative Partido Popular (PP, People’s Party) (center-right to right-wing), moderate PSOE (center-left), far-right Vox (right-wing), and progressive Sumar (left-wing), in order of votes received.

Regional parties are strong in autonomous communities such as Catalonia and the Basque Country. They include Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC, Republican Left of Catalonia) (center-left to left-wing), Junts per Catalunya (Junts, Together for Catalonia) (center-right to right-wing), Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea/Partido Nacionalista Vasco (EAJ/PNV, Basque Nationalist Party) (center), and Euskal Herria Bildu (EH Bildu, Basque Country Gather) (left-wing to far-left). All of these parties are nationalist and pro-independence.

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Catalonia threatens shake up Sánchez government

Catalonia’s JxCat party threatened this week to vote against the government’s new anti-inflation package in parliament, which, if confirmed, would trigger the first major crisis of confidence between Sánchez and Catalonia-backing officials.

In the first vote of 2024, the Spanish parliament is expected to vote in favour of measures to combat high inflation, which, according to the latest figures from the state-run National Statistics Institute (INE), stood at 3.1 per cent in December 2023.

Moreover, the Sánchez government is confident that its parliamentary majority, thanks to the support of Catalan and Basque MPs, will be able to pass other social measures, including the reform of unemployment benefits and several reforms that Spain has promised to adopt in exchange for receiving EU Next Generation funds.

Sánchez governs in a coalition with the Sumar platform led by Vice President Yolanda Díaz. However, he still needs the decisive support of JxCat and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), as well as the PNV and EH (Euskal Herria) Bildu parties to implement the desired measures.

Read more HERE