Socialists win Spanish elections

Now is not a time for celebration, but the Socialists' victory in today's general elections is the best thing that could happen to Spain after the terrible events in Madrid on Thursday.

We are losing a government which managed to maintain a popular mandate through two elections, but pursued policies which were hugely unpopular with the Spanish people.

Hopefully, this surprise will result in Tony Blair taking stock regarding his position in Europe and with the United States. Zapatero, Spain's new Presidente del Gobierno heralds a possible return to social democracy and workers' rights as the main agenda for Europe. Terrorism will, rightly, remain a high priority; but ideally, the discussion will be about how to improve our relations with mid-eastern countries… and how we can help them to modernise in order to help eradicate the Islamist threat.

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March 14, 2004 | Filed Under 'Terror', Politics, Spain 

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