Spain’s Generational Divide Will Be On Full Display During Sunday’s Elections
To find a clear sign of generation gap in Spanish politics, you don’t have to look further than last Monday night’s election debate, when Socialist Party candidate Pedro Sánchez, 43, told Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy that, “The Prime Minister must be a respectable person, and you are not one,” and Rajoy, 60, replied that Sánchez was, “despicable, peevish, and miserable.”
The thing is, the generation gap wasn’t between Sánchez and Rajoy, who head Spain’s two traditional parties, the center-left PSOE (Socialists) and the center-right PP (Partido Popular). Instead, it was between them and the leaders of two upstart parties that are challenging them in this Sunday’s national elections.
Those two—the Young Republican-styled Albert Rivera, 36, who heads the liberal Ciudadanos (Citizens) party, and the ponytailed Pablo Iglesias, 37, who sits atop the leftist Podemos (We Can) group—weren’t invited to the debate, so they analyzed it on a TV talk show. There, the debate at the “kids table” was the polar opposite of the angry spat between the big party heavyweights.
The two young leaders agreed that the main event’s bitterness signaled the end of Spain’s two-party system. They said that Spain deserved better than personal insults. And then they gave each other a bro-shake before heading into the night.
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Iberian Nations
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a simmilar thing is playing out in my country.
its wait and see for me, its alot easier being the perfect sensible moderate that says the right things when you arent in an actual party machine and maintaining actual party politics and long term strategies.
lots of folks have turned into the thing they hate the moment they actually become a relevant part of the system.
its wait and see for me, its alot easier being the perfect sensible moderate that says the right things when you arent in an actual party machine and maintaining actual party politics and long term strategies.
lots of folks have turned into the thing they hate the moment they actually become a relevant part of the system.
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The "US vs. THEM" game does seem to demand one becomes lemming, oppressor, or non-participant.noddy wrote:a simmilar thing is playing out in my country.
its wait and see for me, its alot easier being the perfect sensible moderate that says the right things when you arent in an actual party machine and maintaining actual party politics and long term strategies.
lots of folks have turned into the thing they hate the moment they actually become a relevant part of the system.
I know which of the three seems less nuts.....
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Spanish civil servant off work unnoticed for six years
A Spanish civil servant who failed to turn up for work for "at least" six years has been caught after becoming eligible for a long service award.
Joaquin Garcia, 69, was fined €27,000 (£21,000; $30,000) after the award brought his long absence to light.
Mr Garcia, whose job was to supervise the building of a waste water treatment plant, has since retired.
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Mr Garcia says he was bullied due to his family's politics, and was sent to the water company to be out of the way. He found there was no work to do there.
People close to him told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that he was reluctant to report it as he had a family to provide for, and worried that at his age he would not get another job.
They said he did go to the office, although not for full business hours every day, and that he dedicated himself to reading philosophy.
“There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent? Take a look at what we’ve done, too.” - Donald J. Trump, President of the USA
The Kushner sh*t is greasy - Stevie B.
The Kushner sh*t is greasy - Stevie B.