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...Esteban’s removal “shows [the Socialists’] desire to repeat the majority that brought them to power”, said Manuel Arias-Maldonado, a political-science professor at the University of Malaga....
...“The centre-right block is being punished by its fragmentation, as expected,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, professor of political science at the University of Málaga....
...“It’s important for the PSOE to show that it can compete in elections and win and that the PP is on the wane,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a politics professor at the University of Málaga....
...Mr Sánchez’s PSOE party took only 33 seats, 14 fewer than in 2015, in what had been an electoral stronghold....
...Manuel Arias Maldonado, a professor of political science at the University of Málaga, said that while these were only the “first steps”, the parties could potentially reach a deal to put the issue of Catalan...
...“This unresolved [Catalan] crisis is damaging to the government …the rise of Ciudadanos is a reflection of this,” says Manuel Arias Maldonado, a professor of political science at the University of Málaga...
...Manuel Arias Maldonado, professor of political science at the University of Málaga, said it made clear that Spain was “not going to give up” in defending the country and its constitution, which describes...
...Speaking to an ebullient crowd in the same square late on Thursday, Jordi Sànchez, the powerful head of the ANC pro-independence civic group and one of those now facing a possible sedition charge, compared...
...“Spain needs to forge a new consensus by updating the constitution,” Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish Socialist party leader, said this month....
...“The Socialists are in tatters,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a political scientist at the University of Málaga. “I think their support still has a floor but right now it is hard to see where that is....
...What you have is a clash of identities rather than just policies,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a political scientist at the University of Málaga....
...“They don’t know which way to go, so they are going nowhere,” says Mr Arias Maldonado....
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