Context On November 10, 2019, early elections to the Spanish ‘Cortes Generales’ (Parliament) were held in Spain, but no party won an absolute majority of seats in Congress needed to form a government. Moreover, even possible coalitions between the five major parties do not have an absolute majority and all need the votes of minority regional or nationalist (separatist) parties. ...
On February 10th, 2019, a massive demonstration took place against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE (Socialist Party), under the slogan “elections now!” and “United Spain”. While the government claims that 45,000 people attended the protest, the actual number far exceeds that sum according to various sources. The organizers themselves claim that nearly 200,000 people attended. This is ...