A stunning victory for Spain’s conservative opposition in Andalucía
The People’s Party hopes it augurs national success
“Congratulations, caliph.” Thus did Alberto Nuñez Feijóo salute his party-mate, Juanma Moreno, for a rampaging victory for the conservative People’s Party (pp) in regional elections in Andalucía on June 19th. Formerly the heart of an Islamic empire, Andalucía is Spain’s second-biggest and most populous region. It has long tended to the left. The Socialists ran it from the advent of Spanish democracy in 1978 until 2019.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “The great riposte of Córdoba”
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