• 5715@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    I was under the impression that Spain wasn’t too interested in the conflicts to the East and the North of the EU, but that was wrong apparently. Good.

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      I see how you get that impression, considering they rank low both in military spending and financial assistance to Ukraine.

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      1 day ago

      In Spain elections are done by region, i.e. parties need to win votes at all times. Sánchez is wildly unpopular now and needs to get all votes he can.

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        As opposed to countries where parties don’t need to get votes? Huh?

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          “At all times” probably is the key. In some countries you may have long periods between important elections, unpopular changes are often frontloaded to the beginning of the term so that voters would forget about them by next elections.

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            24 hours ago

            That’s the way it’s done in Spain at a national level too. Four-year election cycles. I guess he’s talkimg about regional elections? But I fail to see how that’s different to every other country that also has regional elections, and how Sánchez has much say in those

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              17 hours ago

              US, which is what most people use as basis, have two major elections: midterms and generals. Any other are much minor and do not impact the voters.

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                14 hours ago

                They impact the voters more than the autonomical elections do, as American states have more power than Spanish autonomies