

Spanish People Boost Unity of the Right NationWide. Left+Center Fall. Regionalists = a key ?

*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- After Germany and Italy's latest Regional Elections and Polls, (See, inter alia, most Recently : ..., etc), Now Spain also Proves, even in its National Election Today, that more and more People in Europe, Nowadays, Aspire and Vote for a Unity of All the Right, which emerges Dynamicaly almost Everywhere.
The Longevity of the Norwegian Governmental Coalition of EPP and Rightists (which Already Won 2 Elections on 2013 and 2017) has proved that Resilience is Possible. The Recent Raproachment in the UK between the Brittish Conservatives of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage's "Brexit" Party in view of December 2019 expected Elections, as well as Spain's National Results Today, mutatis-mutandis, indicate the Topical, NationWide Importance of this Political Trend at Present.
- Indeed, among the Big Parties, it's Just the Center-Right "People's Party", togeher with the Rightists of "Vox", who WIn +23 and +28 More MPs than before, thanks to an Increase of +4,1% and +4,8% in their Votes, respectively.
On the Contrary, all Others Diminish : The Socialists lose - 3 MPs Less than before, the Leftists of "Podemos" - 7 MPs less, and the Centrists of "Citizens" lose - 47 MPs. Because their Votes are Reduced for -0,7%, -1,5%, and -9,1%, respectively.
All the Rest are several very Small, or even Tiny Parties, mainly various Regionalists.
=> Thus, in the Outgoing Government of the Socialists remain, now, Only a Minority of 120 MPs, (representing just 28% of the Voters !), while the slightest Majority would Need, au minimum, 176 MPs, (i.e. a Lack of, at least, - 50 MPs Missing)...
On the Contrary, Opposed to them, the Allies of the Center-Right, Gather, Now, 153 MPs, (89 from PP, 52 from Vox, and 10 from Cs). I.e. the Right gets a Lead of +33 MPs More than the Socialist former government.
It's true, However, that, If the Socialists ...swallowed their pride, and eventually Accepted, now, what they had always Refused in the Past : i.e. to Bring the Leftists of "Podemos" inside an hypothetic Government, which might have several Leftist Ministers, for the 1st Time in Modern Spain's History, then, they would, Perhaps, approach at about 155 MPs, all in all.
But, even then, they would Remain a Minority, since they would Lack at least -21 MPs, Still "Missing" for an UnReachable Majority...
In Addition, they would Even be a Minority Government of ..."Losers", since they Already have Lost Votes, and Less MPs than in the Past, (Comp. Supra).
At any case, already, the Outgoing Socialist former Goverment has reportedly Lost about 100.000 Jobs this Year, while official Growth Expectations have just been Revised and Downgraded for the foreseable Future...
And they will Bear Alone the Heavy Responsibility for a another Failure, since Socialists have just Refused to eventualy form a Majority Government Together with the Center-Right EPP, (the Only Way to Avoid a Minority Weakness : Comp. Supra : UPDATED).
On the Contrary, as far as it concerns the Right, apparently, they can get Much More MPs than the Left, even in the Current Situation, if they play well the game of Alliances with Various Other, Small Parties : P.ex., among others, it seems that they could get at least 162 MPs, if they allied Together with "Sum Navara" (2 MPs), "Canarian Coalition" (CCa : 2)), "Teruel Exists", (1), and, particularly, the "Basque Nationalist Party (+ 6 MPs), which is a Traditional Party of the Right, (with Moto : "God and Old Laws !"), Not Secessionist at all, and has had attracted the Sympathy even of De Gaulle, and Picasso ("Guernica").
Even Most Important : an Analysis of the latest Electoral Facts by mainstream Newspaper "ABC", just revealed that, if the 3 Big Parties concerned, at the Right Side of the Political Spectrum (PP, Vox, Cs), had Formed a real, and fully-fledged "Coalition", (f.ex., by presenting themselves to National Elections under a Joint Umbrella, such as the Name "Espagna Suma", etc., then, they would Succeed to get even More than an Absolute Majority of MPs (177), with the current Electoral System, Thanks to the Number of Votes that the Spanish People has already just given them !
I.e., an Even More Clear Unity of the Right, would have Already Won a fully-fledged, Absolute Majority Government...
Something that, very Probably, they will, indeed, do, Soon, in the Forseable Future.
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The official presentation of a "Program" respecting People's choices voted in the June 7, 2009 EU Elections, to be debated in EU Council and EU Parliament during its 1st Session on July in Strasbourg, is the No 1 Priority, according to Democratic principles, for the Franco-German axis, said the main winners at the ballot box, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angie Merkel.
They stressed that the New EU Commission's President must have a "Program" in favor of an EU which "protects" its Citizens, regulates financial markets and aims at a "Political" Europe" : a wording they have used as incompatible with Turkey's controversial EU bid.
They also declared ready for a "political" endorsment of "Mr. Barroso's candidacy" in June's EU Council, considering that an official decision would have to be made after EU Parliament's debates and votes, possibly from next month (July), with the legally necessary final acceptance shortly after Lisbon Treaty's entry into force, hoped for September or October.
- "A Program, and Mr. Barroso" : This resumes, in substance, the anouncements made by Sarkozy and Merkel, on the question of current EU Commission's President, Barroso's declared wish to succeed to himself for a second mandate, to be extended during the following 5 years.
In their 1st meeting after EU Elections, they observed that "the Franco-German axis counted in European Elections' campaign... But, we both keep a realistic view : We saw the number of those who abstained, and we must absolutely give them an answer. We also see the disilusionment of an important number of Europeans vis a vis Europe, and we are aware of the responsibilities we have".

- The "Duty" of the new EU Commission's President, after June 7, 2009 EU Elections' result, "is to act for a Europe which protects the Europeans, to commit himself into working for a better Regulation of Financial transactions, ... and to have a Political will for Europe", underlined Sarkozy.
Therefore, "we have asked M. Barroso... to clarify, to officialy present the intentions he has", he anounced.
- "We want to speak also about the Programme", explained Merkel.
- "It's important that for the next EU Parliament's mandate (2009-2014) we take the right Decisions for Europe. Obviously on Persons, but mainly Decisions on Issues", she stressed.
- "It's not simply a question of a Person, it's also a question of a Programme". We are "really asking Mr. Barroso to commit himself on a Program, and on Principles, on Values", Sarkozy added.
EU President-in-office, Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer, accepted the Franco-German stance :
- "Barroso must present his Programme. The Czech Presidency agrees with that", Fischer reportedly said later, after meeting Sarkozy.
But Press reports from Brussels claimed that Barroso had preferred to be officially appointed by EU Council since June, (i.e. next week), "because this was implied by the current Treaty of Nice, according to him", and considered any delay until the possible ratification of the new, Lisbon Treaty on September/October, as "undemocratic".
- "At any case, independently of what Germany and France ask, it's also EU Parliament's wish". "We shall propose Mr Barroso's candidacy... But even in the framework of Nice Treaty, EU Parliament has to be associated in this Decision", the French President observed.
If this is correctly done, then "we support Mr. Barroso's candidature", and "if the (EU) Parliament agrees, we might ratify this decision since July", (i.e. next month), they both said.

- "France and Germany support Baroso's candidacy, But we want to speak also on the Program. We believe that this Program should be established in close cooperation with EU Parliament, and that's why we have followed an appropriate way", said Merkel. - If EU Parliament wants, this election can take place on July, but this must be done in full agreement.
- "We shall support Mr. Barroso's candidacy, without doubt", said Sarkozy. "But we have asked from Mr. Barroso, as I told him yesterday, to put into detail.. his intentions, at the eve of his 2nd mandate, if the situation avails itself.
France and Germany "don't want to take an Official Legal Decision by writting" during "the next (EU) Council" (on June 18-19), declared Sarkozy. Because they prefer, at this stage, only "a Political decision" on June, "so that we (EU Council) can work together with EU Parliament", which starts to meet only Next Month, since July in Srasbourg, "leaving a Legal decision by writting for later".
- "If the Conditions are fuillfiled in EU Parliament, we (EU Council) are ready to give the agreement and make it offficial", said Merkel
- "But, now we are working in the base of Nice Treaty. If tommorow we want to work in the spirit of Lisbon Treaty, we have to find a proper way", she added.
- "Of course it's Legally complicated, because we are going to make a Political proposal to the forthcoming Council, for an EU Commission's President, on the basis of Nice Treaty : So, we (EU Council) will not appoint the Commissioners. Only the President. If EU Parliament agrees, it could endorse this position on July", explained Sarkozy.
But, on Autumn, "if Ireland ratifies Lisbon Treaty, there will be, at any case, a 2nd Decision, to appoint the Commission's President, this time on the basis of Lisbon treaty, and then, we, the EU Member States, would have to appoint (also) the EU Commissioners", he added.
As for the precise Timing : - "Everything is suspended until the Irish vote... Now, we must all make everything possible to help Ireland to say "Yes"" to Lisbon Treaty... The Irish Referendum, ..will take place either on September or on October. It's a Question which depends on the Irish. And, then, we shall have the Choice of the Candidates for the permanent Institutions of Europe".
However, "if Ireland says No, we, French and Germans, have to assume our responsibilities, and we'll do so", he concluded.
But British and Swedish governments were reportedly eager to have a final EU Council decision on Barroso since this month, on June's European Council. While the other EU Member Countries are divided, several of them preferring to wait until EU Parliament pronounces itself, on July, and/or until Lisbon Treaty might be ratified by Ireland at the beginning of the Autumn. Barroso's current mandate ends on November.
There are also various, contradictory and/or unpredictable reactions inside EU Parliament vis a vis Barroso's wish to continue a 2nd mandate, because many MEPs are openly or secretly opposed, reluctant, or hesitating.
In the biggest EU Countries, as France and Germany, EU Citizens voted on June 2009 EU Elections for a renovated, non-technocratic but Political Europe which cares for its Citizens, with an Identity, Values and Borders, declared incompatible with Turkey's controversial EU bid, by mainstream, pro-European Governing Parties. Similar choices were also supported in several other small or medium EU Countries.
On the contrary, whenever, in other Countries, Governing and other mainstream Parties didn't make these choices or eluded them, EU Citizens massively voted for euro-Sceptics whenever they were the only ones to to promise anti-bureacratic change and oppose Turkey's demand to enter into the EU, (f.ex. in the UK, Netherlands, etc).
It's seems to be an Open Question whether Sarkozy and Merkel's conditions will be really accepted by Barroso, who was appointed on 2004 in a different political context, (with Socialist Prime Ministers in Germany, France, etc), had rejected in the Past the idea of EU becoming "equal to the USA" as "ridiculous", and pushed for Turkey's contoversial EU bid, trying to "soften" or contain the changes desired by the People who voted for Merkel and Sarkozy with another policy vis a vis Turkey on 2005 in Germany and on 2007 in France, as they did all over Europe on 2009.
In addition to many EPP Governments, it's 3 remaining Socialist Prime Ministers : Gordon Brown in the UK, Zapatero in Spain, and Socrates in Prortugal, who support Barroso, as well as Liberal Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt. But their Parties lost the June 2009 EU Elections.
Questioned whether there was still "Time" for "other" possible "Candidates", Sarkozy and Merkel did not deny, nor made any comment on that, but simply said that "it's not for us to make publicity for any candidates. We anounced our choice ("A Program, and Mr. Barroso"). But we respect any other candidate".
Among various other names cited are former Belgian Prime Minister Verhofstadt, former UNO's Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson of Ireland, Italian former EU Commission's vice-President Monti, etc. Meanwhile, Luxembourg's PM Juncker, (who had been unanimously accepted by EU Council for EU Commission's Presidency on 2004, but refused), announced his intention to resign from "EuroGroup"'s Chair. Thus, he might be available for another Top EU job.
As "EuroFora"'s "opinion" said (See publication dated 9/6/09) : - "If the current candidates (i.e. Barroso, etc) to the Top EU jobs promise and guarantee to respect People's democratic choices, then, it's OK".
"Otherwise, Europe must find new candidates, really motivated and able to implement these democratic choices of the People."
Because, "in Democracy, the forthcoming choices for EU's Top Jobs,...should be made according to EU Citizens' Votes in June 7, 2009 European Elections, and main EU Governments' strategic policies".