Catalonia is holding a pivotal regional parliamentary election on Sunday that carries significant implications for both local and national Spanish politics. Seven years after a failed bid for independence, the region's economic model and its dependence on a low-wage tourist sector are major issues. The elections are seen as a test for the strength of the separatist movement and could impact the tenure of Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, as noted by Mark Nayler. Left-wing candidates have advocated for a shift towards public transportation and affordable housing instead of tourism. However, a deadlocked result is considered likely, which could complicate the political landscape further.
Catalans vote in a key regional election between an exiled separatist leader and an anti-independence government led by the Socialist Party https://t.co/PYhDEOjo6N https://t.co/EUIlI603uu
Catalans vote in election to gauge force of separatist movement, degree of reconciliation with Spain https://t.co/rPrkfNawhU
How an amnesty deal for Catalan separatists became a political—and personal—headache for the Spanish prime minister. https://t.co/0lkGibijZT
Polls open in Catalonia in a regional parliamentary election which will test the strength of the separatist movement and whose outcome will reverberate in Spain’s national politics. Read more: https://t.co/xmEP2dVW2H https://t.co/2cEmN9TcQa
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In the lead-up to Sunday’s Catalan elections, left-wing candidates have called for an economic model that favors public transportation and affordable housing over tourism. Sadly, a deadlocked result appears more likely than real change. https://t.co/pgw7uBI8Ox
Economic discontent is as big a theme as national independence in this Sunday’s Catalan elections. https://t.co/pgw7uBI8Ox
If Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez were to permit a referendum on Catalan secession, it would be the biggest risk taken by a Spanish premier in the country’s post-Franco democratic era, Mark Nayler writes. https://t.co/0lkGibijZT
Seven years since the failed bid for Catalan independence, the national question still haunts Spanish politics. But Sunday’s snap elections in Catalonia are also about its economic model — and its increasing dependence on a low-wage tourist sector. https://t.co/pgw7uBIGE5