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Spain is holding elections today in 13 of the 17 autonomous regions and 8111 municipalities, among regional parties and the three major national parties:

IU - United Left which includes the old communist party, the greens, etc.

PSOE - Socialist party

PP - Popular party, the cannibalistic extreme-right.
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Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sun May 27th, 2007 at 10:54:02 AM EST
IU does not include the Greens, in any of the three largest provinces (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia)! In fact, in the regions where there is a Green Left (Catalonia and Valencia) the national IU always had an uneasy relation with the Green Left. Didn't IU at some point try to compete with Iniciativa per Catalunya-Verts?

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun May 27th, 2007 at 10:59:40 AM EST
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Having looked at the detailed results province by province, I see that I was to a large extent out of date.

IU is indeed a United Left and not a Green Left, but in most places they have run in coalition with Left Green parties, and in Catalonia and Valencia they ran in coalition with "Iniciativa" (a Green Left party).

Currently, in the Congress of Deputies IU and IC-V caucus together.

So, things have progressed a bit in the years I've been away.

The economy needs to be thought of as a garden, not as a wild ecosystem

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 29th, 2007 at 06:11:55 AM EST
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You will be in charge... from now on.. ince I have to leave .. I work during the elections...

As soon as I get back I will report wha t I know.. but Iam sure you will be faster!!!!

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Sun May 27th, 2007 at 12:58:37 PM EST
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I'll try to get some official figures from the Ministry of the Interior as they become available. Polls close at 8pm.

Bush is a symptom, not the disease.
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun May 27th, 2007 at 01:01:17 PM EST
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