THE GOVERNMENT CALLS EUROPEAN ELECTION BETWEEN 6 JUNE AND 9 JUNE
The Spanish citizens will head to the polls between Thursday and Sunday to elect their Councillor for the next five years
Nothing was clear about holding European elections, with nothing meaning nothing in this case, but the puzzle has been solved: Spain will head to the polls between 6 June and 9 June to elect (or re-elect) their European Councillor. President Alberto Núñez Feijóo has announced his decision this morning, after being inquired by the press, and has already confirmed the People's Party candidate and Eurogroup affiliation: «the Speaker of the European Council, Donald Tusk, will be our candidate; and he will run under the affiliation of the Eurgroup he leads, the European Progressive Alliance».
The reasons behind the call to the polls are still unknown, but some political advisors consider that Feijóo wants a victory that reaffirms him as the President of the nation, months after being elected by the Congreso de los Diputados after Juncker's resignation. He has not, just like his predecessor, been elected by the Spanish people, who elected Jesús Aguilar nearly two years ago. «Feijóo has had a victory in Galicia thanks to the majority his sucessor, Alfonso Rueda, has achieved; but he needs an election that ratifies his leadership in the entire nation, not in a single region. The question is: will he succeed, or will he make Tusk lose his job and the Speakership that he and Spain hold?», comments Europa Press' political analyst.
Albeit is the move worth the risk? Europa Press has tried to contact the current Speaker and Councillor for the Kingdom of Spain, Donald Tusk, unsuccessfully; but it has managed to speak to one of his advisers. Being asked the very same question, his adviser told us Mr. Tusk "does not fear the will of the people" and that he (the Speaker) and his team were convinced "they would win by a landslide". The opposition, on the other hand, have welcomed the election but criticised Feijóo swerves in his opinion, confusing them and not allowing opposition parties to prepare, putting the bloc in what they call "an unfair position".