MOSCOW (Sputnik), Daria Chernyshova — On Sunday, Spain's ruling People's Party (PP) and their traditional opponent, the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) suffered a set-back to anti-austerity Podemos, founded last year, and pro-business Ciudadanos, winning a combined 52 percent of the vote, down from 65 percent in the last election in 2011.
The lawmaker specified that the two-party system, which has dominated Spanish politics since the death of dictator General Francisco Franco in 1975, “used to allow them [PP and PSOE] to implement their anti-social policies without any debate, neither in Parliament nor in society as a whole.”
She expressed hope that the dialogue will takes place not only within Parliaments, but becomes a new way of doing politics in which organizations and social movements have a central role.
Sunday's elections took place in 13 of Spain's 17 regions and in more than 8,000 towns and cities.
