Europes debt crisis has taken a large toll on the people of Spain with its high unemployment rate and credit squeeze. This caused the people to Spain, who have had a socialist government for over the past 8 years, to vote in a different way. On Sunday 99.8% percent of the votes counted were for the popular party candidate, Mariano Rajoy. The popular party won 186 seats while the socialist party decreased greatly from 169 seats to 110. Unlike other countries being affected by the Europe debt crisis the new prime minister of Spain will have the strong support of the single party majority in Parliment. Former Socialist Prime Minister Zapatero left office because of the complete loss of an economy boom. There is a threat of another recession that still has the Popular Party questioning if a center-right government can turnaround the economy. It was stated in the article that this problem is too big for just the new government to fix. Spain will need help from outside intervention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/world/europe/spanish-voters-punish-socialists.html?_r=1&hp
Blake Sabatke
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