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The 37 million Spanish voters will vote this Sunday, July 23 to elect their deputies and senators. The right is the favorite to overthrow the socialist government, but a mobilization push could change the situation.
For Marian, summer rhymes with the salty air of the Mediterranean coasts. The cry of seabirds or the laughter of children in his house near Valence. An essential holiday, she says, to put a stop to Madrid’s chaos. As far as the 72-year-old lady can remember, this tradition was never stopped. Except this year, when early general elections are held this Sunday, July 23. “It was all the more important to proceed with the election to put an end to this incompetence,” she says in a dry tone that contrasts with her poetic turn, referring to the socialist prime minister, who called for a vote after a heavy defeat by the right in local elections at the end of May. Organizing this in the middle of vacation is his last poisoned gift.
At 2 p.m., turnout was 40.45%, up 2.53 points from the last general election in 2019, which saw the left prevail. This percentage does not take postal votes into account.
In front of the Colegio del Pilar, right in the heart of the Salamanca neighborhood and its Upper East Side tunes, no seagull cry but plenty of bird names to match