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PSOE Leads by Just Three Points in Spain
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) holds a smaller edge in Spain's political scene, according to a poll by Instituto Opina released by Cadena Ser. 43 per cent of respondents would support PSOE in the next general election, down one point since late May.
The opposition conservative Popular Party (PP) is second with 40 per cent, followed by the coalition of United Left (IU) and Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V) with five per cent, Catalonia's Convergence and Union (CiU) with three per cent, the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) with two per cent, and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) with 1.5 per cent.
The PSOE's José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was sworn in as president in April 2004, following his party's victory in the legislative ballot. The PP had administered the government under José María Aznar since 1996. Mariano Rajoy took over as PP leader in August 2003.
On May 27, Spanish voters renewed their municipal councils. The PP received 35.6 per cent of the vote and elected 23,347 councillors across Spain, while the PSOE garnered 34.9 per cent of all cast ballots and secured 24,026 council seats.
On Jun. 19, Zapatero met with Basque Country president Juan José Ibarretxe for the first time after the separatist armed group Basque Motherland and Liberty (ETA) declared an end to its ceasefire. At the meeting, Ibarretxe pledged to collaborate with Zapatero to use "all police means to combat ETA," adding that it was also necessary to "advance with more resolve than ever in the political field."
Polling Data
What party would you support in the next general election?
Jun. 12 | May 30 | Apr. 11 | |
Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) | 43% | 44% | 43% |
Popular Party (PP) | 40% | 38% | 38% |
United Left (IU) / | 5% | 5% | 5.5% |
Convergence and Union (CiU) | 3% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) | 2% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Jun. 12, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.