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A fresh start for Spain

Change is in the air for Spain. With ongoing disputes over the future of Catalonia symptomatic of an era of uncertainty in Spain, a fresh set of eyes will be tasked with regaining consensus following the ousting of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

A fresh start for Spain

Business and politics in Spain

One would be forgiven for thinking that a sense of normality may be returning to Spain following a calming of the rhetoric coming from separatists in Catalonia.

But on 1 June, Mariano Rajoy – Prime Minister since 2011 – was hit with a vote of no confidence and subsequently resigned his post. By 5 June, he had also stood down as leader of the People’s Party (PP), meaning that in the course of just a few days, a long-time veteran of the Spanish political scene had all but disappeared.

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