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.
