Rajoy Seeks Proof Cuts Don’t Mean Defeat in Local Spain Vote
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy may hold on to power in his home region of Galicia even as fallout over austerity saps his support elsewhere, in local voting that may ease an obstacle to a Spanish bailout request.
The People’s Party may hold on to its 38 seats in the 75-member regional assembly in voting this weekend, maintaining the majority it’s held since 2009, a poll by the state-run CIS indicated on Oct. 5. If it falls short, Socialists and Galician nationalists would seek to govern in a coalition. The Basque Country, where the PP has never won an election, also votes on Oct. 21, and polls signal nationalists in the lead.