Economics
Rajoy's Catalan Losses Signal Struggle to Survive December Vote
- PP suffered worst result in Catalan election in 23 years
- Ciudadanos eclipsed PP to seize anti-independence voters
What Next for Catalonia?
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If Catalonia’s vote on independence yielded no clear-cut result, there was at least an obvious loser: the People’s Party of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
The PP trailed in fifth place in Sunday’s regional election with 8.5 percent of the vote and lost almost half its representatives in the Catalan assembly, its delegation cut to 11 lawmakers from 19.