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Spain Needs to Learn the Art of Compromise
As Spaniards go to the polls in November, their politicians need to finally reconcile their differences to form a solid government.
An unwillingness to compromise.
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For those who think that the luckiest country is the one with no government, Spain must be some sort of model.
Spaniards will go to the polls on November 10 for the fourth time in four years after the country’s political parties failed to compromise on a workable majority. With Madrid’s star in the ascendancy in the European Union, and the economy still growing much faster than the rest of the bloc, one could be excused for thinking that a resolution to the political crisis is the last thing that Spain needs.