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For the third time in less than four years, the Spaniards will be called to the polls for early parliamentary elections on April 28.
With our correspondent in Madrid , François Musseau
" Although we try to read the future, the situation today is a ball of wool that will be frankly difficult to unwind. This observation of the diario.es sums up well the perplexity of the majority of the media vis-a-vis the new electoral appointment .
" Pedro Sanchez's legislature has been the shortest in 40 years of democracy," writes the conservative daily La Razon, "and now that it's over, we're all facing a huge uncertainty, and we'll be smart enough to know how we're going get out of this political crisis . "
The Catalan question, again
A crisis, according to the same newspaper, that could a priori benefit the parties of the right, the People's Party and Ciudadanos - that's what the polls say. But it is a " poisoned situation " for the classic right, says an editorial of the online newspaper Infolibre, because if it prevails in suffrage, it will be possible only thanks to the predictable rise of the formation of extreme right Vox .
Why ? Because by sealing an alliance with this party, others risk getting their hands dirty. What is certain, defends El Mundo , is that the Catalan conflict will be at the center of the electoral campaign, which begins now. And " it is very likely, " the same paper says, " to only worsen relations between national parties and Catalan separatists ".
ANALYSIS
Will the PSOE be able to form a majority possibly with Podemos? The polls do not suggest it. On the other hand, it will also be more difficult for the right to succeed in forming a Spanish-wide government by renewing the formula of Andalusia, because for Ciudadanos, which wants to be a liberal centrist party, it will still be very complicated at the national level to agree with Vox ...
Hubert Peres Professor at the University of Montpellier 16/02/2019 - by Juliette Gheerbrant Listen