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The digital edition of the

Financial Times

publishes this Friday an article that highlights the comfortable electoral victory of Isabel Díaz Ayuso last 4-M.

The text begins with one of Spain's most recognizable hallmarks abroad:

bulls

.

The British newspaper focuses on the opening of Las Ventas for the celebration of a bullfight on May 2, feast of the Community of Madrid, as a metaphor for Ayuso's victory in the face of Health restrictions not to hold events with the public during the coronavirus pandemic.

A triumph that was consecrated at the polls two days later.

"Díaz Ayuso did not agree with the criteria for the closure of these spaces, and already during the electoral campaign for his re-election he assured that

'where there are bulls, there is freedom

," says journalist Daniel Dombey.

"The victory of the conservative, 42, over the bullfights left

her enemies on the left, including Spanish President Pedro Sánchez

, pale, along with the

electoral debacle that later suffered on Tuesday

."

According to Dombey, "both battles had the same claim: the call for freedom" for some Madrilenians

very tired of the strict measures

to control the expansion of Covid-19.

The president "achieved victory not only in the conservative neighborhoods loyal to her Popular Party for many years,

but also in the red belt of the working class

around the capital," a traditionally socialist fiefdom.

Regarding Díaz Ayuso, the

Financial Times

highlights that she is

a different leader from the rest of the

traditional

leaders

in the PP, who lives for rent in a 60-square-meter apartment in the Chamberí neighborhood and who drives a Golf that she bought second-hand in 2012 And to define her, he resorts to the political analyst of EL MUNDO

Lucía Méndez

: "She is not an elegant girl, she is more of a street fighter."

"He had never directed anything before taking office, but his big bet, keeping the hospitality industry open, even during the second wave of the pandemic, paid off politically. If you know anything about Madrid, you know that bars and restaurants are not only economically important,

but also socially vital

. "

Speaking to the

Financial Times

before the vote, Díaz Ayuso described the electoral contest as a clash of opposites in which he defended the "

rights of the family, the self-employed and businessmen

to maintain control of their lives" against the ideas they defended those he described as Communist rivals and fellow travelers. "

The president of Madrid described the impositions of Health as

"authoritarian, even totalitarian

.

"

His mandate has been marked by the confrontation with the Sánchez government, which "repeatedly sought to impose tougher restrictions on Madrid," can be read in the aforementioned text.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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  • Madrid

  • Isabel Diaz Ayuso

  • Elections Madrid

Elections in MadridAyuso concentrates his end of the campaign in the 'red belt' to scratch votes for the PSOE and reach an absolute majority

Elections in Madrid45% of the votes, the barrier that can give Ayuso an absolute majority

Elections in MadridCiudadanos calls the moderates to a "peaceful revolution" to corner the "extremes"

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