{"id":34648,"date":"2018-06-01T05:31:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T10:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34648"},"modified":"2018-06-01T05:31:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T10:31:49","slug":"spanish-prime-minister-rajoy-ousted-from-power-sanchez-is-new-socialist-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34648","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy Ousted From Power; Sanchez Is New Socialist Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-06-01\/spanish-prime-minister-rajoy-ousted-power\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy Ousted From Power; Sanchez Is New Socialist Prime Minister<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1070\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1070\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\">As was widely expected, this morning Mariano Rajoy&#8217;s six year reign as Spain&#8217;s prime minister, ended when he become the first prime minister in Spain\u2019s democratic history to be ousted by parliament after losing a vote of no-confidence amid a corruption scandal engulfing his Popular party. He will be replaced by the Socialist opposition leader Pedro S\u00e1nchez.<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/rajoy%20out.jpg?itok=8bi9Kq4l\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/rajoy%20out.jpg?itok=8bi9Kq4l\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/rajoy%20out.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/rajoy%20out.jpg?itok=8bi9Kq4l 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d8bc3730-7c03-401c-922e-8d930a4be294\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A small but sufficient majority of Spanish lawmakers was sufficient to end Rajoy&#8217;s career, voting 180 to 169 to remove the prime minister, cutting short the second term of one of Europe\u2019s longest-serving leaders currently in power. The center-left Socialist Party had called the no-confidence vote last week and proposed its leader to replace Mr. Rajoy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/rajoy%202.jpg?itok=7hqoTdC6\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/rajoy%202.jpg?itok=7hqoTdC6\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/rajoy%202.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/rajoy%202.jpg?itok=7hqoTdC6 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1b5007b0-ce4e-455b-bdea-41c0fa91ff65\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Rajoy takes his seat at Parliament before the vote of a no confidence motion in Madrid, June 1. Photo: Reuters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/63f9681e-657c-11e8-a39d-4df188287fff\">Quoted by the FT, i<\/a>n his brief final speech to parliament, Rajoy bade farewell to the country after seven years in power: \u201cIt has been an honour to leave Spain better than I found it. Thank you to all Spaniards and good luck.\u201d The speech came after a <em>last meal<\/em> of sorts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mr Rajoy spent eight hours in a Madrid restaurant on Thursday afternoon instead of sitting through the first part of the parliamentary debate, but appeared composed on Friday during his resignation speech.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Socialist Party leader Pedro S\u00e1nchez, who becomes prime minister immediately, told lawmakers that his policy goals include bolstering social policies to address problems such as unemployment and poverty levels, both of which remain high despite Spain\u2019s strong growth. Among Sanchez&#8217; challenges will be managing the eurozone\u2019s fourth-largest economy and dealing with internal problems such as the crisis in Catalonia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy Ousted From Power; Sanchez Is New Socialist Prime Minister As was widely expected, this morning Mariano Rajoy&#8217;s six year reign as Spain&#8217;s prime minister, ended when he become the first prime minister in Spain\u2019s democratic history to be ousted by parliament after losing a vote of no-confidence amid a corruption scandal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8641,20291,743,4318],"class_list":["post-34648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-mariano-rajoy","tag-pedro-sanchez","tag-spain","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34649,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34648\/revisions\/34649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}