From Pamplona, the forces of 'change' will lose many municipalities in Navarra
- In the municipal elections there has also been a general trend towards the Parliament of Navarre and, from Pamplona, the forces of change will lose many mayors. In general, Navarre Suma and PSN have had a great rise and the parties of change have dropped significantly. In Pamplona, Enrique Maya of Navarre Suma has remained a councillor of the absolute majority, and he will surely be the mayor of the Navarre capital. Also EH Bildu has held well in Pamplona, getting three more councillors by the effect of Asuncion, the three lost by Geroa Bai (from 5 to 2). And the less powerful left-wing forces, like Aranzadi, Podemos and I-E, have not managed to exceed 5% of the votes.
In the drafting of these lines, the new quadripartite of Navarra has just reached a programmatic agreement. The quadripartite is new, because the PSN enters and leaves EH Bildu. They also agreed that the Socialists have vetoed those of Bildu, who have ensured that they are not... [+]
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Ada Colau will remain in the position of Mayor of the Catalan capital, in a context difficult to imagine before the election campaign: With the eight votes in favour of the PSC, the three votes in favour of the candidature of former Prime Minister Manuel Valls, supported so far... [+]
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