Spaniards will go to the polls on Sunday as Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seeks to retain power.
Campaigning has intensified in Spain in the days before the election, but opinion polls continue to predict a change of government.
As it stands, Alberto Núñez Feijó, leader of the People’s Party (PP), is expected to become the new prime minister, likely with the support of the far-right party Vox, which has been in office since the collapse of Spanish democracy and the beginning of Spanish democracy. It’s not what happened. military dictatorship in the 1970s.
Experts and political commentators are already speculating about the many changes this policy could bring to the country.
Although there has been little discussion of economic proposals during the election period, there is widespread agreement that a change of government would have a positive impact on the economy.
Marcel Jansen, a researcher at the Madrid-based think tank FEDEA, told Euronews: “The opposition has been very critical of the recent tax increases, which are also due to the increase in pension spending due to recently implemented reforms. ” he said.
“I think the PP is going to limit spending increases and also cut taxes. The important thing is that if you want to cut taxes in Spain, you have to cut spending almost directly, and Spain has been on the verge of a decade of austerity. “Cutting spending means means” really hits the nail on the head. ”
Another challenge for the new government will be to reduce both Spain’s debt, which stands at just over 112% of GDP, and the deficit, or the gap between revenues and expenditures, which currently stands at 4.8%.
There will also be some notable changes at the societal level. One of the most affected laws may be so-called trans laws.
This law depathologizes gender reassignment in line with the opinion of the World Health Organization and allows children to change their gender from the age of 16 without a medical examination.
The bill was passed in February last year and the PP has vowed to abolish it.
State Lesbian, Gay, Trans and Bisexual Federation (FELGBT) president Uge Sanghir told Euronews that this is a major concern for the LGBTQI community.
“We’re going to go back to a pathological state, where we’re subject to medical records, we’re being coached, we’re not even able to choose whether to give hormones or not,” Sangil said.
“We are taking a huge step backwards. Now, with the laws we have passed, transgender people can change their name and gender and do not have to undergo surgery or hormone therapy.”
Spain may learn the new color of its government on Sunday, but nothing has been ruled out, including weeks of coalition negotiations or a new election similar to 2019.