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Beaten

Monday, 10th March 2008


A worker pulls down a poster of Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy at the PP headquarters after the party conceded defeat in Spain's general election. Photo credit: Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images]

Barcepundit mulls over the voting figures. The FT sees trouble ahead for the government:

Prime Minister Zapatero's ruling Socialists face awkward alliance choices  after failing to win the absolute majority they had sought to tackle a deepening slowdown in the once-robust economy. The Socialists won 169 seats -- seven short of an absolute majority in the 350-seat parliament -- against the Popular Party's 153.

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