In the latest opinion poll, carried out by the Sociological Research Centre, the announcement that Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba will be running as the Socialist candidate has apparently reduced the gap between the two major parties.
PA leave government coalition in Ayamonte
The town of Ayamonte (Huelva) now has a minority government in power after the members of the PA decided to abandon their pact with the socialist PSOE and join the ranks of the opposition.
FACE TO FACE
The first ‘face to face’ TV debate by the main political leaders for fifteen years attracted an estimated audience of 12 million viewers as Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Partido Popular leader Mariano Rajoy spent an hour and a half discussing a wide range of previously agreed subjects.