Rubalcaba stepping down

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the leader of the main opposition group in Congress, and his team have decided to step down in the wake of the Socialist Party’s (PSOE) poor showing at Sunday’s European elections.

Political figures are not badly off

The financial situations of the two major presidential candidates, Rubalcaba (PSOE) and Rajoy (PP), are described as ‘not bad’ according to the declaration of assets made public by the Congress of Deputies.

Rubalcaba cuts into PP lead

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.