Spain Conservative 'safe pair of hands' feels pull of the far right
The Guardian|June 05, 2023
By 11pm last Sunday , it was clear that Spain’s opposition conservative People’s party (PP) had comprehensively routed the ruling Socialists in the regional and municipal elections that had followed two weeks of ugly and unedifying campaigning .
Sam Jones 
Spain Conservative 'safe pair of hands' feels pull of the far right

The PP had snatched no fewer than six regions and some of Spain’s biggest cities from the Socialists’ grasp, much to the delight of fl ag-waving supporters who had descended on its HQ in central Madrid.

Despite the cheering from outside, however, one person was not punching the air or demanding high-fi ves from underlings. Then again, few who know Alberto Núñez Feijóo would expect such emotional incontinence from the man who assumed the PP leadership just over a year ago .

“He’s a very restrained person ,” says a veteran advis er who was with Feijóo that night. “He doesn’t get down when things don’t go well and he isn’t exultant when things go the way he wants them to .”

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