Spanish elections Spain’s ruling Socialists won a second term with an expanded majority in a general election that marked a big personal victory for José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Spain’s Socialists won more seats but failed to get the absolute majority, and there was reason for the Popular party to be upbeat after it improved its share of the vote
Zapatero’s party wins expanded majority
Economic turbulence ahead for Spain
Eta blamed for murder of ex-councillor
Close race reflects polarisation of politics
Leslie Crawford, the FT’s Madrid correspondent, asks Spain’s finance minister, Pedro Solbes, how he would handle the country’s looming economic crisis if the Socialists return to power and travels to Cadiz, where one company is demonstrating how to thrive in a globalised economy
The fact that Zapatero has now won re-election may force the conservatives to recognise the government’s legitimacy without further equivocation. That, in turn, could help drain some of the bitterness from Spanish politics, writes Gideon Rachman
After an uninspiring four years in office in Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero now faces the daunting task of rescuing an economy heading for the rocks
