Votes in two Euro-crisis hit regions weaken PM Rajoy as economic crisis bites Popular Party power

Spain’s leader faces votes in two crisis-hit regions

AFP – Spaniards battling a deep recession voted Sunday in two snap regional elections that could deal a blow to Prime Minister Mariano . Rajoy’s right-leaning Popular Party has imposed tough austerity measures on the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy and now faces votes in the premier’s home region. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles