[prairiebreeze]

I think they're regretting it even as we speak.

I've been wondering if that might be setting in. Do you see this possibly translating into the new Socialist party taking a stronger stance against terrorism, Iraq, etc. instead of, well, being the wimps they've demonstrated so far?

Prairie

[livius]

It might. The other possibility is that their government won't be very stable.

The Socialists didn't get an absolute majority, which means that they must rely upon some of the splinter parties (mostly extreme regional nationalist parties in Catalonia and the Basque Country) to govern.

These parties themselves are pretty unstable right now, and forming a coalition with them is not going to be a dream scenario for any major party.

Maybe the whole thing will implode.

(Personally, I hope so, because Zap looks like Mr. Bean on speed, and the thought of somebody that weird heading a major Western nation is like - well, like the thought of Kerry being President of the US.)