The complex and unclear result of Spain’s July 23rd general election means that the two main parties, the PSOE and the PP, both have their eyes fixed on August 17th.
That date is a day of mourning in Barcelona, as it is the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Rambla, but this year, it is also a red-letter day on the Madrid political calendar because it is the day on which the Spanish houses of parliament, the Cortes, will be constituted. And, therefore, the speaker of the Congress of Deputies will be chosen.
