@article{2016:pfeiffe:die_spanis,
title = {Die spanischen nationalen Wahlen vom 26. Juni 2016: ein zweiter Anlauf zur Regierungsbildung im neuen Vierparteiensystem},
year = {2016},
note = {The general elections on June 26, 2016 were the second elections
within seven months . Already on December 20, 2015, the Spanish
citizens were asked to elect a new government . The elections in
December can be seen as a political watershed, which indicated the end
of the two-party-system (PP and PSOE), which had characterized the
Spanish democracy ever since the democratic transition in 1982 . The
then old system was replaced by a four-party- system comprising the
PP, PSOE, Podemos and Ciudadanos . Subsequently, Spain experi- enced a
political blockade that led to new elections on June 26, 2016 which
were clearly won by the conservative PP . But once again the formation
of government seemed as diffi- cult as before . Due to the high
polarization, caused by all parties’ lack of willingness to
compromise and to enter into dialogue, and the territorial problem
caused by the separatist movement in Catalonia, it needed the social
democrats of the PSOE, who are going through the deepest crisis of
their existence in democratic Spain, to unblock the political
situation . Mariano Rajoy (PP) was elected on October 29, 2016 as the
new and old prime minister of Spain and is the head of a minority
government . He faces big political and eco- nomic challenges, which
can only be solved by a new dialogue-based political culture . [ZParl,
vol . 47 (2016), no . 4, pp . 783 - 799]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {783--799},
author = {Pfeiffe, Christian},
volume = {47},
number = {4}
}