[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.)

[maryz]

The Socialists didn't get an absolute majority, which means that they must rely upon some of the splinter parties

If they can't put together a coalition, does that mean another election? Or what? (Otherwise, when is Spain's next election?)