http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Socialist Party (Portugal)) en-us Mon, 23 May 2011 15:24:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/spains-socialists-worst-election-in-three-decades?start=0 Spain's opposition conservatives routed the country's ruling socialists in local and regional elections. Voters enduring the highest unemployment rate in the European Union punished the government for its handling of the financial crisis. It was the socialists' worst showing in municipal elections since Spain returned to democracy in 1978 after General Franco's dictatorship. The tide turned from Socialist red to Popular Party blue - opening up gap of around 10 per cent.<br /> Mon, 23 May 2011 15:24:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/spains-socialists-worst-election-in-three-decades Spain, Election, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , People's Party (Spain), Socialist Party (Portugal), Unemployment, Global Financial Crisis, European Union, Euronews Spain's opposition conservatives routed the country's ruling socialists in local and regional elections. Voters enduring the highest unemployment rate in the European Union punished the government for its handling of the financial crisis. It was the socialists' worst showing in municipal elections since Spain returned to democracy in 1978 after General Franco's dictatorship. The tide turned from Socialist red to Popular Party blue - opening up gap of around 10 per cent.