Catch 22

Today is a big day in Spain. When I was young, it was called a Catch 22 situation.

Regional elections are being held in two areas of Spain, The Basque Country and Galicia. And whoever wins, Spain will lose.

If the Opposition wins in Galicia, their Leader, Rajoy, will come out of the process stronger and therefore will continue with his personal quest to prevent the Conservatives from coming back to power.

If the Socialists retain power, they will fell vindicated in their thrust to spend the way out of the economic crisis. We all lose. 

In the Basque country, there is, however a slight hope. If the Socialists come in front, they might do the sensible thing and oust the Nationalists from power for the first time in over 30 years, asking the conservatives to join them in the regional government. This would be a real change and we can hope that it will happen.

The problem is that, if Zapatero allows this to happen, he will lose the support of the Nationalists in  Parliament and his government may fall. So once again, Zapatero will have the dilemma between doing the right thing or taking the wrong turn. He has proven he is capable of making more mistakes than any other politician in Europe in the shortest possible time. He will do it again!

That is a Catch 22 situation if I have ever seen one!