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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Francesc Homs]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ten years since Iglesias and Rivera broke the two-party system]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/97454677-ee9c-4c95-8393-99f3c55229fa_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>It has become commonplace to see the Spanish government lose votes or need to reach agreements with multiple political parties. But it was ten years ago that the PP and the PSOE began to face this dilemma. The elections of December 20, 2015, led to unprecedented fragmentation in the Congress of Deputies and ended the historic two-party system: the PP lost 83 seats, while Podemos and Ciudadanos—from Catalonia—entered the lower house with 69 and 40 deputies, respectively. Despite their obvious political differences, on election night both parties offered the same diagnosis: Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos, proclaimed that a "new Spain" had been "born," and Albert Rivera, the most visible figure of Ciudadanos, celebrated the beginning of a "new political era of hope and optimism." Neither project has that strength today—Ciudadanos has even disappeared—but the two-party system has not been restored. Now Vox and Sumar have taken up the mantle to consolidate a system with four national parties coexisting with the string of regional parties that are also key to governance.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martí Odriozola i Marcé]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 03 Jan 2026 07:00:30 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Albert Rivera and Pablo Iglesias participate in a debate at the Carlos III University of Madrid in November 2015]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The emergence of Podemos and Ciudadanos in Congress marked a change of era from which Sánchez is the only survivor]]></subtitle>
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