- "The previous two-party regime is looking now more like a four-party contest," says Deutsche's Jim Reid, after the ruling People's Party was drubbed in weekend elections, amid gains for the anti-austerity Podemos Party (a Spanish Syriza).
- Podemos-backed activist Ada Colau was elected mayor of Barcelona, while a Podemos coalition looks set to take power in Madrid after 24 years of rule by the People's Party.
- A national election is due by year's end.
- The IBEX 35's two-day loss this week has topped 3%.
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