Key facts
- Lawyer Miriam Gonzalez Durantez launched a new Spanish political party, Democracy21.
- The party will run in the early general election on November 29.
- Gonzalez Durantez is married to former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
- The party aims to recover democratic values and depoliticize institutions.
- Gonzalez Durantez criticized the country's political parties for failing to address the housing crisis.
Lawyer Miriam Gonzalez Durantez launched a new Spanish political party on Saturday, Democracy21, to contest an early general election scheduled for November 29. Gonzalez Durantez, who specializes in international and EU trade law and is married to former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, stated her party's aim is to move beyond the growing ideological divide, restore democratic values, and depoliticize institutions.
The party enters a politically volatile landscape following Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's decision to call a snap election after parliament rejected measures to tackle a housing crisis. Opinion polls suggest a potential majority for the conservative People's Party (PP) and the far-right Vox.