It has been mentioned before in this blog the transport crisis in Catalonia the biggest headache for the PSOE strategists at the moment. Catalan voters staying at home means a closer election than expected in March.
Today Congress voted a IU (United Left) resolution to sanction the Minister for Transport, Magdalena Alvarez, for her responsibility in the situation. The Government and Socialist Parliamentary Group have had to work real hard to be able to secure enough votes to reject the resolution.
The final vote has been very close with a difference of three votes. For the first time PP, IU and Catalan nationalists have got together to vote in favour of the resolution. PSOE took with it the votes from the Mixed Group, Basque nationalist and the PP defector and now independent Congressman, Joaquin Calomarde.
The story and problems in the transport network are still there, but the impact of a headline in the right-wing press of a Congressional sanction on a Minister would have been far worse. It was the best that a bad day could bring about.
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