Irony in the World of Politics: #20D in the Spanish social networks

Abstract

The book was inspired by the events which led to considerable political changes in Poland and in Spain. In Poland, the presidential election of May 2015 and the parliamentary election of October 25, 2015 changed the balance of power on the Polish political scene completely. The central political power was taken over the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS), which resulted in an essential change in perception of the role of the state and public affairs in Poland. In the same year, parliamentary election of December, 20, caused serious political changes in Spain. As a result of the election, two new state-wide-parties obtained seats in the Congress of Deputies: Podemos and Ciudadanos. That event did not only mean a transformation of the system previously dominated by two political parties into a multi-party system, but also – for the first time since 1977 – prevented the formation of a central government. On May 3, 2016, for the first time since the establishment of a democratic political system after the deathof general Franco, the Spanish parliament was dissolved and the new election was not arranged upon the request of the prime minister but upon the decree of the king.