Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 20:17:14 UTC+0200
From: Pere Cruells <cruells@ea.upc.es>

Some news about the Spanish Partnership law has been appearing recently, 
most of it quite hopeful, to the effect that Spain would be the next 
country to have such laws.

After talking with people from the G-L movement, I realized that the 
situation is not so good. The Spanish political situation is too 
precarious to continue with the partnership law and the modification 
of the penal law, previously expected to be completed before next 
elections.

In my opinion, the problem is that the socialists do not have the 
majority and are in need of support from the Catalan and Basque 
nationalists, who are conservatives. Also, the goverment has been 
involved in too many corruption cases and people are quite critical 
of the socialists, further eroding their support. 

These problems keep the socialists quiet, and have stalled their 
plans to proceed with the legislation.

Naturally, gays and lesbians are quite disappointed with the goverment.

I'll keep you informed.


Pere Cruells
cruells@ea.upc.es