POLICY REPRESENTATION OF THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT ON THE PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER “EL MUNDO” IN 2015-2020

Abstract

The article examines a problem of government policy in the Spanish media on the example of publications of the center-right newspaper “El Mundo” for the period 2015-2020. The choice of the study period is due to the fact that during these years there is a change in the conservative cabinet of M. Rahoy, who resigned, and the activities of the government of socialists and leftists headed by P. Sanchez began. The article presents results of an empirical study, conducted by the author between February 2020 and February 2021. The research objective is to identify the publication content of the newspaper “El Mundo” and reader’s opinion about government policy in key areas: pension provision, family policy, health care, education, migration policy. Based on the results of the study, the author came to the following conclusions: the political situation in Spain is far from stable; there is no strong political coalition in the country that could hold power for a long time in opposition to the rise of populist nationalist political forces.