Spanish European Elections 2009 

Spanish Partido Popular (Popular Party) opposition candidate for European Elections, Jaime Mayor Oreja (on the right), thanks PP supporters congregated in front of party's headquarters in Calle Génova in Madrid on June 7, 2009 accompanied by Mariano Rajoy (on the left), the opposition leader by PP. The political party got 42.2 percent of votes, beating the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE), which won 38.5 percent of votes. ALAMY\Ervin Sarkisov