European Policy Analysis
Graph 5 . Percentage of critical interventions by regions ( Environment SC . Matas ' ministry .)
Graph 6 . Percentage of critical interventions by regions ( Environment SC . Narbona ' s ministry ).
of interventions at the Environment Sectoral Conference is strongly marked by the partisan viewpoint of its members . However , this feature is not exclusive to the Environment SC , but is a trend that is even clearer in the case of the Education SC , perhaps because the matters for discussion have a much greater politicalelectoral saliency .
If the data are analyzed for the legislatures of Angel Gabilondo ( PSOE ) and José Ignacio Wert ( PP ), it can be seen that critical interventions are almost exclusively made by regions where parties other than the ruling party are in government . During Angel Gabilondo ’ s mandate , the regions of Castile-Leon , Galicia , Madrid , Murcia , La Rioja , and Valencia — which made the greatest
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