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The BBC's Paul Reynolds offers a clear analysis of the Spanish election results, saying they "have shaken the coalition in the war on terror declared by President Bush.

"And they have done so because Spanish voters moved into line with the French and German view that the war on terror has nothing to do with the war in Iraq...

"Not that Spanish voters support al-Qaeda, but nor do they support the policy in Iraq.

"And, like the French and Germans, they want a rethink. In particular, they want a separation of the war on terror from the war in Iraq, which Mr Bush has said is the "front line" in the war on terror...

"The arrival of the Spanish socialists back on the European scene will also shift the balance of opinion on Iraq within the European Union. Mr Blair has lost a close ally and may have to turn further east to the new members joining on 1 May to reinforce his position."