CNN INTERNATIONAL - WORLD NEWS 03/14/00 SPANISH ELECTION MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar is due to address party leaders on Tuesday. That follows his election victory on Sunday. Aznar's Center Right Popular Party took full control of Parliament for the first time in the country's democratic era. CNN's Al Goodman gauges reaction to the election results.</s>AL GOODMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): First, the celebration of Prime Minster Jose Maria Aznar's landslide victory for a second term. Next, the cleanup. Outside headquarters of his Center Right Popular Party, workers removed posters. Mr. Aznar laid low the day after the election triumph as he prepared to step into a new role. Spain took stock of a conservative majority for the first time since democracy was restored 23 years ago.</s>JOSE MARIA MICHAVILA, DEPUTY GOVERNMENT MINISTER OF SPAIN (through  translator): We did not expect such a big victory. But it shows Spain has matured as a democracy. People know how to make political choices. And ours was the right program.</s>GOODMAN: That program, sustaining one of Europe's fastest growing economies, is a key challenge, as is Aznar's promise to further cut Spain's 15 percent unemployment rate, still the highest in Western Europe.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): The government's economic policy has been very good. Business is business.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): It's great, the incumbent one. I hope everything stays the same.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): My life won't change. The election results don't affect me.</s>GOODMAN: But they certainly affect the Socialist Party, which had its worst results in 21 years. Socialist leader Joaquin Almunia quit after voters rejected his election alliance with the communists. (on camera): As the Spanish left looks for a future, Prime Minister Aznar has been consolidating power at home with a parliamentary majority and as dean of Western Europe's conservative leaders. Al Goodman, CNN, Madrid.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar To Address Party Leaders  Following Election Victory