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NVISION Continues Expansion in Texas with Parkhurst NuVision Joint Venture

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

NVISION Eye Centers, a national leader in eye care services, is proud to announce its continued expansion in Texas with a new Joint Venture partnership with Parkhurst NuVision in San Antonio and New Braunfels.

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NVISION Eye Centers, a national leader in eye care services, is proud to announce its continued expansion in Texas with a new Joint Venture partnership with Parkhurst NuVision in San Antonio and New Braunfels.
Parkhurst NuVision (PNV) was founded in 2013 by Dr. Gregory Parkhurst.
NVision’s unique Joint Venture model is very different from private equity funds because at its core lies physician leadership along with substantial equity and influence.
“We are thrilled to partner with Dr. Parkhurst and the Parkhurst NuVision team,” said Chris Karkenny, CEO of NVISION.

What's happening in Spain after the general election (and what it means for the presidency of the Council of the EU)

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The election was called early.

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The election was called early.
At the same time, the polls saw the Socialist Party (PSOE) and Sumar (a grand coalition of left-wing parties) losing votes.

Seat mathematics

In the Spanish parliamentary system the election of the prime minister takes place in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies.
The PP, the winner of the elections, has won 136 seats and Vox 33, totalling 169 between them.
In other words, the PSOE and its partners are a little closer to forming a government than the PP.

What happened?

Only the public polls of the CIS (Sociological National Research Agency) showed the PSOE as the winner.
An important structural element is the will consolidated in the 1978 Spanish Constitution for all regions to be represented in Congress.
The results were therefore skewed by the absence of votes from the Basque Country, Catalonia and Andalusia, among others.
The electorate also appears to have been unclear about what the limits of a PP pact with Vox would be.

What happens now?

If its candidate gets enough support in a first vote (absolute majority), the king will name a prime minister.
If not, 48 hours later another vote will be held in which a simple majority will be sought.
Currently, PP is asking PSOE to reach an agreement with it and allow Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of PP, to become prime minister.

The EU Council presidency

From 1 July until 31 December, Spain holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
EU institutions are used to changes of government, as they are in an eternal electoral cycle in the member states.
Amid a possible deadlock in Spain and an end-of-year general election, Pedro Sanchez would lead Spain for almost the entirety of its presidency of the council.

Spanish elections: why devastating local losses to the right have forced socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez to call an early national vote

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

The local and regional elections that took place the 28th May have shaken up the political chessboard in Spain.

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The local and regional elections that took place the 28th May have shaken up the political chessboard in Spain.
The right-wing Partido Popular took the largest proportion of votes and now has the largest number of seats in local and regional governments.
In one fell swoop the socialist party has lost around 70% of the local and regional power it had.

National identity

Ideas about identity and nationalism came to play an important part in what were supposed to be elections about local matters.
During the last week of the campaign in particular, national issues dominated the discourse.
The Partido Popular has constructed a rhetoric of being the only party defending the constitution and the union of the country.
The party, presided over by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has absorbed the main voters from Ciudadanos, the Catalan political start-up that was at first phenomenally successful when it came to national prominence in 2015 but has already almost disappeared.

Political leadership

He has managed to boost his international image with good performances in Europe and occasional visits to Washington and Beijing.
But there is little time for Sumar to establish a strategy that can turn a social movement into a political entity with representation in the provinces.
Meanwhile, Alberto Núñez Feijoo, of the Spanish People’s Party, proposes a quiet style of leadership.

Plebiscite

He lost three MPs in the 2019 rerun election and now he has lost ground in many regions.
In Catalonia, his acceptance is growing, but the seats it brings to the general elections are not enough.
In this situation, Sánchez’s only chance is to get as near to his current 120 parliamentary seats as he can.
Whereas local elections weren’t supposed to be a plebiscite on national government, next 23rd of July seems to be the rerun of a general election whose first round took place last weekend.