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Catalunya chaos: President to step down after separatist party’s poor showing at local elections – while Puigdemont vows to form his own government in fresh headache for Pedro Sanchez

THE incumbent Catalan president Pere Aragones has announced he will step down from frontline politics in the wake of a disappointing performance for his separatist

14 May, 2024 @ 11:30

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King Felipe VI and Sumar leader Yolanda Diaz

Spain’s caretaker prime minister assures king he has the support needed to be voted back into office

DURING A meeting with Spain’s King Felipe VI today, caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez assured the monarch that he will count on the necessary support

22 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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EXPLAINER: The role of Spain's King Felipe in forming country's new government as he meets next week with all political parties

Spain’s King Felipe VI begins talks with political parties in bid to find a prime ministerial candidate

SPAIN’S king, Felipe VI, is meeting with the country’s political parties over the coming days in an effort to decide on a possible candidate for

21 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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Explainer: Why the winner of Sunday’s general election in Spain has done a U-turn to court the Socialists

THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, did a serious about face on Tuesday, as he continued to seek support for

26 Jul, 2023 @ 14:32

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When will Spain have a new government? All you need to know as Pedro Sanchez faces investiture vote THIS week

Spain’s caretaker prime minister insists repeat election won’t be necessary despite apparent stalemate

DESPITE the inconclusive result of Sunday’s general elections in Spain, and the difficult if not impossible task ahead for political parties of reaching a deal

25 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

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Free transport offered to elderly and disabled voters on May 28 in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Explainer: What you need to know about Spain’s July 23 general election

ON JULY 23, Spaniards will be heading to polling booths across the country for the fifth time in the last 10 years, to choose the

7 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

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Popular Party in Extremadura does complete U-turn and will enter into government with far-right Vox

THE LEADER of the conservative Popular Party in Extremadura, Maria Guardiola, did a complete U-turn on Friday and signed a coalition deal with far-right Vox

30 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

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Spanish Cabinet extends raft of measures put in place to help ease cost-of-living crisis

THE SPANISH Cabinet on Tuesday approved an extension to a raft of measures that were put in place to help combat the cost-of-living crisis caused

27 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

Campaigner Carla Antonelli becomes Spain’s first transsexual senator

SPANISH POLITICIAN Carla Antonelli is set to become the country’s first transexual senator, after the leftist party Mas Madrid announced it was designating her as

24 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

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Spain’s PM challenges conservative opponent to six face-to-face debates before snap elections

AHEAD OF THE July 23 snap general election, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday challenged his main opponent to six face-to-face debates. But the Popular

5 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

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Spain’s Socialists release attack ad making fun of opposition leader’s lack of English

FROM Felipe Gonzalez to Mariano Rajoy, nearly all of Spain’s prime ministers since the return of democracy have had one problem: their lack of English.

1 Jun, 2023 @ 18:30

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Irene Montero Presenta Un Proyecto Pa La Igualdad Efectiva Entre Hombres Y Mujeres En El Trabajo

Video: Elderly woman harangues Spain’s leftist equality minister over her luxury home purchase

EQUALITY MINISTER Irene Montero got into a heated debate on the campaign trail on Wednesday, after an elderly woman in Valencia criticised the leftist politician

17 May, 2023 @ 15:16

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s ongoing drought is listed in the world’s top 10 ‘most expensive natural disasters’ of 2023

Spain approves €2.19 billion plan to combat effects of ongoing drought

THE SPANISH government on Thursday announced a €2.19 billion plan aimed at combating the effects of the ongoing drought in Spain. The Cabinet approved a

11 May, 2023 @ 18:45

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Explainer: Why Spain’s leftist parties could hold the key to the 2023 general election

SPAIN’S political parties are focussing their attention right now on the upcoming regional and local elections, which will be held across much of the country

4 May, 2023 @ 18:45

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Far-right Vox party humiliated in no confidence vote against Pedro Sanchez government in Spain

Lawmaker from Spain’s Popular Party accused of aiming death threat at prime minister in Congress

A LAWMAKER from the conservative Popular Party has been accused by his Socialist colleagues of making a death threat against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during

8 Feb, 2023 @ 19:15

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Opinion poll reveals revitalised Partido Popular under new leader Feijoo could form new Spanish government after December's general election

Leader of Spain’s opposition calls for changes so that most-voted party takes power

SPAIN’S national political system used to be a two-party one, with the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party taking it in turns to govern since

24 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

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