Tag: Catalan Republican Left (ERC)
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls on ministers for ‘unity’ as turbulent term in office begins
SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a letter to his new Cabinet members calling on them for ‘coordination’ and ‘unity’ ahead of what...
Eighteen nights of protests in Madrid against government’s Catalan amnesty plan see more than 70 arrests
LAST NIGHT marked the 18th improvised protest to be held outside the headquarters of the Socialist Party in Madrid’s Ferraz street. The demonstrations were...
Partido Popular leader Alberto Feijoo calls for fresh protests against Spain’s new government – after failing to secure his...
THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, is not letting up with his strategy of putting public pressure on the new...
‘Stage a coup’: Group of former military leaders in Spain calls for army to rise up and remove Prime...
A GROUP of 51 retired Franco-era military leaders has written and signed a manifesto in which they call on the army to rise up...
Pedro Sanchez sworn in as Spain’s prime minister in presence of King Felipe VI
SOCIALIST PARTY leader Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as prime minister on Friday morning, the day after he won an investiture vote in Congress...
Explainer: Why are people across Spain protesting against Pedro Sanchez’s Catalan amnesty deal?
MASS demonstrations were held across Spain on Sunday in rejection of deals struck by the caretaker prime minister, Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez, and...
Thousands take to streets of Spain to protest against Socialist Party’s Catalan amnesty deal
Protestors took to the streets of Spain on Sunday to voice their rejection of an amnesty deal between the Socialist Party (PSOE) and Catalan...
An ‘unprecedented attack on Spanish democracy’: Leader of Spain’s conservative Popular Party slams Pedro Sanchez’s Catalan amnesty deal
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, made a statement on Thursday in which he slammed the deal reached between...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister does amnesty deal with Catalan nationalists, paving the way for another term in office
SPAIN’S Socialist Party (PSOE) has finally sealed a deal with the Together for Catalunya group that will pave the way for caretaker prime minister...
The Socialists’ Catalunya deal explained: The price Pedro Sanchez will pay to return to power
SPAIN’S Socialist Party and the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) announced on Thursday that they had reached a much-awaited deal, one that will see the...
Spain takes step closer to ending political stalemate, as caretaker prime minister and Catalan nationalists agree amnesty deal
THE POLITICAL stalemate that has gripped Spain since the inconclusive general election held on July 23 took a stop closer to ending on Tuesday,...
Spain’s heir to the throne, Princess Leonor, swears allegiance to Constitution at ceremony with notable absences
THE HEIR to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, today swore allegiance to the Constitution at a major state ceremony in the lower house of...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister voices strongest backing yet for Catalan amnesty
SPEAKING at a meeting of the Socialist Party’s Federal Committee on Saturday, the caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave his strongest backing yet to...
Breaking the political deadlock? Spain’s Socialists accelerate talks with leftist alliance Sumar in bid to hammer out coalition deal
AFTER Spain’s King Felipe VI invited Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez to form a government this week, the party’s first port of call was the...
Spain’s King Felipe starts new round of talks with political leaders to find next prime ministerial candidate
SPAIN’S King Felipe VI on Monday began a new round of meetings with Spain’s political leaders, ahead of the nomination of a new candidate...
Analysis: Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Feijoo uses own investiture debate to act as opposition leader
FOR POLITICAL analysts in Spain, the head of the conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, behaved more like an opposition leader during day...
Explainer: Why the Popular Party’s Alberto Nuñez Fejioo is doomed to fail at this week’s investiture vote, and what...
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, will be the protagonist of a two-day investiture debate in the Congress of...
Thousands take to streets of Spain’s capital Madrid to protest against amnesty for Catalan secessionists
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to join a protest led by the conservative Popular Party against a potential...
Catalan premier takes advantage of political stalemate in Spain to push for independence referendum
THE REGIONAL premier of Catalunya today took advantage of the stalemate after last week’s general elections in Spain to put pressure on the Socialist...
Sparks set to fly at only head-to-head debate between Spain’s main prime ministerial candidates
IN THE ONLY head-to-head debate that they will hold before the July 23 general election, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Popular Party (PP)...
Spain’s conservative Popular Party slips in the polls ahead of the July 23 general election
AFTER right-wing parties made major gains at the May 28 local and regional elections, it seemed like a government led by the conservative Popular...
Explainer: What will the government’s planned housing law mean for landlords and tenants?
THE SPANISH government has been negotiating a proposed housing law for months, if not years, and the deal that has been hammered out between...
Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, wanted by justice system for role in independence drive, arrested on return to Spain
Catalan politician Clara Ponsati, who is wanted by the Spanish authorities for her involvement in the 2017 independence drive in the region, was arrested...
No change to Spain’s ‘gag law’, as parties fail to find common ground on reforms
AN ATTEMPT by the Spanish government to reform the country’s so-called ‘gag law’ failed this week, after the ruling Socialist Party and junior coalition...
Spain to join EU plan to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine
THE SPANISH government announced on Wednesday that it will send Leopard tanks to Ukraine to assist in its defence against Russia, now that Germany...
Boos and jeers at pro-Catalan independence demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona show splits in the movement
SOME 6,500 people came out in Barcelona to protest on Thursday morning in support of independence for Catalunya. The demonstration coincided with a French-Spanish...
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