Tag: election
Spain’s Andalucia region gears up for election on June 19
ANDALUCIANS will go to the ballot box on Sunday, June 19.
Regional president Juanma Moreno confirmed two weeks ago that he would dissolve the regional...
Polls show Spain’s right-wing set to win big in Madrid regional elections
SPAIN'S main opposition right-wing Popular Party (PP) is poised to win the snap election in the Madrid region on May 4, returning Isabel Diaz...
‘IT’S MASS SUICIDE’: Spain’s British expats react to Tories’ biggest election majority since Thatcher with crushing defeat for Labour
Sue Wilson, chair of the Bremain in Spain group said: “Shocking exit poll results. What has the British public done? Its mass suicide”
HUNG PARLIAMENT: Spain’s socialist PSOE wins election but no party has absolute majority
A left wing block of the PSOE, Podemos and Mas Pais only adds up to 159 seats, 17 short of a majority
OPINION: Predictions that Spain’s far right Vox party could become kingmakers in today’s elections are worrying for expats and...
In 2016, their current leader controversially unfurled a giant Spanish flag on the rock of Gibraltar, an act he was willing to be arrested for
Spain’s moderate Ciudadanos party in CRISIS as its voters leave in droves to support far right Vox in snap...
Vox is set to gain 14% of the overall vote, after the PP in second place (21.2% and 91 seats) and the left wing PSOE first (27.3% and 121 votes)
Spain’s conservative PP party funds ‘Cambridge Analytica-style’ dirty ad campaign targeting left wing voters in run-up to election
Advertising was ‘distributed in neighbourhoods that traditionally support the PSOE or United Podemos’
Britain on track for Brexit election in December after Corbyn backs poll
The Lib Dems and the SNP have already said that are willing to back a December election.
GIBRALTAR: All the best pictures of election night as Fabian Picardo re-elected as Rock’s chief minister
Meanwhile, Together Gibraltar leader Marlene Hassan Nahon has been elected for the first time
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo delivers message of unity after record election win
Meanwhile, Together Gibraltar leader Marlene Hassan Nahon was the most voted member of the Opposition
GSLP/Liberals to win Gibraltar election, while Together Gibraltar eats into GSD support, exit poll says
The final turnout of this general election was 70.85% totalling 17138 votes
‘Driving off the Brexit cliff edge’ – The main issues for Gibraltarians voting in today’s election
“With Brexit on the horizon, it's going to be very difficult for somebody to want to change drivers when you're in the middle of driving off the cliff!”
Hero teen praised by Government after diving into sea to rescue sunfish stranded off Gibraltar
“He can be well proud, as I am of him and of all the youth who are so committed to the wellbeing of the environment and of the planet”
How are the parties fairing just days ahead of Gibraltar’s snap election? Local man John Culatto took to the...
In the end, the signs are that it is unlikely that the public will opt for any other government except for the GSLP/Liberals.
Spain on track for fourth election in four years as talks to form government break down
SPAIN could have to go to the polls yet again after talks between the PSOE and Podemos broke down last night.
If caretaker prime minister...
Spain’s Sanchez fails in new PM bid, opens possibility of fresh election
Known as the 'comeback kid,' the 47-year-old has so far only managed to secure the backing of his own 123 PSOE lawmakers
Pedro Sanchez walks away from coalition talks as political breakdown raises concern of repeat election in Spain
A repeat election would plunge Spain’s young democracy into an unprecedented crisis as it would be the fourth in as many years
‘I will work hard for you’, promises Bill Anderson, the first ever Brit to serve on Mijas Council
What I do know is that parties will need to work together, whether in coalition or informally to move Mijas forward
Newly-elected Brit councillor hopeful of attempts to move past long standing rivalries of Spain’s politics
It comes after Ciudadanos continues to rule out any form of pacts with the PSOE on a national level, while the PSOE refuses to work with the Partido Popular either
Spain’s Andalucia won by PSOE in municipal elections as Vox decimated and PP take control of Costa del Sol
THE PSOE has achieved the largest share of Andalucia’s municipal votes, continuing its upward rise.
The Socialist party achieved 37% of the region’s votes, compared...
AND THEY’RE OFF: Expats across Spain head to the polls
Registered foreigners hold the key to elections in many key tourist resorts
Open letter from PP’s Javier Quero to people of Casares, as he bids to become mayor and ‘return Casares...
Dear Neighbours of Casares, Secadero and Casares Costa,
OPINION: Expats will make all the difference in tomorrow’s elections, both as candidates and in the polling booths
Above all, ensure you vote for the local team that best understands the wealth and diversity we bring to their towns
WE’VE GOT THE POWER! :Expats fill up the ballot lists for vital local elections – in which FINALLY foreigners...
Hundreds of foreigners have been included on the various political party lists in a bid to become councillors
People with intellectual disabilities in Spain win right to vote in EU elections
The law change will mean around 100,000 people who had previously been barred from voting in Spain will have their voting rights restored