Tag: general election
Vox diverted €11m of public money to a foundation and private company, claims former high-ranking member of Spain’s far-right...
A FORMER high-ranking politician from Vox has claimed that the far-right party has diverted as much as €11 million of public money to a...
Disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I leaves Spain after making fourth visit to Galician municipality Sanxenxo
SPAIN’S disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I left the Galician municipality of Sanxenxo on Monday morning, concluding his fourth visit to his home country...
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...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, vows he can cling onto power
SPAIN’S caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has vowed that he will find the support to be voted back into power, despite having lost the...
Far-right Vox offers Partido Popular’s Feijoo ‘no-strings’ backing to form new minority government in Spain
SPAIN'S far-right Vox party has offered the conservative Partido Popular a 'no-strings' deal where it would back a PP minority government without demanding a...
Spain’s caretaker prime minister slammed by opposition for picking Morocco as holiday destination
NOT EVEN on vacation can Spain’s caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, escape attacks from the country’s opposition parties. This time, the Socialist Party leader...
Snorkel and flippers: How one man’s election day escapade highlighted Spain’s resentment at being forced to vote during the...
VOTERS and election operators were treated to a comedic sight on a most serious day in Spanish electoral politics: a man coming in to...
PM Sanchez waits to see if Spain general election gamble pays off
SPAIN’S socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will today find out if his gamble on a snap election pays off, or if a far right...
Postal service gets time extension for mail-in ballots ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain
SPAIN'S postal service Correos has been granted a half-day extension to the deadline for accepting postal votes ahead of Sunday's general election.
A record number...
Debate ahead of Sunday’s general election in Spain marked by absence of Popular Party candidate
THREE of the prime ministerial candidates ahead of this weekend’s general election in Spain slugged it out during a live TV debate on Wednesday...
Tensions rise on Spain’s campaign trail, as likely election winners PP and Vox become mired in controversies
AS THE JULY 23 general election approaches, tensions are rising on the campaign trail, with the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox, who are...
Spain’s Correos mail service seeks to quell concerns about postal votes for July 23 general election
SPAIN’S state Correos postal service has sought to assure citizens that their postal votes will arrive in time for them to participate in the...
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...
Far-right Vox party removes controversial poster from street in Spain’s Madrid
THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party has been ordered to take down a Madrid poster in which symbols representing feminism, communism, the LGBTQ community, squatters, and...
Spain to offer tax breaks to people who buy an electric car
SPAIN will pay back up to 15% of income tax to people who buy an electric vehicle before the end of the year in...
Pedro Sanchez admits controversial rape law was ‘biggest mistake’ of his government in Spain
SPAIN'S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has admitted to a controversial new rape law being 'the biggest mistake' of his government.
In a Sunday interview with...
Most tax cuts on essential foods expected to be extended this week in Spain as election looms
SPAIN'S Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has said that she expects the Council of Ministers to extend on Tuesday some of the anti-crisis measures that...
As general elections approach, conservative Popular Party struggles with uneasy bedfellow Vox
THE LATEST POLLS ahead of the July 23 snap election in Spain suggest that the conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox party will...
Podemos accepts defeat over inclusion of Equality Minister Irene Montero on election candidate lists
LEFTIST party Podemos (We Can) has been forced to accept the demotion of one of its most high-profile politicians, Irene Montero, as it is...
Unions concerned about low staffing to deal with postal votes for Spain’s general election in July
A PLAN to draft in 12,000 extra postal workers to cope with the July 23 snap general election will be insufficient according to Spain’s...
Partido Popular leader Feijoo says deal with Vox in Spain’s Valencia region was only way to avoid new elections
THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has said that fresh elections would have been called in the Valencian Community if...
Leader of far-left Podemos party says there will be election pact with new Sumar grouping in Spain
THE LEADER of Spain's far-left party Podemos has said that it will run with new left grouping Sumar in July's general election.
Podemos general secretary...
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...
EU to delay presentation of Spain’s rotating presidency until after snap elections in July
THE SURPRISE decision of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call snap elections for July 23 continued to have knock-on effects on Friday, after...
BREAKING NEWS: Pedro Sanchez calls early general election in Spain for July 23rd
PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez has announced that a general election will take place in Spain on July 23rd.
Sanchez made the shock move in a...
Pedro Sanchez announces surprise windfall taxes on banks and energy companies in Spain
BANKS and energy companies in Spain are to be hit with new 'temporary' windfall taxes.
The surprise announcement was made in Congress on Tuesday by...