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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...
Socialists reject Popular Party’s proposal to end political stalemate in Spain
THE SOCIALIST PARTY on Wednesday rejected outright a proposal from the conservative Popular Party for a two-year government headed up by its leader, Alberto...
Spain’s Popular Party makes offer of two-year term in office to Socialists in bid to break political deadlock
THE LEADER of Spain’s conservative Popular Party (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Wednesday made an offer to caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the...
Popular Party and Vox reach a coalition deal in Spain’s northern Aragon region
THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox have reached a coalition deal for the northern Spanish region of Aragon, after an inconclusive result...
Explainer: How the vote count from Spaniards living abroad just made Pedro Sanchez’s life a little bit more difficult
THE TASK ahead of Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez to be voted back in as prime minister became even more complicated this weekend, as...
It’s not over yet: How the votes from Spaniards abroad could alter the general election result
THE CONSERVATIVE Popular Party was the winner of Sunday’s general election, albeit falling short of a majority and leaving the country in a stalemate....
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...
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...
Leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party rails at media and Popular Party leader for poor showing at elections
THE LEADER of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, went on the attack on Sunday in the wake of his group’s poor showing at...
Analysis: Popular Party falls short of expectations at Spain’s general election but improves on 2019 result
THE RESULT of Sunday’s snap general election was a major upset for the conservative Popular Party (PP), which had been predicted by the polls...
Spain’s general election campaign comes to a close amid scorching temperatures
THE CAMPAIGN ahead of Spain’s snap general election on Sunday will officially come to a close today as the country swelters in high summer...
Popular Party candidate for prime minister pledges to prohibit summer elections if he wins office
THE POPULAR PARTY’S candidate for prime minister, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, on Thursday pledged to prohibit general elections from taking place in the summer months...
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...
Record figures as Spain’s Correos mail service delivers over 2.6 million postal votes
SPAIN’S mail service has distributed over 2 million letters containing the documentation required for voting via post in the general elections.
A total of 2,622,808...
Police in Madrid arrest five men after they attacked a stand for far-right Vox
FIVE people were arrested in the Madrid neighbourhood of Puente de Vallecas on Sunday, after they attacked a stand belonging to the far-right Vox...
Latest polling puts conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox just a few seats short of an absolute majority
WITH LESS than a week to go until Spain’s July 23 general election, the latest polling for Spanish newspaper El Pais is predicting that...
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...
Popular Party leader comes out on top during bad-tempered election debate with prime minister
IT WAS billed as the ‘decisive face to face’ debate between Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Popular Party (PP) leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo,...
Spain’s Murcia region takes step closer to repeat elections as Popular Party and Vox fail to reach deal
THE SOUTHEASTERN region of Murcia took a step closer to a repeat election on Monday, after hard-right Vox failed to support the conservative Popular...
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)...
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...
Billboard installed by right-wing evictions company in Madrid targeted by protestors
A HUGE advertising billboard installed in central Madrid by a notorious right-wing evictions company continued to cause controversy on Friday, after activists partially covered...
Scrapping wealth tax, no commitment to pension rises, and an end to the ‘Iberian exception’: The Popular Party lays...
The conservative Popular Party (PP), which is predicted in the polls to win the upcoming general election on July 23, has this week made...
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...
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...
Spain’s prime ministerial hopeful Yolanda Diaz proposes cutting work week from 40 to 32 hours
SPAIN’S deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Diaz, has proposed lowering the country’s work week from 40 to 37.5 hours a week in...
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