Tag: Pedro Sanchez
Spain’s Supreme Court blocks reburial of General Franco just days before body due to be dug up
The arguments of his family against removing him from the Valley of the Fallen rested on the ‘irreparable’ damage it would cause
Spain’s PSOE claim victory in historic EU ballot while Brexit party and Lib Dems surge in UK
The European results saw euro-sceptic parties gain ground and far-right Vox MEPs entered the EU parliament for the first time
IN PICS: The property portfolios of Spain’s political leaders
As the dust settles on last month’s snap election, we take a look at the property portfolios of Spain’s political supremos
Spain urges Venezuela to avoid bloodshed amidst coup reports
UPRISING: Opposition leader Guaido appeared alongside soldiersSPAIN's government has called for no bloodshed after...
Barack Obama and Pedro Sanchez talk migration and climate change during friendly meeting in Spain’s Andalucia
Both leaders alluded to the dangers facing Spain due to climate change
Spain threatens UK with legal action over Gibraltar housing plan in latest sovereignty row
If London fails to respond again, then Madrid will be ‘launching whatever legal action it deems most appropriate to defend its position’
Spain reaches new migrant rescue deal with Morocco
New plan agreed as the Government of Pedro Sanchez looks to halve the number of illegal migrants, after 2018 saw a record 62,000 arrivals
Franco’s body WILL be dug up just hours after Spain’s Pedro Sanchez calls snap general election
Sanchez has said he wants to proceed immediately with digging up the former dictator, and wants to complete the plan before summer
Pedro Sanchez calls snap general election in Spain for April 28
The electoral campaign will begin on April 13, before Spain has its third elections in less than four years
BREXIT: Everything British expats in Spain need to know
A deal, or no deal, expats are growing increasingly concerned about Brexit next month… here Charlie Smith and Joshua Parfitt present their Brexit Survival Guide
Spain likely to call snap general election as Pedro Sanchez fails to get budget past Parliament
PP leader Pablo Casado, labelled the budget result a ‘a de facto confidence vote’ against Sanchez
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez considers calling early general election on April 14
The ruling PSOE party do not have an overall majority and are supported in government by the Podemos
PAGE-TURNER: Pedro Sanchez becomes first Spanish leader to publish book while in office
As well as current affairs, readers will be treated to ‘the unknown side of the President’, who acts as the book’s narrator
GREEN LIGHT: Spain and UK support new Venezuela leader as political crisis continues
It comes after the under-fire Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro failed to meet an eight-day deadline to call new general elections
Battle for Gibraltar continues as Spain inserts footnote into Brexit text calling Rock ‘a colony’
Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo claimed Spain was trying to ‘bully’ the Rock by refusing to remove the extra paragraph
‘INFINITE SADNESS’: Prime minister Pedro Sanchez, royal family and leaders of Spain offer condolences to little Julen’s family after...
The PSOE leader said the whole of Spain felt the 'infinite sadness' of the boy's parents after the two-year-old was found lifeless
Spain to invest €235 billion to tackle climate change over next decade
It comes as the country sets a target of 100% renewable electricity by 2050
FAR-RIGHT: Vox agrees coalition deal in Spain’s Andalucia to end 36-year Socialist rule
It marks the first time a far-right party has had a role in Spanish regional government since Franco died in 1975
‘DEAD AS A DODO’ Picardo blasts attempts from Spain to question Gibraltar sovereignty
The Rock's chief minister spoke on a range of domestic issues, as well as Brexit and a general election
Spanish government furious after PP party post video on Twitter ‘wishing’ Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to die
Government officials have threatened legal action over the tweet which saw a father reading out his son's Three Kings wish list
BREXIT: Rights of British expats in Spain ‘will be preserved whatever’ Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says
DEFIANT: Brits in Spain will see their rights unchanged even under a no-deal Brexit, says Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
POLL SHOCKER: Far-right Vox party could form government if Spain held general election tomorrow
While the next general election is not scheduled until 2020, some 47.2% of Spaniards think current prime minister Pedro Sanchez should call a snap vote in March
Susana Diaz will NOT resign after historic losses to far-right Vox party in Andalucia
The local leader said she would take her seat, even if the opposition parties formed a coalition
Rise of the right in Spain’s Andalucia could make life for British expats more difficult, expert warns
THE rise of the right in Spain could spell trouble for British expats, an expert has warned.Former minister of Europe Denis MacShane has sounded...
ELECTION SHOCKER: Spain’s far-right party Vox win first ever seats in Andalucia as PSOE decimated
It is the first time a far-right Spanish political party has gained seats in a regional election since 1975, when General Franco's death brought the return of democracy
Chinese President Xi secures jamon deal with Spain amid trade war with Donald Trump
The Chinese president described his country as being at a 'crossroads' in their economy, as he vowed to increase imports of jamon, something considered a luxury product in China
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British boy, 5, who drowned near Spain’s Costa del Sol was visiting expat granddad
The tragic incident happened at around 10am
