Water resources and farming become key issues in Spain’s regional elections
Spain’s water resources and the farming sector have become key issues in the forthcoming local and regional elections that take place on 28 May, and...
Alberto Núñez Feijóo
Spain’s far-right Vox group fails in no-confidence vote against government
UPDATED on 22 March 2023: The Spanish Congress dismissed an attempt by the far-right Vox party to topple the government on Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly against...
Spain’s constitutional court finally rejects abortion law challenge, from 13 years ago
Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a challenge lodged more than a decade ago by the right-wing People’s Party (PP) against a law allowing abortions...
Spain’s right and far-right parties lead mass protest against Sánchez in Madrid
Thousands protested in Madrid on Saturday against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s coalition government in a rally held in a key election year that was predominantly...
Spanish MPs vote to reform penal code amid constitutional controversy
Spanish MPs voted on Thursday in favour of a controversial criminal code reform that changes the crime of sedition to ‘aggravated public disorder’, in a move...
PSOE and PP make ‘last attempt’ to agree on renewing legal watchdog
Spain’s socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the right-wing opposition People’s Party (PP), at Moncloa on Monday, in order...
Spanish politicians react to results of the Italian elections
A party with neo-fascist roots, the Brothers of Italy, has won the most votes in Italy’s national elections, looking set to deliver the country’s first...
Sánchez invites 50 members of public to Moncloa to ‘hear and talk about their concerns’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez received 50 members of the public to Moncloa on Monday, the official residence of Spain’s head of government, as a way...
Spain to reduce VAT on gas to 5% from October until at least the end of year
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that his government is set to reduce VAT (IVA in Spain) on gas from 21% to 5% from October in...
Spain’s main opposition party, PP, wins absolute majority in Andalusia election
Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), won a resounding victory on Sunday in the elections held in Andalusia, the country’s most populous...
