Spain to hold 4th general election in 4 years on 10 November
Spain braces itself for even greater political instability. Acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a new general election on 10 November – the fourth in four years...
Ciudadanos (Cs)
Albert Rivera offers to enable PSOE government if pardon for Catalan leaders is ruled out
As Spain braces for another snap election after months of fruitless negotiations, the Ciudadanos (Cs) has made a surprise proposal to prevent fresh polls: enabling...
Albert Rivera to Quim Torra: ‘either accept verdict or end up like them’
Albert Rivera, the head of the Ciudadanos (Cs) party in Spain, addressed Catalan president Quim Torra in a Tweet on Thursday, by saying: ‘In a...
Talks to form government to resume at end of August
In his efforts to find support for his bid to officially become reinstated as Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez has said on a number of...
PSOE on PP’s request for new candidate: ‘fantasy, insulting, delirium’
The acting Spanish government of the Socialist PSOE party has described calls from the right-wing People’s Party (PP) to nominate a new candidate for prime minister...
Barcelona City Council seeks inquiry into terrorist attacks
Barcelona City Council has voted in favour of a motion demanding that the Spanish Congress sets up a committee of inquiry into the August 2017...
Jailed Jordi Cuixart seeks meeting with Pedro Sánchez
Jordi Cuixart, the jailed head of the Òmnium Cultural pro-independence organisation, has asked acting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, for a meeting, and for his group...
Sánchez blames Iglesias for failure in 2nd investiture vote
Pedro Sánchez has failed again in the second round of votes to be named prime minister in the Spanish Congress. The Socialists (PSOE) won only 124...
Sánchez’s bid to be reinstated as PM defeated in first round voting
Spanish acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s bid to be reinstated in the role was defeated in the first round of votes in Spain’s Congress on...
Sánchez accused by right-wing of alliances ‘against the state’
Pablo Casado, the leader of Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP), criticised acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday for saying ‘nothing’ about the situation in Catalonia...
