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PP and Vox strike Senate election deal with judicial appointments in their sights

News Desk26th October 202629th October 2026

26th October 202629th October 20261109

Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox party have agreed to coordinate their Senate candidacies across 23 provinces ahead the general election on...

Spain’s Supreme Court keeps overseas voting restrictions in place for 29 November election

News Desk12th October 202619th October 2026

12th October 202619th October 20261191

Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld restrictions preventing overseas citizens who obtained Spanish nationality through a disputed application of the ‘grandchildren’s law’ from voting in the...

Sánchez apologises to Macron over treaty rejection as leaders reaffirm Spain-France ties

News Desk1st October 20266th October 2026

1st October 20266th October 20261099

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has publicly apologised to French President Emmanuel Macron after the Spain’s Senate House again rejected a friendship treaty between their...

Constitutional Court clears path for Puigdemont’s return and full amnesty for independence leaders

News Desk23rd September 202629th September 2026

23rd September 202629th September 20261335

Spain’s Constitutional Court has taken a significant step towards extending the country’s controversial amnesty law to cover the misuse of public funds during Catalonia’s 2017 independence...

Spanish Supreme Court refuses to grant Puigdemont amnesty despite EU court ruling

News Desk15th September 202621st September 2026

15th September 202621st September 20261266

Spain’s Supreme Court has again refused to apply the country’s controversial amnesty law to former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont over the alleged misuse of public funds...

Pedro Sánchez: ‘There are judges doing politics and politicians trying to do justice’

News Desk2nd September 20258th September 2025

2nd September 20258th September 20254431

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday accused certain members of the judiciary of stepping into politics, while facing intensifying scrutiny over corruption allegations involving...

Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects PP’s appeal and upholds Catalan amnesty law

News Desk26th June 202530th June 2025

26th June 202530th June 20257387

After four days of deliberations, Spain’s Constitutional Court has upheld core elements of the disputed Catalan amnesty law, rejecting an appeal against it by six...

Spanish court rules single mother has right to same parental leave as a couple

News Desk23rd January 202529th January 2025

23rd January 202529th January 20253115

A Spanish court on Thursday ruled that a single mother is entitled to claim the same parental leave that would have been allocated to a...

Spain’s constitutional court finally rejects abortion law challenge, from 13 years ago

News Desk10th February 202316th February 2023

10th February 202316th February 20232564

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...

An amendment to Spain’s judicial reform halted by Constitutional Court

News Desk21st December 20223rd January 2023

21st December 20223rd January 20233338

Spain’s Constitutional Court this week prevented the Senate house from debating and voting on a specific amendment to the country’s penal code reform — seen as...

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