Tweet over ‘Spain’s crucial role’ in 1944 liberation of Paris sparks controversy
A tweet from the Spanish government’s Ministry of Justice regarding Spain’s ‘crucial role’ in liberating Paris from the Nazis in 1944 caused a controversy on...
Gabriel Rufián
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...
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...
PSOE-Podemos coalition talks have failed, claim reports
With less than three hours to go before the second vote in the Spanish Congress on acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez‘s bid to be reinstated...
As investiture debate continues, coalition still uncertain
The main pro-independence party in the Spanish Congress, the Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party, extended its hand to Pedro Sánchez during the parliamentary debate to name him as...
PSOE hope to govern alone, without coalition
Spain’s acting deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo has said that the Socialists (PSOE) intend to remain a minority government despite needing support from other parties...
General Election focus: the ERC party
Esquerra Republicana (ERC) – the ‘Republican Left of Catalonia’ party – has been crusading for an independent, social democratic Catalan state for 88 years. It...
PP candidate: ‘Do you really say yes, yes, yes until the end?’
The People’s Party (PP) candidate in Catalonia, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, sparked a controversy with her comments on sexual consent during a Spanish TV election debate....
7 arrests, 5 injuries in anti-fascist demo in Barcelona
Police arrested 7 anti-fascist demonstrators on Saturday in Barcelona after some threw stones and eggs at a security cordon that separated them from a far-right...
Catalan Trial: Day 9 summary
Basque leader Iñigo Urkullu revealed his mediation efforts in the Catalan crisis during his testimony on the 9th day of the trial of the 12...
