Podemos founding member, Íñigo Errejón, quits politics amid sexual assault accusations
Íñigo Errejón, one of the founders of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party, has quit politics and his post as spokesman for the Sumar left-wing umbrella group...
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Yolanda Díaz resigns as head of left-wing Sumar group
Yolanda Díaz, number three in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, resigned on Monday as head of the government’s left-wing junior coalition partner Sumar, following a...
Sánchez excludes Podemos MPs from new cabinet, that has more women than men
Recently re-elected socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced his new Spanish cabinet on Monday, and which excludes any ministerial posts for members of his previous...
Three ministers and five political groups snub Princess Leonor’s allegiance ceremony
Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, formally stepped into the spotlight by swearing allegiance to the Spanish Constitution on her 18th birthday on...
One of Spain’s ‘wolf pack’ rapists has sentence reduced due to legal loophole
Ángel Boza, one of the five men convicted in the landmark ‘Wolf Pack’ (La Manada) gang rape case in Spain, has had his sentence reduced by...
Podemos and 14 other left-wing groups will run in election with Díaz’s Sumar
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s chances of getting reelected after the 23 July general election, announced by surprise last week, have received a potentially important boost...
Pedro Sánchez apologises to victims over government’s rape law loophole
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez apologised on Sunday to victims for a loophole in a recent landmark law aimed at fighting sexual violence that has...
Spanish ministers criticise TV star’s surrogacy in United States
Spain’s coalition government comprised of the PSOE socialists and left-wing Podemos group, has slammed the practice of surrogacy after a 68-year-old Spanish actress had a...
Spain’s coalition parties at loggerheads over amending sexual consent law
The unity of Spain’s first-ever coalition government has faced its toughest test in three years of power this week, with the two ruling parties, the...
Spain approves new laws on menstrual leave, abortion and transgender rights
The Spanish Congress on Thursday finally approved new laws expanding abortion and transgender rights for teenagers, while making Spain the first country in Europe to...
