Catalan issue continues to set General Election agenda
With two TV election debates on Monday and Tuesday this week, Catalonia continues to be a major issue for all parties running in the Spanish general election,...
Pablo Casado
Political tension ahead of TV electoral debates
The president of Spain’s People’s Party (PP), Pablo Casado, has said that the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, ‘is only right when he amends’ previous decisions,...
Sánchez on Catalan referendum or independence: ‘No is no’
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that there will be no independence for Catalonia, nor a referendum on the question if his party is...
PP’s spokeswoman to head party in European election
The People’s Party (PP) spokeswoman Dolors Montserrat will head the right-wing party’s candidacy in the European elections. PP head Pablo Casado announced Montserrat’s candidacy on...
Barcelona files complaints against ‘feminazi’ bus
Barcelona City Council has filed two complaints against the ultra-conservative catholic Hazte Oír (Make Yourself Heard) association, that could incur fines of up to 61,000 euros. They...
Spain gears up for protests on International Women’s Day
Feminists across Spain are gearing up again for International Women’s Day on 8 March, after a feminist strike last year spawned an unprecedented wave of...
Pedro Sánchez calls general election for 28 April
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a general election for 28 April – the third in less than four years, after his draft budget was...
Spain’s right and far-right unite at Madrid rally
Tens of thousands of people waving Spanish flags joined a rally today in Madrid called by right-wing and far-right parties against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez...
Madrid, Catalans accuse each other of ‘stalled’ talks
Spain’s socialist government and the Catalan pro-independence parties have accused each other of breaking off negotiations aimed at easing the secession crisis. The mutual accusations...
Sánchez a ‘felon, illegitimate, traitor’ for Catalan ‘rapporteur’
Spain’s prime minister has been called a ‘felon,’ ‘illegitimate’, ‘traitor’ and ‘compulsive liar’ by the opposition head Pablo Casado after the government’s concession to Catalan pro-independence parties....
