Miquel Iceta proposed as speaker of Spanish Senate
The Catalan Socialists’ (PSC) leader Miquel Iceta is poised to become the new speaker of the Spanish Senate upon Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s
People’s Party (PP)
Former speaker declines civil award over Twitter row
The former Catalan Parliament speaker, Núria de Gispert, has declined the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of St.Jordi/George) awarded to her last week, due to a
Puigdemont, Comín, Ponsatí can stand in EU elections
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont will be able to run in the European Parliament elections after a local court in Madrid ruled in his favour,
Sánchez unlikely to form government until June
With Spain due to return to the polls on 26 May for the regional, local and European Parliament elections, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will be in no
Carles Puigdemont banned from EU elections
Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, along with two of his former cabinet ministers, has been barred from standing in the European Parliament elections by
Exit poll puts Socialists as winners in Spain
The Socialist (PSOE) party has won the Spanish general election, according to an exit poll released at 8pm, as polling stations closed. The survey gives
General Election focus: the Vox party
Spain has its own version of the far-right and the populist turned mainstream, part of a wave that has been surging through Europe: Vox, a
General Election focus: the Ciudadanos (Cs) party
Opposing Catalonia’s independence as its main priority, the Ciudadanos (Cs) party (‘Citizens’ in English) is running in the 28 April general election on a message
Casado opens door to governing with far-right Vox
The head of Spain’s main right-wing People’s Party (PP) has opened the door to forming a government with the far-right Vox party, should right-wing parties win
General Election focus: the Podemos party
The left-wing Unidas Podemos party (‘United We Can’ in English), could end up playing a major role in deciding who gets to be the next Spanish
