Rise of far-right unsettles Spain’s mainstream right
Spain’s far-right party Vox holds the key to the formation of a right-wing government in the southern region of Andalusia but is proving to be
People’s Party (PP)
Poll: far-right Vox would win 43-45 seats
Spain’s far-right party Vox would enter parliament with 43-45 seats if an election was held today, giving all parties on the right an absolute overall
Opposition calls for 155, Torra a ‘public danger’
The two main opposition parties in Spain, the People’s Party (PP) and Ciudadanos (Cs), insist Catalonia must be stripped of its self-government again. Both parties
Quim Torra urges ‘credible, honest and bold dialogue’
The president of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, urged the Spanish government to start ‘credible, honest and bold dialogue’ with Catalonia in order to find a
Quim Torra slammed for call to follow Slovenia
Catalan president Quim Torra has been heavily criticised for advocating following Slovenia’s example to achieve Catalan independence. Quim Torra said on Saturday that ‘Slovenians were
Controversy over police and anti-fascist protesters
Friday morning saw government officials in Catalonia responding to the outcry over the heavy-handed tactics used by the Catalan police, the Mossos d’Esquadra, against anti-fascist
Calls for national unity on ‘Constitution Day’
‘Our democracy is firm and consolidated,’ Spain’s King Felipe VI stated during his address on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution.
Valls: ‘no room for an agreement with Vox’
The former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is campaigning to become Barcelona’s next mayor. Although he’s running as an independent, his platform is mainly supported
Sánchez to refer budget to parliament in January
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said his minority Socialist (PSOE) government will refer its 2019 budget to parliament for approval in January, possibly triggering
Far-right win rocks Spanish politics
The first success of a far-right party in a regional election since Spain’s return to democracy in 1975 has shaken national politics ahead a busy
