Mariano Rajoy set to testify in Catalan trial today
Spain’s former prime minister Mariano Rajoy, in power when Catalonia’s executive tried to secede, will testify today in the trial of Catalan independence leaders in...
People’s Party (PP)
Trial focus: Manuel Marchena on a ‘prestige’ tightrope
At the helm of the hugely divisive trial of Catalan independence leaders, Supreme Court judge Manuel Marchena is performing a difficult balancing act, alternating firmness...
Sánchez to visit France to pay tribute to civil war exiles
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is to travel to France this weekend to pay tribute to the 450,000 Spaniards who sought refuge there at the...
Mariano Rajoy to testify on 26 Feb in Catalan trial
Spain’s former prime minister Mariano Rajoy, who was in power when Catalonia’s executive tried to secede in 2017, will testify in the high-profile trial 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...
Sánchez to announce on Friday about general election
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will announce on Friday whether he calls an early general election, the government said, after right-wing and Catalan independence parties...
A ‘political trial’, ‘act of vengeance’, ‘outrageous’
The trial of pro-independence leaders in the Spanish Supreme Court is ‘shameful,’ ‘painful’ and ‘outrageous’ according to several political leaders, speaking to the press at...
Vox: pro-independence ‘coup d’état is alive’
The head of the far-right Vox party, Santiago Abascal, says that the fact that the Catalan president, Quim Torra, is in the courtroom during the...
Government considering elections on 14 April
The Spanish government is considering calling a snap election on 14 April, according to the EFE news agency and other media in Spain. This speculation...
Government celebrates failure of ‘rage of the right’
The Spanish government has celebrated the ‘failure’ of Sunday’s rally against its Catalonia policy in Madrid, according to executive sources. For them, the low number of...
