PP leader pledges to ‘bring order’ to Catalonia
Pablo Casado, leader of Spain’s People’s Party (PP), harshly criticised the Catalan pro-independence movement during his party’s annual convention, and pledged to ‘bring order’ to Catalonia. ‘We...
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Backed by far-right, PP take over Andalusia
With far-right backing, the candidate of Spain’s mainstream conservative People’s Party (PP) has been invested as the head of the regional government in Andalusia, a former...
Spanish feminists protest at far-right ‘sexist’ party
Spain’s powerful feminist movement rallied across the country on Tuesday against far-right party Vox for seeking to scrap tough laws against gender violence which it...
Sánchez seeks Catalan support for budget
Spain’s Socialist government has presented its draft 2019 Budget, and which will start parliamentary procedures on Monday – but whether it will succeed remains far from certain....
Spanish feminists face far-right backlash
After a year of massive mobilisation, Spain’s powerful feminist movement is facing a backlash with the emergence of far-right party Vox which wants to repeal...
Focus on Ciudadanos: ‘weather vane’ to ‘dangerous friendships’
Four years after it burst onto the national scene, Spain’s Ciudadanos (Cs) party is poised to govern a region for the first time, in a...
Far-right Vox forms agreement with PP
Far-right party Vox, which sent shockwaves through Spain after winning a surprise 12 seats in Andalusia last month, has said it would vote in favour...
Rodrigo Rato points finger at Bank of Spain
Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato said Tuesday that the Bank of Spain knew all that was going on at Bankia as he testified for the...
Spain’s PP apologises for PM death tweet
Spain’s People’s Party (PP) was left embarrassed on Saturday after posting a video on Twitter suggesting it wished Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez dead, drawing...
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...
