Spanish government to take legal action over PM’s leaked WhatsApp messages
The Spanish government has decided to go on the offensive against the publication in El Mundo newspaper of leaked WhatsApp messages that Prime Minister Pedro...
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Spain’s promise to EU allies to spend more on defence faces resistance at home
Spain, NATO’s lowest defence spender relative to its economy, is facing both political and public resistance as it attempts to meet European calls for increased...
Catalan pro-independence party wants immigrants to learn Catalan to get residency
A Catalan pro-independence party said on Wednesday that it intends to require foreigners to demonstrate proficiency in Catalan as a condition for obtaining residency in...
Podemos founding member, Íñigo Errejón, quits politics amid sexual assault accusations
Íñigo Errejón, one of the founders of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party, has quit politics and his post as spokesman for the Sumar left-wing umbrella group...
Yolanda Díaz resigns as head of left-wing Sumar group
Yolanda Díaz, number three in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, resigned on Monday as head of the government’s left-wing junior coalition partner Sumar, following a...
Spain’s PP beat PSOE in European elections, as far-right make big gains across EU
Far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting concluded on Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year...
The PP retains absolute majority in regional election in Galicia
Spain’s main opposition group, the right-wing People’s Party (PP) successfully retained control of Galicia, a traditional conservative stronghold, in a tight regional election held on...
Fragility of Spain’s new coalition government exposed in first key vote
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday suffered a setback in the first key parliamentary vote of the new legislature, exposing the fragility of his...
Controversial Catalan amnesty bill passes first hurdle in Spanish Congress
A controversial amnesty bill for Catalan pro-independence figures passed its first hurdle in the Spanish Congress on Tuesday, following a fierce debate. A total of 178...
Sánchez excludes Podemos MPs from new cabinet, that has more women than men
Recently re-elected socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced his new Spanish cabinet on Monday, and which excludes any ministerial posts for members of his previous...
