Poll suggests ‘No’ vote now surpasses ‘Yes’ for independence
The number of people in Catalonia who would vote ‘No’ to independence appears to have surpassed the ‘Yes’ vote for first time since the failed...
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Rubalcaba, former Spanish deputy PM, dies
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the former Spanish deputy prime minster, interior minister and key figure of the Socialist (PSOE) party, died on Friday in Madrid after suffering...
Campaigns for local and EU elections kick off
The campaigns for Spain’s local elections have got underway, with voters able to cast their ballots to choose who governs in city and town halls across...
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...
Rivera offers Sánchez support for direct rule on Catalonia
As Spain’s acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has begun talks with other political parties in search of potential alliances that will allow his Socialist Party...
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...
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...
PSOE hope to govern alone, without coalition
Spain’s acting deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo has said that the Socialists (PSOE) intend to remain a minority government despite needing support from other parties...
PSOE victory, PP decimated, Vox win 24 seats
The Socialist (PSOE) party of Pedro Sánchez has won the Spanish General Election (with 123 seats), but it will need to form an alliance in...
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...
