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...
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Protests against Spanish cabinet meeting
Catalan pro-independence groups blocked roads in the region on Friday to protest a planned cabinet meeting in Barcelona chaired by a Spanish Prime Minister Pedro...
Spanish PM pledges fresh dialogue with Catalan leader
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the pro-independence leader of the Catalan government, Quim Torra, have pledged fresh dialogue to try to resolve their dispute...
Madrid denies meeting in Barcelona is provocation
Carmen Calvo, Spain’s deputy prime minister, has rejected claims by Catalan pro-independence supporters that the Madrid government’s decision to hold a cabinet meeting in Barcelona...
Spain to raise minimum wage 22% in 2019
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22% increase in the monthly minimum wage to 1,050 euros in...
Spanish government raises tone against Catalonia
As anger rises over Catalonia’s continued push to secede from Spain, the Socialist (PSOE) government in Madrid has dropped its conciliatory tone towards the pro-independence...
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...
