Election Day (again) – and ‘Catalan question’ dominates again
It’s Election Day across Spain (again) – and following on from the 28 April General Election the attention now turns to European, local and regional politics. Acting...
Regional Elections
Junqueras: ‘They’ve suspended us in Spain, but won’t be able to in EU’
On the eve of the EU elections and municipal elections in Spain, the decision by the committee of the Spanish Congress on Friday to suspend...
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...
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...
No election rallies or debates in prison for Catalans on trial
The Spanish Government has turned down a petition from jailed Catalan pro-independence politicians currently on trial and running in Spain’s forthcoming general election, from holding...
48 hours to remove ‘esteladas’ and yellow ribbons from public buildings
Spain’s electoral authority has ordered Catalan president Quim Torra to remove all independence flags and yellow ribbons from public buildings within 48 hours. Following a...
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...
Trial focus: ‘popular prosecution has no equivalent elsewhere in EU’
Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as...
Jailed Catalan leader to run for Barcelona mayor
A former Catalan pro-independence leader who is in jail for alleged rebellion pending a trial over the 2017 referendum is to run for mayor of...
As elections near, Spain’s Podemos on verge of split
Long hailed as a beacon of success for the far-left after erupting in Spain five years ago, the Podemos party is now on the verge...
