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Spain’s latest rail tragedy puts safety and accountability at centre of election campaign

News Desk29th October 202629th October 2026

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Spain’s second fatal high-speed rail collision in nine months has transformed the political agenda ahead of the 29 November general election, placing Pedro Sánchez’s government...

PP and Vox strike Senate election deal with judicial appointments in their sights

News Desk26th October 202629th October 2026

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Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox party have agreed to coordinate their Senate candidacies across 23 provinces ahead the general election on...

Thousands march in Madrid for higher pensions and protection against privatisation

News Desk25th October 202628th October 2026

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Thousands of pensioners and supporters marched through central Madrid on Saturday, demanding stronger guarantees for Spain’s public pension system and increases that keep pace with...

Feijóo leaves door open to governing with Vox and sets out plans to revisit abortion and euthanasia laws

News Desk23rd October 202628th October 2026

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Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the right-wing opposition People’s Party (PP), has refused to rule out bringing the far-right Vox party into a future...

A Coruña sees renewed clashes and street fires after protests over Vox rally

News Desk22nd October 202626th October 2026

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A Coruña in Galicia experienced a second round of clashes between protesters and riot police on Wednesday night, following confrontations earlier in the day around...

Milei calls Sánchez a ‘disgraceful dictator’ and urges Spaniards to oust PSOE

News Desk21st October 202626th October 2026

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei has urged Spanish voters to remove the socialists (PSOE) from power in Spain’s 29 November general election, using a visit to...

Abascal offers Senate deal with PP as left unites to challenge its majority

News Desk19th October 202626th October 2026

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The far-right Vox leader Santiago Abascal (main image) has said his party is willing to reach an electoral understanding with the People’s Party (PP) to...

Sánchez booed at Spain’s National Day parade as tensions spread to Madrid’s Puerta del Sol

News Desk12th October 202619th October 2026

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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faced loud booing, whistles and insults from sections of the crowd at Spain’s National Day parade in Madrid on Monday, as...

PP, Vox and Junts attack Sánchez’s record as Spain heads for November election

News Desk5th October 202618th October 2026

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Spain’s main right-wing opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), the far-right Vox group and the Catalan pro-independence party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), have each responded...

Pedro Sánchez calls a general election in Spain for 29 November

Tim Parfitt5th October 202618th October 2026

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced an early general election for Sunday 29 November, seeking a stronger mandate after the rejection of his government’s...

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