Pedro Sánchez announces General Election for Sunday 23 July
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a General Election for Sunday 23 July. The surprise announcement follows the poor results for his PSOE socialist...
Spain General Election
Spain’s right-wing make significant gains in local and regional elections
LATEST: Pedro Sánchez announces General Election for Sunday 23 July. Spain’s People’s Party (PP), the main right-wing opposition group, made significant gains in Sunday’s local and regional...
Spain’s far-right Vox group fails in no-confidence vote against government
UPDATED on 22 March 2023: The Spanish Congress dismissed an attempt by the far-right Vox party to topple the government on Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly against...
Spanish MPs vote to reform penal code amid constitutional controversy
Spanish MPs voted on Thursday in favour of a controversial criminal code reform that changes the crime of sedition to ‘aggravated public disorder’, in a move...
Spain’s main opposition party, PP, wins absolute majority in Andalusia election
Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), won a resounding victory on Sunday in the elections held in Andalusia, the country’s most populous...
Regional elections in Andalusia to be held on 19 June
Juan Manuel Moreno, president of Andalusia, announced on Monday that regional elections will be held there on Sunday 19 June. The right-wing People’s Party (PP) has...
Pedro Sánchez has to wait until second round vote on Tuesday
Acting Spanish prime minister and Socialist (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez will now have to wait until Tuesday and the second round of votes in the Spanish...
Pedro Sánchez still on course (just) to be voted in as PM
A fierce three-day debate commenced in the Spanish Congress on Saturday, with the Socialist (PSOE) leader and Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez still on...
ERC party gives green light for Pedro Sánchez investiture
The Catalan pro-independence Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party will vote to abstain and thereby allow the socialist PSOE leader and acting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez,...
Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias set out coalition agreement
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez, leader of the Socialist (PSOE) party, and Pablo Iglesias, leader of the Podemos party, presented their coalition agreement on Monday, still hoping...
