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...
Spain General Election
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...
Jailed Catalan MPs to attend parliament Monday and Tuesday
The Catalan pro-independence leaders who successfully stood for election in the Spanish General Election from prison, will be released on two separate occasions next week...
Jailed MPs to visit Congress on 21 May for swearing in
Spain’s Supreme Court will allow the five newly-elected Catalan MPs – currently still in custody whilst on trial in Madrid – to swear in and...
Jailed Catalans request release to be sworn in as MPs
The lawyers of five Catalan politicians currently still in custody whilst on trial for the 2017 independence bid, have asked the Supreme Court to allow...
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...
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...
