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Sánchez defends central government’s response to Valencia floods, as aid rises to €16.6bn

News Desk27th November 20244th December 2024

27th November 20244th December 20241031

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Wednesday in parliament almost €2.3 billion in further aid for the country’s flood stricken region as he defended

Spanish government denies exploiting flood disaster to get budget approved

News Desk12th November 202418th November 2024

12th November 202418th November 2024950

Spain’s minority coalition government of the PSOE socialists and Sumar left-wing umbrella group wants to galvanise its deadlocked 2025 draft budget by linking part of

Pedro Sánchez calls upon EU to speed up deal on managing irregular migrants

News Desk9th October 202417th October 2024

9th October 202417th October 20241745

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for new EU rules on handling irregular arrivals of asylum seekers and migrants to come into force in

Catalan amnesty bill back to Spanish Congress after ‘symbolic’ veto in Senate

News Desk15th May 202422nd May 2024

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As predicted, Spain’s Senate House, which is dominated by the right-wing opposition, the People’s Party (PP), vetoed a controversial Catalan amnesty law on Tuesday, returning

Pedro Sánchez to announce on Monday whether he will continue as Prime Minister

News Desk25th April 202429th April 2024

25th April 202429th April 20241900

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday that he will consider resigning after the launch of a judicial investigation into accusations by a right-wing legal

Spain to debate granting residency to some 500,000 undocumented immigrants

News Desk10th April 202418th April 2024

10th April 202418th April 20244353

The Spanish Congress is to consider legislation that could grant residency and work permits to nearly half a million foreigners living in Spain without proper

Controversial Amnesty Law passed in Congress, will now proceed to Senate

News Desk14th March 202422nd March 2024

14th March 202422nd March 20241508

Spanish MPs on Thursday approved a controversial amnesty law for Catalan pro-independence figures with their figurehead Carles Puigdemont already mulling his return after years of self-imposed exile

‘Junts per Catalunya’ vote against amnesty bill on grounds it doesn’t go far enough

News Desk30th January 20247th February 2024

30th January 20247th February 20241257

The Spanish Congress on Tuesday rejected a controversial amnesty law after the Catalan pro-independence party, Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), who had demanded it, finally voted

Spain amends Constitution, replacing ‘handicapped’ term with ‘persons with a disability’

News Desk18th January 202427th January 2024

18th January 202427th January 20241537

The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to amend the country’s Constitution for the third time in its history, replacing the term ‘handicapped’ with ‘persons with

Fragility of Spain’s new coalition government exposed in first key vote

News Desk11th January 202416th January 2024

11th January 202416th January 202410010

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday suffered a setback in the first key parliamentary vote of the new legislature, exposing the fragility of his

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