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Sánchez defends Catalan amnesty deal ahead of vote to form new government

News Desk15th November 202320th November 2023

15th November 202320th November 20232125

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended his controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s pro-independence politicians and activists in the Spanish Congress on Wednesday, as part...

Amnesty bill registered in Spanish Congress – full details

News Desk14th November 202323rd November 2023

14th November 202323rd November 20232477

The PSOE socialist party – led by acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and who is set to officially secure a new term in office after a...

The PSOE and Junts sign a pact that will guarantee investiture of Pedro Sánchez

News Desk9th November 202314th November 2023

9th November 202314th November 20234157

Spain’s PSOE socialist party has signed a controversial pact with the Catalan pro-independence Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party that will enable acting Prime Minister Pedro...

Three ministers and five political groups snub Princess Leonor’s allegiance ceremony

News Desk31st October 20236th November 2023

31st October 20236th November 20233221

Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, formally stepped into the spotlight by swearing allegiance to the Spanish Constitution on her 18th birthday on...

King Felipe instructs Pedro Sánchez to try and form a government

News Desk3rd October 20239th October 2023

3rd October 20239th October 20232419

Spain’s King Felipe VI on Tuesday instructed the current acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez with trying to form a government, and thereby seek to also...

The PP’s Alberto Núñez Feijóo loses first parliamentary vote to become PM

News Desk27th September 20233rd October 2023

27th September 20233rd October 20231883

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), saw his first bid to become Spain’s next prime minister rejected by the Spanish...

Spain allows MPs to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician in Parliament – Vox walk out

News Desk19th September 202326th September 2023

19th September 202326th September 20232743

The Spanish Congress allowed its national MPs to use the country’s minority languages of Catalan, Basque and Galician for the first time from Tuesday. The...

Sánchez rejects Feijóo’s request to back his premiership bid and two-year term proposal

News Desk30th August 20236th September 2023

30th August 20236th September 20232253

Spain’s socialist acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has rejected a proposal made by Alberto Núñez Feijóo to support his right-wing People’s Party (PP) for a two-year government...

King Felipe instructs Feijóo to try and form government, yet without guaranteed support

News Desk25th August 20232nd September 2023

25th August 20232nd September 20236467

King Felipe VI has instructed the leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to try and form a government, despite not having...

Socialist candidate Armengol elected as parliament speaker – seen as step to Sánchez securing re-election

News Desk17th August 202325th August 2023

17th August 202325th August 20232259

Francina Armengol, the candidate proposed by Spain’s PSOE socialist party, was elected by MPs as the parliament’s new speaker on Thursday morning, which has been...

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