’10 years overdue’, Spain finally approves clean energy climate bill
The Spanish Congress approved a law on climate change and energy transition on Thursday, that finally brings the country into line with the EU’s goal to...
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Sánchez: ‘Economic Recovery Plan most ambitious in Spain’s recent history’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called the management and development of the EU Recovery Funds – ‘Next Generation EU’, following the economic devastation caused by...
Spain approves bill to legalise euthanasia
Spanish MPs voted on Thursday to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with serious and incurable or debilitating diseases who want to end their life....
Spain marks 40 years since failed coup d’état, in absence of Juan Carlos I
Spain marked 40 years since a failed military coup on Tuesday, but without the presence of former king Juan Carlos I, whose intervention back in...
Spanish government secures 2021 Budget with ample majority
Spain’s left-leaning PSOE–Podemos coalition government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured passing its first budget in the Spanish Congress on Thursday, with 54% of the votes...
‘Ley Celaá’ – the key points of the new education law passed in Congress
In what is set to be Spain’s eighth educational law in just over four decades of democracy, the LOMLOE (‘Organic Law of Modification of the...
Spanish Congress votes to extend ‘State of Alarm’ until 9 May 2021
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (15 Feb) Also read: Details of curfews & restrictions for all regions of Spain during ‘State of Alarm’ The Spanish...
Far-right Vox party fails to get any other MPs to support no-confidence vote
After a two day debate, the Spanish Congress rejected a no-confidence motion brought by the far-right Vox party against the left-wing (PSOE–Podemos) coalition government led by prime...
Spanish government to consider pardons for jailed Catalan leaders
The Spanish government has announced that it will commence the process to consider a request to pardon the nine jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders from next...
Spain drafts bill of ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to redress victims and legacy of Franco regime
The Spanish cabinet has approved a draft bill of the ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to ‘comprehensively redress the victims of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship’,...
