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Rally against Catalan amnesty, ahead of Feijóo facing ‘doomed’ investiture vote

News Desk24th September 202327th September 2023

24th September 202327th September 20232219

Tens of thousands of supporters of Spain’s current opposition right-wing People’s Party (PP), led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, rallied in Madrid on Sunday against the possible plans...

Puigdemont demands ‘amnesty’ for all independence activists as ‘precondition’ for Sánchez’s investiture

News Desk5th September 202312th September 2023

5th September 202312th September 20232169

The exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, demanded on Tuesday an amnesty for hundreds of activists facing legal action over a failed 2017 independence...

Yolanda Díaz ‘looks for democratic solutions via dialogue’ with Puigdemont in Brussels

News Desk4th September 202315th September 2023

4th September 202315th September 20232240

Spain’s acting deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Díaz, who is also the head of the left-wing Sumar group of parties, went to Brussels...

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

News Desk25th August 20232nd September 2023

25th August 20232nd September 20236367

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 20232180

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...

Spain’s Aragón becomes 4th region to be jointly governed by PP & far-right Vox

News Desk5th August 202316th August 2023

5th August 202316th August 20233992

Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox group agreed on Friday to form a coalition in the region of Aragón, following the 28...

With Sánchez and Feijóo both claiming victory in the election … what happens next?

News Desk28th July 20239th August 2023

28th July 20239th August 20234014

Report updated to include votes from Spaniards living abroad. Spain faces weeks, if not months, of a political gridlock following the general election held on...

PP’s ties with far-right hamper Feijóo’s attempts to form a government

News Desk25th July 20233rd August 2023

25th July 20233rd August 20231858

Report updated to include votes from Spaniards living abroad. The options to form a government have diminished considerably for Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) despite...

Spain’s right-wing PP win the election, but not a majority, even with far-right Vox

News Desk23rd July 202328th July 2023

23rd July 202328th July 20234250

With over 98% of the votes counted, Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo won the biggest share of votes and seats...

Right-wing fuels ‘Trumpist’ accusations of electoral fraud as Spain hits postal vote record

News Desk20th July 202324th July 2023

20th July 202324th July 20232251

Just three days before Spain’s snap election, some 2.6 million voters have opted to vote by post, fuelling ‘Trumpist’-style conspiracy theories about possible fraud which...

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