The Irish Times view on elections in Madrid: a seismic shift
An election to the Madrid region’s powerful parliament has sent ripples through Spain’s political system
Bullfighting the new political battleground in Spanish capital
Supporting cultural tradition means ‘defence of freedom’, Madrid president says
Phone theft scandal threatens to unravel Spain’s coalition government
Deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias could face inquiry into three suspected crimes
Spanish regional elections see nationalists surge
Win for moderate in Galicia raises questions about opposition leader’s hardline style
Coronavirus: Spain experiments with basic income for most in need
At first about 100,000 Spanish homes will get a monthly payment of €462-€1,000
Coronavirus upheaval leaves Spain’s Pedro Sánchez struggling
Minority government wins vote to extend state of emergency but alienates Catalan nationalists
Spanish children allowed out after six weeks of lockdown
Latest easing of restrictions comes as the impact of coronavirus appears to be on a downward trajectory
Spain’s coalition partners lock horns over gender violence policy
Podemos denounces ‘frustrated sexism’ in government
Spanish and Catalan governments to begin talks on territorial crisis
Madrid warns of ‘tricky terrain’ ahead of negotiations on Catalonia’s future
Spain’s left prepares to govern in controversial coalition
Electoral board ruling casts doubt on plan by Catalan nationalists to support Sánchez
Leftist deal raises prospects of new Spanish government
Socialists sign accord with Podemos two days after election as voter patience runs out
Spain’s Socialists make haste to form government
Party rules out ‘grand coalition’ with conservatives after surge by far-right Vox party
Opposition urges Sánchez to clamp down in Catalonia
Wave of protests against sedition convictions for independence leaders continues
Portugal’s Socialist miracle offers lessons for a divided Spain
Both Iberian states face general elections. Only one can currently expect a stable outcome
Election deadline looms as Spain’s left struggles to agree on government
King Felipe due to decide if Socialist Sánchez will face new investiture vote
Spanish leader confident of forming leftist minority government
Socialist Sánchez has three weeks before new elections are called
The Irish Times view on Spanish politics: A missed opportunity
PSOE and Podemos fail to form coalition government, worsening an irritation with mainstream politics
Spain edges towards election as Pedro Sánchez fails to form government
Socialists lose parliamentary vote amid disagreement with Podemos on coalition posts
Repeat elections loom in Spain as left and right in stalemates
Political in-fighting threatens the formation of national and Madrid administrations
Left at loggerheads as Spain awaits new government
Fragmented parliament leaves country in political limbo two months after elections
Spain’s ‘Watergate’ erupts ahead of election
Podemos among targets of political spying, theft and smears as ‘state sewers’ stay active
Spain’s Podemos licks its wounds on its fifth birthday
Infighting, policy clashes and Venezuelan crisis leave leftist party in near-chaos
Maduro wins backing of Venezuelan senior military figures
World leaders split over power struggle in crisis-stricken South American country
New ruling on Spanish ‘Wolfpack’ sex assault sparks backlash
Five men convicted of sexually abusing woman at Pamplona festival but absolved of rape
Spanish borrowers not banks must pay mortgage tax, court rules
Controversial legal U-turn made amid fears of homeowner lawsuits seeking backdating
Spanish minister’s ‘friendship in the sewers’ leaves government reeling
String of scandals and U-turns puts pressure on Socialist PM Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez ousts Rajoy to become Spain’s prime minister
Socialist becomes the new PM with the support of a ‘Frankenstein coalition’
Socialists scramble to gather support for motion against Mariano Rajoy
Spanish prime minister faces no-confidence vote this week
Spanish opposition seeks to unseat corruption-plagued Rajoy
Socialists could struggle to gather support for no-confidence vote against prime minister
Women’s strike a new cause of Spanish discord
Madrid Letter: Political right accuses leftists of commandeering protests
Corruption claims threaten to destabilise Spanish government
Senior member of Rajoy’s governing Popular Party confirms kickbacks system
Catalan crisis is nothing more than Spanish party politics
The European Union is right to refuse to intervene in what is essentially a local row
New ‘republican’ football shirt has Spanish conservatives crying foul
Purple colouring reminds many of leftist pre-war flag
War of words still raging as Catalonia remains defiant
Region’s president Carles Puigdemont due to make widely anticipated address today
Spain’s crisis sharpens as Catalonia referendum campaign begins
Madrid launches legal offensive to thwart October 1st vote for Catalan independence
Spain’s Mariano Rajoy testifies in corruption trial
Prime minister insists in court he had no role in Popular Party’s allegedly shady finances
Balearic Islands ban killing of bulls
Spanish government expected to appeal against new bullfighting restrictions
Spanish king warns Catalans over independence plan
Monarch acknowledges ‘immense tragedy’ of Franco ‘dictatorship’ for first the time
Referendum in Catalonia: sleepwalking into a crisis
Mariano Rajoy appears so determined to change nothing that he may soon find major changes happening very fast
Spain’s Rajoy wins no-confidence vote despite corruption scandals
Podemos fails to gain parliamentary support for alternative government
Podemos: Decisive vote for Iglesias cements position at helm
Spanish anti-austerity party seeks to end damaging rift in leadership
Spain’s Podemos faces reckoning at party’s national assembly
Leader Pablo Iglesias and his deputy are locked in a dispute over leftist group’s future
Podemos leaders battle for party’s soul in search of winning formula
Madrid Letter: Pablo Iglesias wants to steer party to hard left, but his deputy disagrees
Spanish politician unleashes storm on anniversary of Muslim defeat
Senior member of governing Popular Party tweeted ‘With Islam we would not be free’
Podemos fends off Trump parallels as Spain debates populism
Pablo Iglesias strongly rejects ‘ignorant’ comparisons following US election result
Revolt in socialists party over leader’s refusal to end Spain’s political deadlock
All-out, very public war unleashed in heart of party over Sánchez stance
Basque regional elections will be a crucial test for struggling Podemos
Party hopes to do well as voters focus on jobs and regeneration rather than independence
Row over World Bank post threatens efforts to form government in Spain
Former minister disgraced by Panama Papers recommended for lucrative job
Pro-independence Basque leader’s candidacy blocked
Electoral body in Spanish region says Arnaldo Otegi cannot run due to Eta conviction
Rajoy plans to form Spanish government by end of July
Advances bolster Popular Party leader’s ambition to form ‘grand coalition’
Spanish elections: Rajoy claims a victory for conservatives
The Popular Party leader has topped the poll but is still short of the majority he needs
Spain: Anti-austerity challengers Podemos aim for ‘new era’
Governing Popular Party confronted by new threat from the Left in weekend’s elections
Six months, and still stalemate with no government in Spain
The public mood generally has shifted from exasperation to resignation, but the impact of a second impasse will be unpredictable
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