Catalan Left split over independence referendum route
• En Comú boycotts meeting, Podemos affiliate won’t support unilateral plebiscite • Socialists remain firm against referendum, ERC & CUP support unilateral…
Politics
Compromís backpedal on Podemos censure motion
• Podemos and Compromís at odds over timing of censure motion in Congress • Valencia group wants Socialist party on board in…
Sánchez to boot ‘Barons’ from Socialist party leadership
• New PSOE chief will exclude regional party bosses from leadership team • Sánchez taps campaign co-chair, Valencian ally Ábalos as Congress…
Sánchez tells Iglesias ‘not yet’ on Rajoy censure motion
• Socialist rebuffs Podemos offer to let PSOE assume lead in early censure move • Sánchez prefers to let PP corruption scandal…
Sánchez scores big comeback win in Socialist elections
• Ousted party leader relies on Socialist bases to win 50.2% absolute majority • Sánchez beat rival Díaz in all regions but…
Susana Díaz faces trouble in Andalucia following defeat
• Elections showed more anti-Díaz feeling within regional party than anticipated • Tenuous regional gov’t pact with Ciudadanos complicated by election results…
Podemos anti-corruption rally fails to fill ‘Puerta del Sol’
• Rally numbers show tepid support for Podemos’ anti-Rajoy motion of censure • Focus on PP corruption, Rajoy censure fails to impact…
Unidos Podemos can’t stop CETA trade deal in Congress
• PP, PSOE, other parties vote to move ahead with EU-Canada free-trade deal • Accord to cut 98pct of tariffs, settle disputes…
Congress rebukes Minister, prosecutors over ‘Lezo’ case
• No confidence vote over alleged obstruction of investigations into PP corruption • Censure marks another corruption-related blow to Partido Popular government…
Lively debate kicks off final lap of PSOE leadership race
• Díaz, Sánchez & López face off in intense debate prior to leadership elections • Vote by party membership next Sunday to…
Opposition parties demand Franco remains be moved
• Non-binding resolution calls for removal of Franco, Primo de Rivera remains • Opposition want ‘Valley of Fallen’ converted to site of…
Sánchez sees path to PSOE victory through Andalucia
• Socialist leadership candidate hopes to convert Patxi López voters in Andalucia • Sánchez campaign says 10 pct increase in regional vote…
PACMA calls for ‘zero tolerance’ law on animal cruelty
• ‘Ley Cero’ proposal calls for ‘zero tolerance’ of mistreatment of animals in Spain • Legislation would ban bullfighting, circuses, sacrifice of…
Podemos, IU divided over Venezuela vote in Congress
• Unidos Podemos vote split for first time since coalition formed one year ago • PSOE, C’s to back PP resolution calling…
Sánchez surges against Díaz in PSOE leadership race
• Sánchez collects surprise 57,369 signatures of support against 63,610 for Díaz • Ousted Socialist leader relies on activists across Spain in…
Unidos Podemos to challenge PSOE over Rajoy censure
• Unidos Podemos coincides 20th May Madrid demo with PSOE leadership vote • Left coalition to use protest to confront Socialists over…
Podemos, Sánchez separately call for Rajoy resignation
• Podemos call for censure motion in Congress knocked back by other parties •PSOE’s Pedro Sánchez again calls on Rajoy to step…
City of Madrid to remove 52 Franco-era street names
• Ahora Madrid, PSOE, Ciudadanos vote to remove signs glorifying Franco-era • After tense debate, Partido Popular’s Madrid city councilors abstain from…
Police search homes of former Catalan president Pujol
• One day after Pujol’s son jailed, prosecutors focus on former Catalan president • Pujol clan investigated for money-laundering, tax fraud via…
Sánchez: PSOE should call Rajoy to Congress over Gürtel
• Former party leader says Socialists should toughen position on PP corruption • PSOE interim head says Rajoy will be called before…
PP Madrid’s Aguirre resigns amid party corruption probe
• Resignation follows arrest of Aguirre’s former right-hand man in Madrid region • Second high-level corruption probe in a week to rock…
Fascism dies slowly, as Franco-era minister buried
• Ex-Minister Utrera Molina was wanted for questioning on human rights charges • Mourners give Spanish fascist salute, sing banned Falangista ‘Cara…
PSOE’s Sánchez, Díaz battling for Catalan Socialists vote
• Second-largest Socialist affiliate party seen as key to PSOE leadership victory • Sánchez tells supporters ‘Spain is a nation of nations…
Rajoy called to testify in person at PP corruption trial
• Spain’s president to take stand over ‘Gürtel’ kickbacks allegedly funneled to PP • Rajoy to testify over what he knew as…
Socialists call on PP to begin funding homeless program
• PSOE says 2017 budget lacks funds to implement plan to combat homelessness • Rajoy govt agreed to national strategy in 2015,…
Podemos ‘Tramabus’ campaign denounces corruption
• Bus campaign depicts politicians, bankers party says have corrupted Spain • PSOE irked over depiction of ex-President Felipe González among ‘corruptos’…
Feminist, LGBT groups to protest surrogate pregnancies
• Umbrella group to protest proposed changes to Spanish law banning practice • 2010 loophole lets Spaniards register children born to surrogate…
PSOE leadership campaign officially launches
•Three-way race to decide leadership and future direction of Socialist party • Sánchez campaign complains of delays in receiving voter registration lists…
Courts in Navarra, Cádiz rule against Republican flag
• In ongoing ‘War of the Flags’, PP government in Madrid wins temporary stays • Local authorities hoist ‘tricolor’ flag to reassert…
Podemos triggers crisis for PSOE in Castilla-La Mancha
• Podemos revolts over Socialist vetoes of amendments on social spending items • PSOE ‘Baron’ García-Page finds himself short two votes needed…
PSOE’s Sánchez says party must look to future, not past
• Former PSOE leader downplays old-guard leaders’ support for rival Susana Díaz • Sánchez says PSOE must adapt to new realities, become…