Sánchez says PSOE won’t support Rajoy or Iglesias
• Neither Rajoy nor Iglesias would have Socialists’ support to lead government • ‘Pablo Iglesias is not going to be President’, Sánchez…
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Latest 26-J polls see Unidos Podemos overtake PSOE
• Polls published Sunday all see Partido Popular slipping, but still in first place • Unidos Podemos coalition seen eclipsing Socialists, moving…
Venezuela legislators launch probe of Podemos
• Opposition lawmakers seek info on 7.2 million euros paid to Podemos founders • Podemos denies charges, says part of orchestrated election…
Groups to highlight refugees with rallies on Monday
• SOS Refugiados rallies, demos planned for 20th June World Refugee Day • Organizers seek to focus election campaigns on plight of…
#VIDEO: Presidential debate leaves no clear winner
• WATCH FULL DEBATE IN SPANISH, BELOW … The morning after Spain’s four-way Presidential debate in Spain on Monday night — the…
26-J Elections: Making sense of the latest voter polls
• PP seen to place first again, while Podemos supplants PSOE in second place • Analysts cite generational demographics behind transformed political…
Socialist voter disconnect seen as 26-J approaches
• Latest CIS poll shows PSOE being outpaced by rival Unidos Podemos coalition • Socialist base seen dismayed, disenchanted with Spain’s oldest…
Podemos presents economic programme a la IKEA
• Party says format aims to get voters to actually read its economic programme • Projection includes 25 billion euro tax hikes,…
Iglesias gets ‘Communist pride’ pushback on Twitter
• #SomosComunistas (We Are Communists) Tweets trended for hours Tuesday • PCE response to positioning ‘Unidos Podemos’ as ‘social democrat’ formation Less…
PSOE courts LGBT vote with 26-J campaign launch
• PSOE campaign kickoff set for Pedro Zerolo plaza in Madrid’s Chueca barrio • Socialists seek to retain LGBT loyalty in crucial…
Polls show ‘Unidos Podemos’ overtaking Socialists
• PSOE trails Unidos Podemos coalition by at least 3.5 percent, say surveys • Conservative PP remains firmly in lead, Ciudadanos relegated…
Voters get single chance to see candidates debate
• Monday 13th June set as sole televised debate among presidential hopefuls • Debate to follow televised Spain-Czech opener in Eurocopa 2016…
‘Unidos Podemos’ targets key regions to beat PSOE
• Campaign strategists eye Catalonia, Valencia, Balearics, Andalucia & Madrid • Left-wing coalition hopes to surpass Socialists in votes and seats in…
PSOE’s Sánchez vows ‘political Pact with Catalonia’
• Socialist promises Constitutional recognition of Catalonia’s ‘unique’ stature • Post-election ‘Pact with Catalonia’ would expand regional self-government In a further sign…
Podemos gives partners veto over Catalan plebiscite
• Podemos cedes veto power over post-election coalitions to Catalan partners • Accord effectively shackles governing pact to Catalan referendum litmus test…
POLITIFILE :: A Guide to Spain’s Political Parties
• Progressive Spain introduces new POLITIFILE directory to political parties • Detailed info & useful links to party websites, social media and…
Barcelona’s Colau scrambles to resolve ‘okupa’ riots
• Police engage supporters of ‘okupa’ squatters in three nights of street battles • Fight over eviction from vacant bank branch when…
Mail-in ballot surge adds to 26-J election uncertainty
• Requests for 26th June mail-in ballots have quintupled, says Interior Ministry • Election day falls on end of three-day ‘Noche de…
Sánchez calls out Podemos over links to ‘Chavismo’
• Socialist says Podemos’ Venezuela ties ‘fair game’ for political debate in Spain • Venezuela entered political debate in Spain ‘hand-in-hand with…
Rivera faults PP, Podemos for general election re-run
• Ciudadanos leader says PP’s Rajoy wanted ‘grand coalition’ to avoid reforms • Centre-right leader rejects Podemos bid to curtail judiciary, press…
#VIDEO: PP ad labels PSOE & Podemos ‘extremists’
• Partido Popular slams Socialists & Podemos for ‘bad governing practices’ • Ad anticipates 26-J election strategy to paint PSOE as part…
‘Unidos Podemos’ dumps Errejón election strategy
• Podemos sheds ‘transversal’ strategy for left-wing ‘broad front’ approach • ‘Unidos Podemos’ becomes ‘alphabet soup’ of 16 different parties, coalitions The…
#VIDEO: PSOE’s first campaign spot mocks Iglesias
• Socialist election campaign video uses jocular tone to criticize Podemos leader • Podemos painted as ‘Party of No’, obstacle to forming…
#VIDEO: Sánchez debuts 26-J PSOE ‘shadow cabinet’
• Party leader presents lineup of 20 candidates for PSOE cabinet posts • List includes male-female parity, former Ministers & Supreme Court…
Five years on, 15-M returns to Madrid protest roots
• Thousands mark anniversary, marching from Plaza de Cibeles to Puerta del Sol • Chants of ‘They Don’t Represent Us!’ and ‘Yes…
Pro-refugee demos to target 26-J election campaign
• NGOs, trade unions & political parties call for demonstrations nationwide • Groups target ‘World Refugee Day’ to make election issue of…
PSOE rejects Podemos’ joint Senate campaigns offer
• Socialist leader says ‘No thanks’, that Podemos has lost chance to collaborate • PSOE asks Valencia’s Ximo Puig to pull out…
Socialists to join Colau government in Barcelona
• Accord would see PSC’s Collboni become Mayor Ada Colau’s second lieutenant • Socialists lost Barcelona mayor’s seat in 2011 after governing…
Podemos, Izquierda Unida reach 26-J electoral pact
• Alliance guarantees IU 8 Congress seats, up from just 2 seats won in 2015 • Podemos moves left, abandons Errejón’s less-ideological…
Catalonia: Just 21% favor fast-track independence
• Public opinion against Catalan Parlament’s fast-track independence roadmap • Artur Mas’s CDC party falls to fourth place, behind ERC, Ciudadanos, PSC-PSOE…
Embattled PSC avoids primary fight in Catalonia
• Former deputy & PSOE executive committee member to lead PSC election slate • PSOE gives nod to more autonomy, Catalan ‘nation’…