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Politics 23-12-2024

Possible sour grapes for Sánchez in 2025

Est. 4min

A Spanish ritual, believed to attract good fortune, might be what he needs in 2025.

Politics 03-11-2024

Crowds throw mud, insults at Spanish King on visit to flood-hit Valencia

Est. 2min

 Shouts of "murderers," "shame," and "get out" could be heard as the King passed through Paiporta’s streets.

Politics 09-10-2024

Spain’s Sánchez to ask early implementation of EU pact on migration 

Est. 3min

Sanchez's pleas to Brussels come amid an increasing humanitarian crisis at home.

Politics 08-10-2024

Hungary denies involvement in €9.2 million loan to Spain’s far-right Vox party

Est. 3min

MBH is Hungary's second-largest bank and is 30.5% owned by the Hungarian state.

Politics 07-10-2024

Spain rejects Israel’s accusations of alleged antisemitism following pro-Palestinian demonstrations

Est. 2min

“It is unacceptable for a democratic society to allow the advocacy of terrorism and the celebration of crimes against humanity perpetrated by Hamas,” Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday (6 October).

Politics 27-09-2024

Spanish far-right MEP Alvise Pérez admits to illegal campaign financing on social media

Est. 2min

Spanish far-right MEP Alvise Pérez admitted that he received €100,000 in undeclared cryptocurrencies from a businessman to partially finance his campaign for the  European elections, and called for a 'tax rebellion' against the Spanish state. 

Politics 26-09-2024

CJEU upholds European Parliament’s decision to deny Catalan separatists leaders’ MEP seats

Est. 4min

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday (26 September) ruled in favour of the former European Parliament president to deny former Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín their MEP seats in Strasbourg in 2019.

Politics 25-09-2024

Spanish far-right MEP Alvise Pérez implicated in black money campaign funding scandal

Est. 4min

Spanish far-right MEP Alvise Pérez has been accused of accepting money from the head of a cryptocurrency firm and not declaring it to the tax authorities following an investigation by eldiaro.es published on Wednesday (25 September).

Global Europe 19-09-2024

European Parliament recognises opposition Edmundo González as legitimate president of Venezuela 

Est. 2min

The European Parliament recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate and democratically elected president of the country with a non-binding resolution passed on Thursday (19 September). 

Politics 18-09-2024

Spain’s centre-right leader compares Sánchez to former dictator Franco  

Est. 2min

Partido Popular (PP/EPP) leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo on Wednesday (18 September) compared Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to the late dictator Francisco Franco over a controversial media transparency plan presented on Tuesday (17 September).

Politics 17-09-2024

Sanchez hails ‘greatest-ever’ influence on Brussels after Ribera portfolio reveal

Est. 5min

With Teresa Ribera getting what is set to be the highly coveted role of executive vice-presidency for clean, fair and competitive transition in von der Leyen’s newly proposed team, Spain could be on its way to having the most influence it has ever had in Brussels, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez boasted on Tuesday.

Politics 16-09-2024

Hard-right Vox party fails to disclose identity of lender of €9 million election loan

Est. 3min

The hard-right Vox party is allegedly violating Spanish law by hiding a €9.2 million bank loan used to finance its 2023 election campaigns, El País reported on Monday (16 September), while the party says it wants to protect lenders from 'stigma'. 

Politics 13-09-2024

Venezuela recalls Spanish ambassador after Madrid’s accusations against Maduro’s regime 

Est. 3min

Venezuela has recalled its Spanish ambassador to Caracas for consultations this Friday (13 September) following Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles's (PSOE/S&D) declarations of “persecution” and “limitation of fundamental rights” against political opponents in the Maduro regime. 

Politics 11-09-2024

Spain’s Sánchez to seek a unified EU approach to solve Venezuelan political crisis

Est. 3min

Spain will not recognise Edmundo González Urrutia's claimed victory in Venezuela's recent election but will work towards a unified EU stance to negotiate with Nicolás Maduro’s regime for a resolution to the political crisis, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) said on Wednesday (11 September).

Politics 10-09-2024

Spanish judge rejects Puigdemont appeal, confirms amnesty law does not apply

Est. 4min

Spain's Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena confirmed on Tuesday that he will not apply the controversial amnesty law to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont given that some of the crimes he is accused of is not covered by the grace norm.

Politics 09-09-2024

Spain did Maduro a ‘favour’ by granting asylum to opposition leader, centre-right PP argues

Est. 3min

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro must be "celebrating" Spain's decision to grant asylum to the opposition's widely recognised winner of the July 28 elections, leader of Spain's People's Party (Partido Popular/EPP) Alberto Núñez Feijóo said on Monday.

Politics 05-09-2024

Madrid and the EU working on emergency plan to alleviate migration crisis

Est. 4min

The Spanish government is working against the clock to come up with a temporary 'strategic plan' to alleviate the severe migration crisis in the Canary Islands and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (in North Africa), while the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has encouraged Madrid to formally ask for help to contain the humanitarian emergency.

Politics 03-09-2024

Spanish socialists should not follow far-right’s discourse on migration, left-wing Sumar says 

Est. 3min

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist Party (PSOE) should not “fall into the temptation” of echoing the discourse of the far-right as a possible electoral hook, a minister from left-wing coalition partner Sumar on Tuesday (3 September).

Politics 02-09-2024

Canary Islands government accuses Spanish State of ‘abandoning’ the region amid a serious migratory crisis 

Est. 4min

The Spanish State is leaving the Canary Islands “abandoned” in the face of the current serious migratory crisis it is facing, the president of the Spanish autonomous region, Fernando Clavijo, said on Monday, while assuring that his government is mulling taking legal action against the government.

Politics 26-08-2024

Spain does not rule out sanctions against Maduro’s regime  

Est. 3min

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares (PSOE/S&D) on Monday demanded that Venezuela "immediately" publish the results of last July's elections, under the threat that Spain could impose sanctions on the South American country.

Politics 22-08-2024

Spanish government under threat as row with Catalan separatists over tax autonomy intensifies

Est. 3min

The Spanish government could face instability after the Catalonian pro-independence ERC party warned that it could block the national budget for 2025 if Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez fails to clarify provisions for a Catalan tax agency in a recently signed pact.

Politics 21-08-2024

Spanish prosecutors step up hate crime probe after far right used child murder to falsely blame migrants

Est. 3min

Spanish prosecutors are stepping up investigations into hate crimes on social media after the country's two main far-right parties - SALF and VOX - stepped up their bashing of African migrants following the murder of an 11-year-old boy over the weekend, although police later identified the perpetrator as Spanish.

Politics 20-08-2024

Spanish MEP causes controversy with racist child murder ‘fake news’

Est. 4min

The new rising star of the Spanish far right, Alvise Pérez, is using the stabbing of an 11-year-old boy in central Spain last Sunday to spread racist and xenophobic messages against immigrants, especially those of African origin.

Politics 13-08-2024

Spain’s far-right ‘star’ launches raffle for his MEP salary, requires participants to provide personal data

Est. 4min

MEP Alvise Pérez, the controversial leader of Spain's new far-right formation Se Acabó la Fiesta, began his weekend “raffling” his MEP salary in exchange for participants handing over a large amount of personal data, which experts say could violate national and European data protection rules. 

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