Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez’s nightmare before Christmas
Corruption probes around the prime minister of Spain are coming to a head at a crucial moment for his fragile government.
Macron thanks Gisèle Pelicot for speaking out in French mass rape trial
Trump 2.0 will hurt planet, open door for America’s green rivals: EU climate chief
Pedro Sánchez
EU has high hopes for the ‘anti-Michel’
The hard right is mainstream in Brussels now
Trump’s power plays overshadow global climate summit
Shovel-wielding mob strikes Spanish PM Sánchez on visit to flood-hit town
A far-right group has taken responsibility for the attack, in which Pedro Sánchez was struck by an object.
Violent mob chases Spain’s king, prime minister out of flood-hit Valencia town
Residents living among ruins and dead bodies decry the response of authorities to the disaster — and brace for more rain.
Spain sends 10,000 more soldiers and police to tackle historic floods
It’s the nation’s largest-ever military deployment in peacetime, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said, as the death toll topped 200.
Sexual assault allegations leave Spanish left-wing coalition partner reeling
Íñigo Errejón resigned and his former chief of staff was expelled in a snowballing scandal.
China won’t like the sound of EU commissioner hearings. Here’s why.
China will be everywhere in the EU’s policymaking machinery for the next five years. Expect more turbulence ahead.
Von der Leyen promises more deportations as EU veers right on migration
European leaders are backing deportation centers, sending migrants back to Afghanistan and Syria, and banning asylum in Poland.
Ireland ready to go it alone and restrict trade ties with Israel, taoiseach says
Ireland “will not wait for everybody in Europe to move on the issue of trade in the occupied Palestinian territories,” PM Simon Harris tells reporters.
Spain’s Sánchez urges Brussels to suspend trade deal with Israel
Spanish PM reiterates request made with Ireland to review association accord with Israel, after calling last week for a halt to arms exports.
France, Italy summon Israeli ambassadors after UN peacekeepers struck by Israeli forces
French Ministry for Foreign Affairs says Israel’s targeting of UNIFIL troops was “deliberate.”
Spanish PM Sánchez urges countries to stop selling arms to Israel
Spanish PM joins a similiar plea from French President Emmanuel Macron.
Mission Impossible: Germany’s bid to kill EU duties on Chinese EVs
Berlin has one last chance to overturn the tariffs at a vote by member countries. But getting the required blocking majority looks to be out of reach — and would be without precedent.
Europe is betting everything on getting richer
Making the EU more competitive has become its obsession. No one knows if that’s achievable ― or whether other policies will survive it.
Chinese trade boss comes to Brussels on Don’t Tax My Car tour
Whistle-stop tour of European capitals by Wang Wentao could end in a tough gig when he meets EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis.
How Teresa Ribera became the second-most-powerful person in Brussels
Spain’s climate expert is poised to become the EU’s competition chief, net-zero architect and economic transformer — all in one.
Spain’s Teresa Ribera gets top job in charge of competition, climate in new Commission
Ursula von der Leyen appoints the socialist politician as her No. 2.
Venezuela arrests US, EU citizens over alleged plot to kill Maduro
Caracas accused U.S. citizens, two Spaniards and a Czech national of exporting “destabilization” to the South American country.
EU rejects Chinese proposals to avoid duties on EVs
Offer of price floors or volume caps would not offset the injury caused by Chinese subsidies, European Commission says.
Sánchez triggers anger by picking ally for Spain’s central bank
José Luis Escrivá has all the experience needed for the job but may struggle to escape the taint of cronyism.
Cocaine, Jeffrey Epstein and a dead elephant: Royals behaving badly vex Europe’s leaders
Monarchies endure while repeated scandals trigger embarrassment for top politicians.
Spain’s Sánchez outfoxes Puigdemont again
Spanish leader will be quietly delighted that the Catalan separatist is far away in Belgium, rather than in jail as a martyr.
How did Carles Puigdemont pull off his great disappearing act? We asked a former spy.
The fugitive separatist leader snuck into Spain, gave a speech in Barcelona and then vanished into thin air.
7 EU countries press Venezuela to release voting records of contested election
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal urge the Venezuelan government to “release promptly all the tally sheets” from controversial vote.