Spain’s coalition government splits over sending of lethal aid to Ukraine
Podemos calls for diplomatic response to crisis as Sánchez moves to send weapons
Podemos calls for diplomatic response to crisis as Sánchez moves to send weapons
Scandal-ridden candidate Enrique Arnaldo is approved for post
Deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias could face inquiry into three suspected crimes
Catalan court rules assault cannot be deemed rape because 14-year-old victim was inebriated
Infighting, policy clashes and Venezuelan crisis leave leftist party in near-chaos
Socialist becomes the new PM with the support of a ‘Frankenstein coalition’
Spanish government expected to appeal against new bullfighting restrictions
Podemos fails to gain parliamentary support for alternative government
Spanish anti-austerity party seeks to end damaging rift in leadership
Leader Pablo Iglesias and his deputy are locked in a dispute over leftist group’s future
Madrid Letter: Pablo Iglesias wants to steer party to hard left, but his deputy disagrees
Party hopes to do well as voters focus on jobs and regeneration rather than independence
Galicia and Basque elections could boost Mariano Rajoy’s attempts to stay on as PM
Spain experiences Brexit ripple effect
Advances bolster Popular Party leader’s ambition to form ‘grand coalition’
The public mood generally has shifted from exasperation to resignation, but the impact of a second impasse will be unpredictable
The most likely outcome remains new elections in June – and no major changes in the results
Eighty per cent of voters say the political situation is ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’
Peace dividend may follow for new government
Discreet voices in Brussels are warning that continued instability threatens an economic recovery that pulled the country back from brink of collapse
Many Spaniards now accept that only a fresh and more open-ended vision of a common Iberian home can resolve the Catalan crisis
General election result retards gathering momentum towards state break-up
The challenge of coalition building will also be complicated by very differing attitudes to Catalan and Basque demands for independence
Conservative group needs support of other parties to earn another term, exit polls suggest
Ciudadanos, fiercely opposed to Catalan (and Basque) nationalism, may find common cause with the Partido Popular after all
Prime minister Mariano Rajoy to meet leaders of Ciudadanos and Podemos parties
Many try to reach Europe via highly policed Spanish territory of Melilla in north Africa
Spain keen to be seen as the ‘good student’ in the euro zone classroom
Austerity policies and claims of fraud have steered voters towards the new
Voters punish Mariano Rajoy’s party after four years of cuts and corruption scandals
Spanish party’s radical roots left behind as it signals less strident approach
Podemos wins 15 seats in regional poll as Socialists claim ‘historic’ win
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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