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Far-right Party Vox To Preside Over Balearic Islands Parliament In Spain

The agreement with the People's Party includes a plan to withdraw support from the islands' language, Catalan.

Zenger

Catalonia’s Town Councils To Be Constituted For 2023-2027 Term Amid Political Party Agreements

Parties work to finalize governance deals in key municipalities; disagreements prevent pro-independence unity in some areas

Zenger

Spain’s PM warns of far-right danger after PP strikes coalition deals

Pedro Sánchez’s comments follow last month’s elections in which PP and Vox made huge gains

The Guardian - UK

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Exhumation of civil war dead from Spain’s Valley of Cuelgamuros begins

Scientists aim to analyse remains of 128 people recovered from basilica where thousands were buried

The Guardian - UK

Work begins in Spain to exhume bodies of 128 Franco victims buried anonymously at mausoleum

Initial forensic work has begun to try to exhume the bodies of 128 victims of late dictator Francisco Franco’s forces who are among tens of thousands of people buried anonymously in the Valle de Cuelgamuros mausoleum, formerly known as the Valle de los Caídos, or Valley of the Fallen

The Independent UK

From ‘cranks’ to contenders: how Spain’s far-right Vox party is rising toward power

Once dismissed as anachronistic, the radical party hopes to ride a wave of patriotism in next month’s elections. In the town of Rascafría, its focus on local issues is proving effective

The Guardian - UK

Small leftist parties in Spain unite before July election in pact that could help Sánchez

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s chances of getting reelected after a July election have received a potentially important boost following an agreement between more than a dozen small leftist parties to run on a joint ticket

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Podemos and leftist alliance Sumar agree to run jointly in Spain’s snap election

Awkward, last-minute deal is intended to galvanise leftwing voters against conservative People’s party

The Guardian - UK

Spain asks EU for $90 billion in loans ahead of July election

Spain has asked the European Commission for 84 billion euros ($90 billion) in loans from the bloc's COVID-19 recovery package, a quarter of which will be managed by the European Investment Bank, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Spanish opposition leader agrees to face off against PM in two-way debate

Spain's conservative opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo on Tuesday agreed to hold a one-on-one debate against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in the run-up to the general election on July 23.

Reuters

German MPs scrap Spanish strawberry fields visit as election water wars heat up

A delegation of German lawmakers on Monday scrapped a trip to assess the sustainability of strawberry production near Spain's endangered Donana wetlands as a war of words between Spain's ruling socialists and the opposition over water scarcity escalated ahead of a snap election next month.

Reuters

Could far-right Vox party become Spain’s kingmaker in July vote?

Polls indicate that Spain’s ultraconservative party could become the kingmaker of the national government.

Al Jazeera

Pedro Sánchez’s snap Spanish election gamble

Spain is heading for a snap general election after prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and its allies suffered losses in local and regional elections.

The Week

Will ‘safe pair of hands’ Feijóo deal with far-right Vox and take power in Spain?

Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s inner circle believes he can appeal to centre-right voters and win snap general election

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Plan for facial recognition tech in schools riles rights groups

School Education department’s proposal to introduce facial recognition based attendance raises questions of privacy of children

Reuters

Spain seeks delay of PM's EU presidency speech due to election

Spain wants to delay the presentation of priorities for its upcoming EU presidency until months after assuming the bloc's rotating leadership in July 1 due to a snap election, which some diplomats fear could disrupt Europe's agenda.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the snap Spanish election: Europe needs Sánchez’s gamble to pay off

Editorial: This summer, Spain could become the latest country to feature a radical right presence in government

Reuters

Spain risks following US, Brazil in lurch to far-right, PM says

Spain could follow the U.S. and Brazil in lurching to the far-right in a parliamentary election on July 23, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, urging Spaniards to give him a "strong, resounding backing for the next four years".

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Spain’s Opposition Leader Feijóo Foresees The End Of The Socialist Era: “We’ve Gone Far Enough”

People's Party leader Feijóo rallies for end to 'sanchismo' and a new political era in Spain amid upcoming snap general elections.

The Guardian - UK

Spain’s centre-right Citizens party says it will not run in general election

Decision follows poor performance in Sunday’s regional and municipal elections

Reuters

Key EU legislation up in the air after Spain accelerates elections

Key European Union legislation including reforms of its power market and climate change goals are up in the air after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election just as Spain is due to take the reins of the bloc.

Reuters

Factbox-Who's who in Spain's July 23 snap general election

Spain's snap parliamentary election on July 23 is unlikely to produce a working majority for any one party, with complex pre- and post-ballot alliances holding the key to governing Spain.

Reuters

Surprised Spaniards face choice: Ballot box or the beach

A Spanish talk show host's gesture of disbelief, with eyes rolled and arms thrown high, upon hearing Monday's announcement of a snap general election at the height of the summer holiday season has gone viral in Spain.

The Independent UK

Spain PM's shock election call brings unruly coalition to heel

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s snap general election breaks the coalition he built with the far-left United We Can party, with the aim of bringing to heel the unruly faction whose internecine conflicts damaged the coalition's results in local elections

Reuters

Spain's political high roller Sanchez takes biggest gamble yet

Pedro Sanchez's reputation as a risk-taker precedes him but his announcement on Monday of a snap election, after a poll setback and as an EU presidency stint beckons, represents the Spanish prime minister's biggest political gamble yet.

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