The separatists win the Catalan elections and conquer the majority (70 seats out of 135) in the regional assembly even if the first party to emerge from the polls is the centrist and unionist one of Ciudadanos - The collapse of Prime Minister Rajoy's Popolari is clear…
After the independence proclaimed by Barcelona on Friday, Prime Minister Rajoy dismissed Puidgemont (who risks arrest) assuming the presidency of Catalonia until the December elections and then handing over the functions to his deputy Santamaria - The head of Mossos was dismissed…
The Catalan Parliament takes the big step: the independence activists' resolution is voted by a large majority. The repercussion on the Spanish Stock Exchange was immediate, losing 1,5%. Rajoy's reaction was very harsh: "The rule of law will restore legality", via Puigdemont, dissolved the…
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the measures taken to regain control of the autonomous region that threatens secession. Measures that will be submitted for approval by the Senate - Elections in Catalonia in six months
The decision, in view of today's ultimatum set by the government in Madrid, was voted yesterday evening by Puigdemont's party, the PDeCat - Rajoy convenes the Council of Ministers for Saturday: "Blackmail unacceptable".
This morning at 10 the ultimatum of the Rajoy government to Catalonia expires, which will have to say clearly whether it proclaims or renounces independence - Puigdemont cryptic asks for two months time - Madrid's countermeasures
The Spanish premier has activated the mechanism to apply article 155 of the Constitution which assigns the central government intervention powers to guarantee national unity. However, the government conditioned its execution by inviting Puidgemont to clarify whether independence was…
Here is the Spanish D-day of the third millennium. The possible political and economic implications deriving from today's speech by Puigdemont (who risks imprisonment) in front of the Catalan Parliament are many and varied. Moderate independence activists and Madrid hope for…
The session in the Catalan Parliament is scheduled for 18pm on Tuesday 10 October and has no agenda and all roads lead to the declaration of independence by Catalonia. However, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has…
In Madrid yesterday and in Barcelona today large popular demonstrations in defense of the unity of Spain and against Catalan independence - Premier Rajoy assures: "No illegal negotiations with Catalonia".
"Is there a solution? Yes, the best is the quick return to legality and the affirmation in the shortest possible time that there will be no unilateral declaration of independence, because in this way greater damage will be avoided", said the premier …
After a day of clashes between pro-independence supporters and the Spanish police that left 844 injured, 2,2 million out of 5 million Catalans vote in the referendum and 90% say yes to independence but Madrid does not recognize the vote - Prime Minister Rajoy says:…
Pedro Sanchez's reconquest of the PSOE shifts the party to maximalist positions and exposes it to the risk of a split with destabilizing effects on the Rajoy government - But in perspective a center-left space could open up:…
The prime minister visiting Madrid from his counterpart Mariano Rajoy rebuffed Brussels on any corrective measures: "The European Union would be doing itself a terrible service" - "With Spain united in purpose, there is no instability in Italy" .
Ten months after the second consecutive general elections, Spain finally has a government: Parliament has voted its confidence in the conservative premier Rajoy, thanks to the decisive and opposed abstention of the socialists, who now become the real tip of the balance
The PSOE secretary, Pedro Sanchez, resigned after being discouraged by internal opponents (132 to 107) who reproached him for having blocked the Spanish political situation with his rigid No to the Rajoy government - The new majority of the…
The Prime Minister in charge will try again in the second vote on 2 September, but after today's fiery debate, the prospect of returning to the polls in December becomes almost a certainty - Sanchez: "The PSOE will never abstain" -…
Agreement between Rayoy's Populars and Ciudadanos' centrists but to form a government there are still 6 votes in Parliament or 11 abstentions, yes in the second vote - Rajoy challenges the socialists: if he can't make it…
If Rajoy does not take a step back, it is very unlikely that the PSOE will be able to give life to a government with the Populars but the prime minister in charge, who won the elections, has no intention of abandoning the field -…
Spain is once again on the brink of ungovernability - Prime Minister Rajoy's Popolari are confirmed as the leading party and gain seats reaching 137, but the quorum is 176 - The PSOE holds firm - Podemos disappoints and Ciudadanos collapses…
WEEKEND INTERVIEWS - Speaks Irene Tinagli, economist, former professor in Spain and deputy of the Democratic Party - "It is difficult to predict whether Brexit in Spain will strengthen the pro-European parties or the anti-EU forces. A grand coalition is only possible if Rajoy takes a step…
Brexit will certainly also weigh on the Spanish elections on Sunday, both because it will push Catalan independence and because the vote is intertwined with the scandals involving Rajoy's party for old manipulations on the Catalan referendum and those concerning…
The Spanish premier wants to adapt the working rhythms to the international ones and that is to impose that he breaks away from work at the latest at 18 pm, without too long breaks at lunchtime: currently the Iberians take at least a two-hour break at…
For the first time since the end of Franco's dictatorship, the candidate for prime minister - the socialist Pedro Sanchez - was rejected for the second time by Congress which did not approve his proposal to form a government with the…
It now seems impossible to investiture a socialist government, led by Pedro Sanchez with the support of Ciudadanos - Popular Party and Podemos will abstain, making it impossible to reach a majority that currently lacks the numbers: Psoe and the…
