Tag: King Felipe VI

• Thursday, October 27th 2016 - 08:57 UTC

  Rajoy could become prime minister on Sunday but with a Spanish political system in disarray

  

  Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy accepted a mandate from King Felipe to seek parliament’s backing to form a new government and end over ten months of political deadlock, which is expected to happen on Sunday. The Socialist party agreed a last Sunday to abstain in the vote, allowing Rajoy to lead a minority government of his conservative Partido Popular.

• Thursday, July 28th 2016 - 13:56 UTC

  Spanish King “concerned” with political paralysis; no stable government in sight

  

  King Felipe VI is “concerned” with Spain's political paralysis, a lawmaker who met him said as the monarch began a fourth round of talks with party representatives to try and agree on a government. Spain has been without a fully-functioning government for seven months after December elections failed to give any party an absolute parliamentary majority.

• Thursday, May 5th 2016 - 11:57 UTC

  Spanish elections campaign for a new parliament takes off 10 June

  

  Spain's King Felipe VI signed the decree dissolving parliament following December's inconclusive general election. As no political parties were able to coalesce their support into a coalition government in time for the deadline, new elections will be held on June 26.

• Thursday, April 28th 2016 - 07:11 UTC

  Spain remains ungovernable: elections for new government on June 26

  

  Spain will hold a repeat of national elections in June following the failure of a last-ditch effort by King Felipe VI to prod bickering Spanish politicians to form a new government. The King chose not to ask any candidates he interviewed this week to try to form a government and break a stalemate that has left Spain with a caretaker government in the wake of inconclusive elections in December.

• Saturday, June 13th 2015 - 07:44 UTC

  Spain's king removes duchess title from his sister involved in tax fraud case

  

  Spain's King Felipe VI has removed the title of duchess from his sister Cristina ahead of a trial in which she stands accused of tax fraud charges, in a new move designed to distance the royal family from the case.

• Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 08:55 UTC

  Bachelet welcomed by King Felipe VI at the start of her visit to Spain

  

  King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Wednesday welcomed Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at the start of her official visit to Spain, expected to center on economic cooperation.

• Friday, June 20th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

  Felipe VI pledged to work for unity and diversity in Spain

  

  Spain's new king, Felipe VI, was sworn on Thursday in a relatively modest ceremony which monarchists hope will usher in a new era of popularity for the troubled royal household.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2014 - 08:19 UTC

  Spain's Felipe VI will be proclaimed on 18 June before the two houses of Parliament

  

  Spain's crown prince will be proclaimed King Felipe VI on June 18 before Parliament in Madrid, legislative officials said Tuesday. The 46-year-old Felipe de Borbon, who currently holds the title of Prince of Asturias, will succeed his father, King Juan Carlos, who announced on Monday that he was abdicating.