Tag: Pedro Sanchez

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

  Spain expresses its support to Daniel Noboa against violence in Ecuador

  

  Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa admitted Wednesday in Madrid that it was very hard for him to leave his country amid the current wave of violence by drug-trafficking gangs but insisted it was necessary “to face the world” at the same time. The South American leader's words came during the opening of the Fitur 2024 tourism fair in the Spanish capital.

• Friday, December 1st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Pedro Sánchez promises Paraguayan president to work for Mercosur deal finalizing

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a telephone conversation this week with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña during which he insisted on his country's commitment to finalizing the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur while he held the rotating presidency of the northern alliance. The deal would unite 800 million people and represent a quarter of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). If things go on as projected, Mercosur would obtain duty-free access for 93% of its exports to the EU, with a 10-year deadline to achieve this goal.

• Friday, November 17th 2023 - 09:01 UTC

  Sánchez re-elected Prime Minister of Spain

  

  Spain's parliament on Thursday re-elected Socialist Pedro Sánchez as prime minister by 179 votes to 171, it was reported in Madrid. “I declare the confidence of the Congress in Mr. Pedro Sánchez,” announced the speaker, Francina Armengol.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Lula tells Pedro Sanchez to make a last effort on EU-Mercosur deal

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during a telephone conversation last week that he was keen on finalizing the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:18 UTC

  PM Pedro Sánchez invited to form a new coalition, if he fails Spain will call a snap election January 14

  

  Spanish political party leaders were called in for a new round of talks with King Felipe VI on Monday ahead of a fresh attempt to form a new government. After July's general election produced a strung parliament consisting of 350 legislators from 11 different parties, coalition-building has proven difficult.

• Monday, September 25th 2023 - 08:06 UTC

  Massive Madrid protest erupts against potential Catalan amnesty deal

  

  Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets in Madrid on Sunday to protest against reports that acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez could grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for political support. Protesters chanted “out, out” and “Sanchez, resign.”

• Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Dissident independent Catalans push to become kingmakers of Spain's new government

  

  The former president of the Catalonian government, Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday demanded the “complete abandonment of judicial proceedings” against any members of the Catalan separatist movement. Speaking to journalists, Puigdemont said that any talks about his support in the formation of a new Spanish government were dependent on this condition.

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 08:30 UTC

  Spanish Socialists closer to forming a new coalition government

  

  Spanish caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is closer to forming a new government following on the election of Francina Amengol as the speaker of Spain's congress. Armengol is the former leader of the Balearic Islands region, where Catalan is widely spoken, received a majority of 178 votes in the 350-seat chamber.

• Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  No majority achieved after Spain's snap elections

  

  Spain's conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) won Sunday's general elections but is short of votes to make Alberto Núñez Feijoó, even though an alliance with the far-right VOX movement, it was reported in Madrid after over 98% of the polling stations were counted.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Spain exhuming Civil War remains and returning them to their families towns

  

  A team of experts in Spain has begun work to exhume the bodies of more than 100 civil war victims from a huge basilica complex near Madrid, where dictator Francisco Franco once lay.