Tag: Pedro Sanchez

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Spanish coalition government in the making between Socialists and Podemos

  

  Spain's Socialists and far-left Unidas Podemos party agreed on the basis of a coalition government on Tuesday, just two days after a parliamentary election delivered a highly fragmented parliament.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Spain votes on Sunday: Catalonia and a possible repeat of a hung parliament

  

  The main candidates to become Spain's next prime minister clashed on Monday over how to handle Catalan separatism, as they tried to woo voters ahead of a repeat election that opinion polls show could be as inconclusive as the one in April.

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 07:37 UTC

  Spain offers to replace Chile as host of COP25 climate summit

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Piñera said on Thursday that Spain has offered to host the COP25 climate conference in December after he abandoned plans to hold it in Santiago following violent protests.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  PM Sanchez in Barcelona visits police injured battling Catalan separatist violence

  

  Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader Pablo Casado visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Spain closer to having to call another election in September

  

  Spain's Socialist party rejected a re-worked offer on Tuesday to form a coalition government with the far-left Unidas Podemos that could have mapped a way out of a four-month political hiatus that began with an inconclusive national election.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Spain's socialist president Sánchez has two months to avoid a new election

  

  Spain's caretaker socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez lost a crunch post-election vote of confidence on Thursday after coalition talks with the far-left failed, pushing the country closer to repeat polls.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Socialists win the most votes in Spain but now must try and work a coalition

  

  Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, fresh from a win for his party in national elections on Sunday, said the only conditions he would place on forming a coalition government would be respecting the constitution and promoting social justice.  

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Spain votes on Sunday with no clear winner and a possible hung parliament

  

  The leaders of all of Spain's main political parties invited their supporters on Friday night to prepare for power, as campaigning for one of the tightest national elections in decades drew to a close. No single party will get an overall majority in Sunday's ballot, and opinion polls suggest all five leading contenders have a realistic chance of playing a role in government.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Possible Spanish Socialist and Conservative coalitions too close to call according to latest opinion polls

  

  Spain’s Socialists increased their lead in two polls published over the weekend, with support from 28.8% to 30.3% of voters, but they fell short of a majority ahead of a general election on April 28.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Lopez Obrador urges Spain and the Vatican to apologize for abuses during the conquest; Madrid strongly rejects

  

  The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region. Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the victims of massacres.