
Campaign duel between Podemos and PP leaves Socialists stuck in the middle
Left and right are pressuring Pedro Sánchez to choose a post-election partner

Left and right are pressuring Pedro Sánchez to choose a post-election partner

The last vote in December cost taxpayers €130 million due to subsidies for political mail and parliament seats

New campaign race sees emerging party depicted as “communists” and the Socialists ignored

Despite forecast, Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez says no to grand coalition with conservatives

Spanish king confirms that no nominee has enough support to stand for prime minister

Pedro Sánchez tells reporters after meeting with king that “change has been delayed by two months”

The main opposition party has accepted nearly all of the policy points proposed by Valencian group Compromís

Podemos comes to negotiating table with unacceptable demands for Socialists and Ciudadanos

Meeting of unlikely partners evidences urgency of reaching deals to avert a fresh election

Pedro Sánchez celebrates Podemos’s new attitude but says he will not break alliance with Ciudadanos

But Pablo Iglesias and Pedro Sánchez refuse to back down on issues that have prevented a deal so far

Belgian attacks bring Spain’s divided political parties together for a few hours

Galicia’s En Marea and Catalonia’s En Comú Podem’s await new proposal from PSOE chief

PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez denies referendum is on agenda at Puigdemont meeting

Party leader Iglesias’ refusal to back PSOE chief’s PM bid sees him lose most ground in Metroscopia poll

“Serious warning” comes after group fails to support Pedro Sánchez’s prime ministerial bid

Pedro Sánchez faces the session to vote in a new PM without the necessary support

Sánchez wants to make last attempt to get leftist group to sign up to pact with Ciudadanos

PP leader Mariano Rajoy turns down center-right group chief Rivera’s request for a meeting

Podemos gives in and permits PSOE chief to hold talks with Albert Rivera’s center-right group

Anti-austerity party says it will not support PSOE if it strikes deal with center-right group

Center-right party had asked PSOE for fast-track, five-point reform of Constitution

“New elections will lead to the same situation,” says statesman Felipe González

Acting PM and Socialist leader meet for just 25 minutes, with no end to political stalemate

Acting government issuing warnings about risks to the nation if a leftist alliance takes over

The emerging anti-austerity party has ruled itself out of any agreement involving Ciudadanos

Party leader Pablo Iglesias wants Pedro Sánchez to exclude Ciudadanos from talks