Elsa García de Blas

Candidates exchanged a volley of personal attacks and urged voters to go out in force on Sunday. Although polls indicate a more likely victory for the right, the end of the campaign seemed to provide a late-minute boost to the left

The ultranationalist Vox would win additional seats if elections were held today, although respondents showed unprecedented support for the left’s handling of the economy

Pedro Sánchez faces skepticism a day after meeting with the Catalan premier and a week after releasing nine pardoned leaders of the 2017 secession attempt

Courts are issuing contradictory decisions on regional requests for coronavirus restrictions while the opposition is demanding legal reforms. The prime minister, meanwhile, says there are already enough tools in place to control the situation

Pedro Sánchez expects that 70% of adults will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by August 18

The problems began during the Cadena SER broadcast when Rocío Monasterio refused to rectify comments she had made doubting the veracity of death threats received by the Unidas Podemos leader

Ciudadanos won the most votes at the last poll but is losing support to Vox, which has copied its hardline stance against the independence movement

Luis Bárcenas has sent prosecutors a letter promising to cooperate and naming senior party officials who allegedly accepted regular payments of undeclared money

Congress on Thursday approved a bill that the political right has vowed to fight tooth and nail, in a replay of the discord triggered by seven earlier reforms

PP chief Pablo Casado says the government’s planned deadline of May 9 is excessive, and demands an alternative legal tool for future restrictions

The remarks by Vox leader Santiago Abascal in Congress reminded many lawmakers of an old phrase uttered by regime nostalgics about life being better under the dictatorship

Pablo Casado says he will not give the coalition his party’s support while the PSOE continues to govern with junior partner Unidas Podemos

Pedro Sánchez says it is up to the Royal Household and not the government to inform the public of the location of the former monarch

The new rules, which will be in place until the government considers that the crisis is over, include the obligatory use of face masks and prevention measures in the workplace

The emergency measure is expected to be extended until June 21 thanks to the support of Ciudadanos and the Basque Nationalist Party

Minority government secures backing for a plan to streamline procedures after lockdown creates a mounting backlog of cases

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured last-minute support from opposition groups to prolong emergency powers to combat the coronavirus crisis

After overnight deaths reach a new peak, the executive is also considering extending the state of alarm until April 26

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has affected a large number of former and current public officials, forcing regional leaders and ministers to work in isolation

Professors from Madrid’s Complutense University support the government’s emergency measures, which will be put in place today by the Cabinet

The measures that will go into effect from tomorrow will allow the executive to requisition all kinds of assets and intervene to ensure essential items are available

The measure will allow the authorities to limit the movement of citizens and to ration the use of services in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus

The vote will take place ahead of polls that have been announced in Catalonia, but that are yet to get an official date

A day after being sworn back into office, Pedro Sánchez calls Quim Torra and states that he has “the sincere will to try to sort out the political conflict” in the northeastern Spanish region

The caretaker prime minister is set to win a simple majority by a very small margin in Congress today, meaning any last-minute setbacks could lead to fresh elections

Pedro Sánchez is meeting with leaders of right-of-center parties to determine their willingness to endorse him if his deal with a Catalan separatist party ultimately fails