Elsa García de Blas

A Socialist abstention is required to let Mariano Rajoy become the next prime minister at this week’s investiture vote, but that is not likely to happen

“Time is running out” for Rajoy’s Popular Party, says emerging center-right group

Public officials from all levels of administrations will be suspended if they are suspected of graft

Co-founder criticizes the campaign’s “hollow rhetoric” while some supporters wonder why Pablo Iglesias led them down this road

Acting Interior chief Jorge Fernández Díaz says revelations of his talks with anti-fraud agency to go after Catalan politicians is motivated by the upcoming elections

Leftist alliance’s economic program is promising to end the term with 20 million people in employment

Coalition with United Left runs risk of alienating center-ground voters, say some in leadership

Albert Rivera, head of Spanish emerging party Ciudadanos, meets with the opposition in Caracas

Anti-austerity party and United Left seek to "win the country back for the popular classes"

Pablo Iglesias tells PSOE chief that he would be willing to forgo his demand to become deputy PM

Íñigo Errejón drops out of public spotlight after dismissal of right-hand man by leader Iglesias

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

But Madrid council members say their move does not affect support for the national project

Resignation exposes rift between leftist group chief Pablo Iglesias and his number two

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

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

“This is off to a good start,” says Pedro Sánchez after first talks in bid to form government

Candidates taking part in Monday’s EL PAÍS debate agree head-to-heads are “good politics”

Government decides against raising alert to maximum level five

Report finds that loneliness is on the rise in Spanish society, partly due to unemployment

But Mariano Rajoy’s new offer to “listen and talk” stops short of discussing sovereignty Germany calls on Catalan politicians to respect Spanish and European laws

Experts warn it would also leave euro zone and all bodies of which Spain is a member

Madrid regional premier defies PM by also announcing plans to circumvent 2012 reform

Ruling Popular Party blocks European reform debate proposed by the Socialists

Popular Party loses its absolute majorities in 30 of 52 provincial capitals Left-wing alliances could gain control of 27 cities if coalition-building bears fruit

Up to 45% of those in the 13 regions holding elections on Sunday have yet to make a choice

Dead Spanish spelunkers’ colleagues retell the last moments of their ordeal in Morocco