Spanish Elections

Ahead of the general election on April 28, here is a summary of where each group stands on issues such as taxation, immigration, employment and clean energy

As the official campaign gets underway today, the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) is stirring fears about its rivals in order to mobilize left-wing voters ahead of the April 28 polls

Despite bans on campaigning outside specific time periods, the popularity of social media apps make this rule very difficult to enforce

As elections approach, the opposition is resorting to scare tactics to convince voters that Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez must go

The latest CIS survey predicts that current Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will win the highest number of seats in Congress, but fall short of an absolute majority

This week we discuss the upcoming date that Spaniards have at the polling booths, and also, in the last episode of our first season, mention a few stories we didn’t have time for...

The social media giant has announced that it has identified the “thousands of profiles” belonging to parties and candidates to urge them to register

The conservative group is in hot water after congressional candidate Adolfo Suárez Illana made a series of incendiary comments on terminations

A survey shows that the winner will have to forge alliances with regional nationalist parties in order to form a government, making a leftist bloc more likely

Public prosecutor will bring charges of disobedience against Quim Torra, who will not face prison time but could be removed from his position and barred from public office

Executive sources said the Socialist Party leader will unveil the date after the Cabinet meeting on Friday

Pedro Sanchez’s decision has been triggered by the defeat this week of his Socialist Party’s budget plan in Congress. Spaniards will be going to the polls for the third time in four years

Fernando Paz has made revisionist statements regarding the Nuremberg trials and the Holocaust

“We are a common-sense party and of course we support the right to self-defense of upstanding Spaniards,” says Santiago Abascal, the head of the far-right group

Quim Torra resorts to color variations to circumvent campaign rules on political neutrality

Ahead of the general elections in Spain on April 28, political parties such as the PP and Vox are turning to the instant messaging service in a bid to reach a wider audience

Group includes experts from National Security Department and seeks to identify cyberterrorism threats

Four million women have yet to decide who to vote for in April and May, and parties are scrambling to attract their attention

Mainstream conservatives talk tough on immigration, abortion and Catalonia to keep up with the far-right Vox, which is threatening to take supporters away at the upcoming polls

The Socialist Party government of Pedro Sánchez has been in power for nearly nine months, and will now have to abandon a number of plans in areas such as health and climate change

PM Pedro Sánchez is due to announce a date for a general election, but there are many in his party who want to avoid it coinciding with local, regional and European polls

Pedro Sánchez counters claims about a weak government with Socialist lineup that includes several women and a non-separatist Catalan

In eight days of talks and negotiations, Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez was able to unseat Mariano Rajoy

The leader of the Spanish Socialists will govern the country in a minority after winning a no-confidence motion against Mariano Rajoy with the support of separatist and populist parties

The Catalan separatists of PDeCAT have also pledged to support the Socialist Party motion to oust Mariano Rajoy from office, which could happen in a ballot tomorrow