Pedro Sánchez has unveiled the guidelines of a spending plan meant to pull the country out of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and help effect structural reforms
The Basque Country wants the extraordinary measure to remain in place as it tackles a surge in coronavirus cases, but the executive is counting on the Covid-19 vaccination drive to flatten the curve
According to the central government and several experts, the regions will need legal backing to introduce coronavirus restrictions on movement
Pedro Sánchez sought to convey a note of optimism during a press conference on Tuesday, setting a series of targets for the upcoming months of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign
The biggest anachronism of the current legislation lies in the fact that it includes no time frames for secrecy to expire
Twitter personality Luis “Alvise” Pérez discusses the importance of high-impact campaign messages, and how the political right is now ready to take on the savvier left in the new media ecosystem
EL PAÍS chronicles the days running up to the spring lockdown and what came after in an era that some ministers describe as the worst of their lives
A snap election in Madrid and political developments in Catalonia will only serve to exacerbate a policy of extremes
A regional power play that began last week in Murcia is shaking up Spanish politics, pushing the Unidas Podemos leader to quit his role in the central government
When Ciudadanos turned on the Popular Party in southeastern Murcia, it was not expecting a chain reaction spreading all the way to Andalusia and Castilla y León
Judge Pablo Llarena has asked for a preliminary ruling from the EU Court of Justice on how the case should be interpreted by law
The decision means that Spanish authorities will be able to reactivate the arrest warrant to bring the politician back to the country and put him on trial for his involvement in the 2017 separatist bid
The measure is aimed at helping ‘companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed workers’ who have been hit by the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis
On the 40th anniversary of the day that Congress was stormed by the Civil Guard, the reigning monarch said his father’s actions were ‘decisive for the defense and triumph of democracy’
The executive is caught up in a spiral of internal strife just as the opposition is at its weakest. A minority group within the Socialist Party supports pushing out Unidas Podemos, but PM Pedro Sánchez is ruling it out
Supporters of Pablo Hasél, who has begun serving a nine-month sentence for praising terrorism and insulting the monarchy, clashed with riot police while framing their acts as a defense of freedom of speech
The regional high court found no conclusive evidence that the former Popular Party politician ordered the forgery of university documents
The Catalan Socialists attracted the most votes on Sunday while the pro-independence bloc collectively secured a majority of seats
People who had tested positive for the virus or who were in quarantine were advised to cast their ballot between 7pm and 8pm, but in the end few decided to make the trip
The far-right Vox group has entered the regional parliament for the first time, winning 11 seats to become the fourth-largest political force
Pro-independence forces pledge not to negotiate with the Socialist contender Salvador Illa, who was the target of most of the attacks during the televised war of words
Ex-party treasurer Luis Bárcenas, convicted in 2018 in a sweeping graft case known as Gürtel, is back on the stand and promises to make new revelations that implicate a former prime minister
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
The proposals from left-wing Unidas Podemos have been met with criticism from some women’s groups and have sparked tensions with their senior partner in the government, the Socialist Party
Jailed separatist leaders walked out of prison on Friday after being granted a more open regime and may take part in campaign events
Vox city councilors wanted the work to be replaced with one related to sport, arguing that the design, which honors women such as Rosa Parks and Nina Simone, contained a “political message”