Pedro Sánchez

Increasingly draconian lockdown measures, economic destitution, and sweeping police powers are evaporating public trust and eroding public patience.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the recent elections in Spain where Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist Party (PSOE) has decided to agree on a coalition government with the anti-austerity Unidas Podemos, in an effort to prevent the rising Vox Party from forming a right, populist government.
Vox was the big winner of the elections in Spain, growing to become the third strongest party in Spain’s Congress.

Europe’s migrant problems see no end in sight.
Ever since Italy turned away large vessels of migrants seeking entrance into the European Union, and Spain decided to take in the boats, more and more migrants are splashing onto Spanish beaches and scattering into EU towns and cities.
Dozens of videos are making the rounds on social media showing the moment migrants boats land on a packed beach in Cadiz, Spain, and sprint up the sand as stunned tourists look on.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez holds the reigns of power with the help a minority coalition with a very thin grasp. His tenure is brand new and now he’s in a position to test the strength of his ruling coalition in a battle of the wills on one of the most fractious of governmental issues: budget matters. A vote came up on Friday with a new plan to balance the budget in which Sanchez’s allies withheld their support, which could show that perhaps this coalition isn’t really united where it counts.

French President Emmanuel Macron, on his first official visit to Spain, together with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, expressed their doubts about the trade deal reached in Washington D.C. between US President Donald Trump and EU Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker.

In an interview with Consortium News, an independence leader and member of the Spanish parliament tells Attilio Moro that Catalonians are not finished seeking separation from Madrid. By Attilio Moro in Barcelona Special to Consortium News “Freedom for the political…Read more →

Well, it has happened. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is the first Spanish premier in history to lose a vote of no confidence. And […]
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Spanish lawmakers voted 180 to 169 to remove Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, cutting short the second term of one of Europe’s longest-serving leaders currently in power.
The center-left Socialist Party spearheaded a no-confidence vote last week proposing to replace Rajoy.
Rajoy become the first prime minister in Spain’s democratic history to be ousted by parliament after losing the vote, as his administration remains engulfed in a massive corruption scandal.
Rajoy will be replaced by the Socialist opposition leader Pedro Sánchez.