The Latest Breaking News from Pablo Simón

The president and the penthouse: how Madrid’s government spent €6.3m on a temporary ‘office’

Saga surrounding purchase for outspoken rightwing regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso refuses to go away

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30

Andalucíans vote in election seen as gauge of Spain’s wider political change

Conservatives expected to keep majority as socialists face drubbing and ballot tests trajectory of far-right Vox party

The Guardian - UK · May 16

Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants

Responding to critics of policy, Pedro Sánchez says Spain is choosing path of ‘dignity, community and justice’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2

Pedro Sánchez is back … now Spain’s PM must make his daring gamble pay off

The socialist leader’s pact with separatist activists has returned him to power for now, but it’s a strategy fraught with political uncertainty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2023

Infighting at top of Spain’s far-right Vox party as spokesperson quits

Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, a founding member, marginalised by hardliners close to party leader

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2023

Free money to teenagers, shorter working week and climate action: can Spain’s new leftwing party win power?

Yolanda Díaz set up her Sumar coalition to fend off the far right in this month’s election, but polls show she has a staggering amount of work to do

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2023

Rows over Eta and racism loom large as Spain holds local elections

Votes will allow the parties to hone their strategies before December’s general election

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2023

Spain’s conservative People’s party to ‘reboot’ with new leader

Alberto Núñez Feijóo to take over after years of turmoil that have left PP in danger of being eclipsed by far-right Vox

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022