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Spain’s PM calls snap election after opposition triumphs in local polls

Pedro Sánchez says Spaniards need to clarify what they want after gains by conservative and far-right parties

The Guardian - UK

Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in regional vote

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called an early general election for July 23 in a surprise move after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections

The Independent UK

Spain’s PM calls snap election after his Socialist party takes a beating in regional vote

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an early general election on July 23 following the results of Sunday’s local elections.

France 24

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Spain's Sanchez gambles on snap election after regional ballot rout

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on Monday, in an apparent attempt to wrong-foot his conservative opponents and give his flagging Socialist party the best chance of retaining power before its support weakens further.

Reuters

Spain swings right in local and regional elections

Spain’s conservative opposition Popular Party (PP) made significant gains in local and regional elections, offering a perilous assessment of public feeling towards the country’s ruling left-wing coalition ahead of general elections in December

The Independent UK

Spain’s conservative opposition heading for emphatic win in regional polls

People’s party strengthens hold on Madrid and could take regions of Valencia and Aragón, according to poll

The Guardian - UK

Spain's conservative PP elbows Socialists out in regional elections

Spain's ruling Socialists suffered heavy losses to opposition conservatives in Sunday's local election, with around 95% of the votes counted, showing their electoral vulnerability ahead of an end-of-year general election.

Reuters

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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

Voter fraud allegations mark last day of election campaigning in Spain

Allegations of voter fraud in small towns and an unprecedented case of kidnapping marked the last day of campaigning before local and regional elections in Spain on Sunday.

Reuters

Tánaiste contradicts Fine Gael's Budget calls that would benefit middle-income earners

It comes days after in-fighting in the coalition after Fine Gael ministers wrote an opinion piece calling for €1,000 tax breaks for middle-income earners

Irish Mirror

Spanish Socialists under pressure in key regional elections

Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for local and regional elections seen as a bellwether for a national vote in December, with the conservative Popular Party steadily gaining ground on the ruling Socialists in key regions

The Independent UK

Analysis-For Spain's Socialists, regional elections a rehearsal for national vote

In speeches across the country ahead of regional elections on Sunday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised two-euro cinema tickets for the elderly, affordable homes for the young and money to mitigate the effects of a long-term drought.

Reuters

Spanish Socialists' lead over conservative opposition narrows in poll

Spain's ruling Socialist Workers' Party would win a general election by a small margin over the main opposition, while a new left-wing coalition is poised to overtake the far right in third place, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.

Reuters

Spanish PM offers €2 cinema tickets for over-65s ahead of regional elections

Pedro Sánchez announces subsidy as his Socialist party lags behind conservative People’s party in polls

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Unprecedented €2.2bn drought response plan approved in Spain

Package of measures will help farmers maintain production and avoid food shortages after hottest April ever

The Hindu

NGT sets aside Environmental Clearance given by A.P. to Avulapalli reservoir, imposes ₹100 crore penalty

The Chennai Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set aside the Environmental Clearance (EC) given by the State-level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for the construction of Avulapalli balancing reservoir in Somala mandal of Chittoor district

Reuters

Spain's conservatives seen winning parliamentary election, poll shows

Spain's main opposition People's Party (PP) is poised to win a parliamentary election expected by the end of the year but will need an alliance with the far-right Vox to achieve a working majority, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Gillum trial: Official says PR firm was active in campaign

A former campaign official for the Florida Democrat who nearly beat Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2018 has testified that a public relations agency owner charged alongside the former candidate was actively involved in the campaign’s get-out-the-vote efforts

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The Independent UK

Gillum trial: Campaign manager doesn't remember PR firm

The former campaign manager for the Florida Democrat who nearly beat Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2018 has testified in the candidate's criminal trial

The Guardian - UK

Body of Spain’s fascist party founder to be removed from basilica

Family will rebury José Antonio Primo de Rivera in Madrid cemetery to pre-empt state exhumation

Reuters

Spanish PM's party dips in new poll, new leftist bloc gains traction

Spain's ruling Socialists lost some of their advantage over the conservative People's Party in terms of voting intentions in a national election due later this year, while a new leftist platform appeared to gain traction, an opinion poll showed.

Reuters

Spanish lawmakers amend sexual consent law, straining ruling coalition

Spain's lower house on Thursday passed changes to a contentious sexual violence law, widening a rift within the ruling coalition as the Socialists and their hard-left partner Unidas Podemos (UP) split into opposite camps during the vote.

The Guardian - UK

Andalucía accused of pandering to far right over plans for Spanish wetlands

Madrid says regional authorities’ proposals for water use threaten Doñana world heritage site

The National (Scotland)

Franco’s legacy still haunts Spain as the nation heads to the ballot box this year

IT'S a major year in Spain.

Reuters

Bulgaria's GERB party urges lawmakers to create a government after inconclusive vote

Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party, which came first in an election last Sunday, urged the country's political parties to put a new government in place "whatever the cost" following the fifth inconclusive poll in two years.

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