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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez calls early election for July 23

Prime minister says he will dissolve parliament after his party performed poorly in local and regional polls.

Al Jazeera

Spain's PM Sanchez calls snap general election in July

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.

Reuters

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

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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 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

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

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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

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

IT'S a major year in Spain.

The National (Scotland)

Commentary: The rise of the left was the real story of 2022

Pundits reviewing 2022 are heaving a palpable sigh of relief. This was the year, or so the consensus goes, when far-right strongmen such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro were enfeebled, China stumbled and the “West” made a comeback, at least against Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Tribune News Service

Spain’s Socialists receive wake-up call after Andalusia election

Landslide victory of the People’s Party in Andalusia’s regional vote leaves Spain’s ruling party looking vulnerable.

Al Jazeera

Use of Pegasus spyware on Spain’s politicians causing ‘crisis of democracy’

Targeting of Catalan independence leaders and Spanish ministers must be independently investigated, says cybersecurity expert

The Guardian - UK

Spain’s spy chief sacked after Pegasus spyware revelations

Paz Esteban reportedly loses job after Catalan independence figures were said to have been targeted

The Guardian - UK

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Catalans demand answers after Spanish spy chief confirms phone hacking

Sources tell Spanish media spy chief told committee that 18 Catalan activists targeted with spyware

The Guardian - UK

Over 200 Spanish mobile numbers ‘possible targets of Pegasus spyware’

Data leak reveals scale of potential surveillance by NSO Group client believed to be Morocco

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