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Spain's PM 'was at level one' in scheme to rig public contracts, defendant in graft case says

The Socialists' turmoil has rocked relations with their far-left junior coalition partner Sumar and an array of fringe and regional separatist parties whose support is essential to pass legislation.

Euronews

The international right has CPAC. Has the left finally found its answer?

Spain’s PM, Pedro Sánchez, hosted the inaugural meeting of the Global Progressive Mobilisation. Keir Starmer and other social democrats were notable by their absence, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Spain: a progressive beacon in dark times

Editorial: Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist-led government has welcomed immigration and boosted public spending, with stellar results

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Close to 100,000 protest Belgian plans to cut social services in strategy to reduce debt

Close to 100,000 protesters have thronged the center of Brussels while airports and public transport were largely paralyzed as trade unions took their ire to the streets over drastic plans of the new center-right government to revamp some of the foundations on which the nation’s welfare state was built

The Independent UK

‘We can’t leave France to Le Pen’: Leading left-winger Glucksmann throws weight behind new alliance

Raphaël Glucksmann, whose Socialist-backed coalition came third in Sunday’s European elections, has emerged as a pivotal figure of France’s political centre-left. His support for the new alliance of the left could swing the balance away from the ascendant far right in the snap parliamentary elections called by President Emmanuel Macron…

France 24

Socialists Win Catalonia Election, Face Coalition Challenges

Spain's Socialist party wins Catalonia elections, reshaping political landscape. Illa seeks to form government amidst shifting alliances.

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Left-wing Separatist Bildu Eyes Historic Win In Basque Vote

Spain's northern Basque Country votes Sunday in a regional election that polls suggest will be won by the left-wing separatist Bildu, seen as the heir of the political wing of the defunct armed separatist group ETA. The outcome could leave Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's ruling Socialist Worker's party in the…

International Business Times

Portugal Electoral Campaign Begins With Right Looking To Gain

Portugal's official election campaign begins Sunday, with the March 10 legislative vote likely to see a breakthrough by populist parties after an influence peddling scandal brought down eight years of Socialist government.

International Business Times

Women make up more than half of ministers in the new Cabinet of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says women will hold 12 of the 22 posts in his new government

The Independent UK

Spain: Catalan separatist Junts party agrees to back Socialist-led government

The Catalan separatist Junts party has agreed to support a Socialist-led coalition government, the parties announced on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Spain's right-wing opposition leader puts Socialist prime minister on defensive in election debate

Spain’s right-wing opposition leader has put Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the defensive in an election TV debate that saw both leaders accusing each other of pacting with parties they deem dangerous for Spain

The Independent UK

Spanish elections: why devastating local losses to the right have forced socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez to call an early national vote

The local and regional elections that took place the 28th May have shaken up the political chessboard in Spain. The right-wing Partido Popular took the largest proportion of votes and now has the largest number of seats in local and regional governments.

The Conversation

Bulgaria’s president asks Socialists to form government

Bulgaria's president has given the Socialist Party a mandate to form a new government in a last attempt to avoid the country’s fifth general election in two years

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Historic coalition marks changing of the guard for French left ahead of legislative elections

France’s Socialist, Green, Communist and far-left parties have joined forces in an unlikely but historic alliance ahead of legislative elections on June 12 and 19. After a first-round presidential election that saw far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon fall just short of a place in the final, France's reinvigorated left wing has…

France 24

On This Day in 2002: Doomed Socialist favourite laughs off threat of Le Pen in presidential final

Any presidential campaign has its emblematic moments that change the course of the race, be they breathtaking instant tide-turners or incidents laden with meaning only in hindsight. With French voters set to elect a president on April 24, FRANCE 24 looks back at telling moments from campaigns past. In the…

Reuters

Spain's Socialists propose commission to probe Catholic Church abuses

Spain's ruling Socialist Party proposed on Monday creating an independent commission headed by the country's ombudsman to investigate sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church staff.

The Hindu

U.P. Assembly election | Sanjay Chauhan getting impatient as ally SP delays seat allocation

The chief of the Janvadi Party (Socialist) is a key element of the backward caste matrix of SP president Akhilesh Yadav

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High hopes for Portugal’s optimism-prone Socialist PM after big win

Analysis: Absolute majority frees António Costa from having to rely on allies as he leads economic recovery

Reuters

Venezuela detains ruling party mayor over drug trafficking

Venezuelan authorities have detained a mayor belonging to the ruling Socialist party and two elected deputies as part of an operation against drug trafficking, the government said, without saying if any drugs were seized.

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