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Party with controversy: Spain’s festival of Moors and Christians

Some see the annual festival marking the reconquest of Iberia from Arab rulers as racist and disrespectful.

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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Mistakes Keep Piling Up

CNN CEO Chris Licht looks like he could be forced to walk the plank for the sins of an ego-driven and highly overpaid boss in David Zaslav. Either way, WBD stock remains a dud.

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Could far-right Vox party become Spain’s kingmaker in July vote?

Polls indicate that Spain’s ultraconservative party could become the kingmaker of the national government.

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Pedro Sánchez’s snap Spanish election gamble

Spain is heading for a snap general election after prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) and its allies suffered losses in local and regional elections.

The Week

Will ‘safe pair of hands’ Feijóo deal with far-right Vox and take power in Spain?

Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s inner circle believes he can appeal to centre-right voters and win snap general election

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s lurch to the right rolls on. Only unity on the left can stop it

Recent polls in Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Finland tell the story of voters swayed by fear and prejudice. Progressive parties – take note Keir Starmer – need a clear, principled agenda to turn that tide

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the snap Spanish election: Europe needs Sánchez’s gamble to pay off

Editorial: This summer, Spain could become the latest country to feature a radical right presence in government

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We can learn a lot from the sudden end to the two-party system in Spain

The electoral landscape in Spain has changed drastically since 2008. Will it follow so many of its European neighbours in swinging to the right when it heads to the polls later this month?

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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

Spain risks following US, Brazil in lurch to far-right, PM says

Spain could follow the U.S. and Brazil in lurching to the far-right in a parliamentary election on July 23, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, urging Spaniards to give him a "strong, resounding backing for the next four years".

Reuters

Across Europe, the far right is rising. That it seems normal is all the more terrifying

Austria, France, Germany, Sweden and now Spain – the firewall between the mainstream and the far right is crumbling, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Spain’s Opposition Leader Feijóo Foresees The End Of The Socialist Era: “We’ve Gone Far Enough”

People's Party leader Feijóo rallies for end to 'sanchismo' and a new political era in Spain amid upcoming snap general elections.

Zenger

Spain’s centre-right Citizens party says it will not run in general election

Decision follows poor performance in Sunday’s regional and municipal elections

The Guardian - UK

Key EU legislation up in the air after Spain accelerates elections

Key European Union legislation including reforms of its power market and climate change goals are up in the air after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election just as Spain is due to take the reins of the bloc.

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Factbox-Who's who in Spain's July 23 snap general election

Spain's snap parliamentary election on July 23 is unlikely to produce a working majority for any one party, with complex pre- and post-ballot alliances holding the key to governing Spain.

The Independent UK

Spain PM's shock election call brings unruly coalition to heel

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s snap general election breaks the coalition he built with the far-left United We Can party, with the aim of bringing to heel the unruly faction whose internecine conflicts damaged the coalition's results in local elections

Reuters

Spain's political high roller Sanchez takes biggest gamble yet

Pedro Sanchez's reputation as a risk-taker precedes him but his announcement on Monday of a snap election, after a poll setback and as an EU presidency stint beckons, represents the Spanish prime minister's biggest political gamble yet.

The Independent UK

Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez calls snap election after crushing defeat in regional polls

Announcement came after conservatives inflicted heavy losses on the governing Socialists in Sunday’s polls

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Spain's far-right Vox open to coalition government with PP conservatives

Spain's far-right Vox party is open to forming national and regional governing coalitions with the mainstream conservative People's Party (PP), Vox leader Santiago Abascal said on Monday after right-wing parties won a regional election.

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This is the Hallmark Wing-Bat – a guitar based on the original Batmobile design

The build is one of only 100 made and endorsed by the Hollywood custom car-maker

Bangkok Post

Spain PM calls snap election after local poll drubbing

MADRID: In a surprise move, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on July 23 on Monday, a day after his Socialists suffered a drubbing in local and regional polls.

Radio France Internationale

Spanish PM calls snap election after hammering in regional vote

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early general election for 23 July – a day after his Socialist party took a heavy battering in local and regional polls that saw big gains for the conservatives and far-right Vox party.

The Guardian - UK

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

France 24

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.

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.

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