Yolanda Díaz marks ground against the PSOE | Spain

The second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, left an image this Thursday open to political interpretation: sitting on the blue bench and with a very serious gesture while Pedro Sánchez, María Jesús Montero and Félix Bolaños applauded the approval of the amnesty law. The leader of Sumar has also made clear gestures in the last two … Read more

Catalonia: The Government adapts and tries to take advantage of comfortable elections for the PSC | Elections in Catalonia 12-M

This was not the plan of the Government, which was working this week to carry out the 2024 Budgets. But the socialist sector of the Executive, with a leader like Pedro Sánchez, who has always boasted of its ability to adapt, has already completely changed the speech and now he seems convinced that the electoral … Read more

War of interpretations between the Government and the PP on the Venice Commission | Spain

The final report of the Venice Commission this Friday endorsed the essence and spirit of the amnesty law. But the advisory and non-executive body of the Council of Europe then lists a series of criticisms against the norm approved this Thursday in Congress, such as its urgent processing or the extension of the temporal scope … Read more

The Venice Commission calls for narrowing the temporal scope and coverage of the amnesty | Spain

The first round of the battle for the amnesty law in international bodies comes to an end. The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe – which is not part of the EU institutions – made up of experts in constitutional law, approved this morning by general consensus its opinion on the … Read more

Sánchez asks Feijóo to demand Ayuso’s resignation “even if it costs him his position like Casado” | Spain

This Wednesday morning, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, repelled Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s attack on corruption in the Koldo case with the demand that the PP leader ask for the resignation of Isabel Díaz Ayuso as president of the Community of Madrid due to the alleged tax fraud committed by her partner, Alberto González. … Read more

Pedro Sánchez vindicates his Government’s “solidarity” response against the pandemic in the face of the cuts applied in the financial crisis | Spain

“Where were you when they confined us on March 14?” That was the question raised during the tribute ceremony for the fight against the coronavirus, held this Wednesday at the headquarters of the Cervantes Institute, four years after the appearance offered by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to announce the start of the … Read more

PP and PSOE turn Congress into a ‘and you more’ festival | Spain

Bites, cocaine, bosses, money laundering, brothels, tips, yachts, ferraris, weapons, briefcases… All those words flew like smelly missiles this Wednesday over the Congressional chamber, in what at times resembled a cross between a crime novel and the Torrente saga. He and you more, that classic of Spanish politics every time corruption is addressed, experienced a … Read more

Five falsehoods from the new hoax by Aznar’s foundation about 11-M | Spain

FAES, the foundation of José María Aznar, has issued a hoax on the 20th anniversary of 11-M about the hoax, that is, about the conspiracy theory that he promoted since the attacks to attribute its responsibility to ETA. According to FAES, the PP did not lie. The “professional liars” are those who accuse José María … Read more