An election to the Madrid region’s powerful parliament has sent ripples through Spain’s political system
Regional poll offers comfort to Spain’s centre-left coalition and to the Catalan independence movement
Despite the right’s inflated rhetoric, the PSOE-Podemos programme offers reforms in the classic EU social democratic tradition: raising pensions, public service incomes and the minimum wage
The caretaker prime minister’s tenuous grip on his troubled country is now weaker than ever
Mistakes on both sides have brought the situation to the current impasse
PSOE and Podemos fail to form coalition government, worsening an irritation with mainstream politics
Election announced after parliament voted down budget from minority government
This week has seen the collapse of what may have been the best hope, in a long time, for a resolution of Spain’s economic and territorial problems
An agreed, Scottish-style referendum may be necessary to clear the air
The challenge for Spanish conservatives is to demonstrate they harbour no sneaking regard for an anti-democratic dictator
What form the new epoch will take remains very hard to discern
Partido Popular leader’s sorrows are mostly of his and his party’s own making
Carles Puigdemont’s arrest has galvanised a movement that had lost momentum
Rajoy must soften tone as overbearing response boosts support for Catalan independence
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