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Spaniards worried about far-right Vox party sharing power, poll finds

More than 60% express concern over Vox entering coalition government after 23 July election

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

Free money to teenagers, shorter working week and climate action: can Spain’s new leftwing party win power?

Yolanda Díaz set up her Sumar coalition to fend off the far right in this month’s election, but polls show she has a staggering amount of work to do

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2023

How Gibraltar became the last frontier of Brexit

Talks over the status of Gibraltar, its relationship with the EU and its land border arrangement with Spain have stalled as long-term tussles over the sovereignty of the British overseas territory have flared up.

The Week · Jul 4, 2023

Sánchez visits Kyiv on the day Spain starts EU presidency to underline bloc's support for Ukraine

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has started Spain’s six-month presidency of the European Union with a lightning visit to Kyiv to underline the bloc’s support of Ukraine in the face of the invasion by Russia

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia reducing its presence at nuclear power plant, says Ukraine; Pope says war seems to have ‘no end’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate warns that staff are leaving Zaporizhzhia as Moscow has mined power units; Pope Francis calls for peace

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2023

Spain’s People’s party and Vox agree to jointly govern Extremadura

Deal in south-western region further raises prospect of national coalition between conservatives and far right

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023

Is Europe’s radical left in permanent decline?

Radical parties of the left are facing an existential crisis amid a wave of election defeats that has seen populist nationalists sweep to power across Europe.

The Week · Jun 28, 2023

‘We could lose our lives at any time’: young matadors in Málaga – a photo essay

The latest recipient of the Joan Wakelin bursary from the Royal Photographic Society, photojournalist Owen Harvey, looks at the complex culture of bullfighting in Spain – a fault line between political camps

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

Spain’s PM warns of far-right danger after PP strikes coalition deals

Pedro Sánchez’s comments follow last month’s elections in which PP and Vox made huge gains

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

Spain sets out migration, industry as priorities for EU presidency

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez believes the European Union will finalize a controversial pact on migration by the end of the year

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023