Posted on August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 in TDIS The Day in Spain #14 Politics PP and Ciudadanos to negotiate C’s support to Rajoy Pablo Iglesias and Pedro Sánchez in talks to form alternative government Francoism 80 years from the murder of Federico García Lorca *Hover over bold terms to find out more! (more…)
Posted on August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 in TDIS The Day in Spain #6 Politics Pressure on PSOE grows to allow a Rajoy-led government Parliament chairwoman Ana Pastor (PP) dodges scheduling Rajoy’s confidence debate Ciudadanos to support PP’s expense ceiling, PSOE to oppose it Francoism Today marks the 77th anniversary of the murder of the “Thirteen Roses” (more…)
Posted on July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 in TDIS The Day in Spain #1 Politics Reactions of the main parties to Rajoy’s decision of running for prime minister only if he has enough support Rajoy will call Sánchez and Rivera today Ciudadanos announce they won’t support Rajoy, but offers to mediate between PP and PSOE The Government demands that the Constitutional Court acts against the Catalan Parliament’s Chairwoma, Carme Forcadell The Constitutional Court finds that the ‘judicial fees’ put in place by Gallardon in 2012 are unconstitutional Economy Spanish Q2 GDP shows 0,7% growth Corruption Five former ministers from Aznar’s government to declare as witnesses in the first big Gürtel case trial Francoism Former High Court judge Baltasar Garzon has filed an administrative contentious case to remove the remains of dictators Francisco Franco and José Antonio Primo de Rivera from the Valle de los Caidos monument (more…)