Hundreds of people join a ‘Light and Love’ gathering outside the royal palace in Amsterdam to protest the election victory of Geert Wilders’ far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, in a general election in November 2023.
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Some European countries are turning to anti-populist coalitions to battle the rising tide of populism. Will it work?
A night of pro-independence protests in Barcelona.
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Pedro Sánchez is offering Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont amnesty for his role in illegal independence referendums in 2014 and 2017.
Pedro Sánchez announcing that next general elections in Spain will be held the 23rd of July, 2023.
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Regional elections in Spain and the success of the right has made Pedro Sánchez bring forward general elections to the 23rd of July.
Plaques commemorating artists who were killed by the Nazis are marked with flowers in Austria in 2020.
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Spain has long avoided addressing the fact that tens of thousands of Spaniards were victims of Nazis, who collaborated with Spain’s former dictator, Francisco Franco.
The leaders of Spain’s PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, and Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, shake hands after signing an accord to form a new coliation government.
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Spain’s proposed coalition could succeed, even without a majority in parliament.
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A new group – Tsunami Democràtic – are using technology to create civil disobedience that is more organised and creative than ever.
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Spanish dictator Francisco Franco no longer has a place in the Valley of the Fallen.
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez with supporters on election day in Spain, April 28 2019. His Socialist Party beat several right-wing to maintain its majority in parliament.
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The Socialist Party handily won Spain’s April 28 election, thanks to very high turnout among leftists who feared a return to ultra-right government. Spain had a rightist military regime until 1975.
Prime minister Pedro Sanchez addresses supporters after securing the largest share of the vote.
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Sánchez seeks to build alliances but not a formal coalition as the Socialists win but fall short of an absolute majority.
Women’s rights campaigners protest against Vox on the election trail.
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The PP wants to restrict access to terminations and Vox wants to ban all public funding for them.
Vox president Santiago Abascal gives a speech on the campaign trail.
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Rather than setting itself against the EU like many other groups, Vox sees regional independence movements as its enemy.
Demonstrators take part in a recent protest against a rally by the Spanish far-right Vox party in Barcelona, Spain. The nationalist Vox party has recently emerged onto the political scene by winning representation in regional elections in the country’s south in December.
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The upcoming Spanish election will not only change the political landscape in the short term. The success of Vox will likely secure a place for anti-immigrant parties for the indefinite future.
A woman take a photo at an election rally in Barcelona.
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With the big parties under pressure from regional forces, it’s hard to see how anyone could form a government on April 28.
The far-right Vox party, and its candidate for the Andalusia presidency Francisco Serrano (c), celebrate a strong showing in the regional election.
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Left-wing parties in Andalusia were the biggest losers as right-wing parties gained seats in in regional elections in early December.
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The questions raised by the region’s failed bid for independence remain unanswered. And key figures remain in prison.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Madrid on bilateral business, April 2018.
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When it comes to preventing air strikes on civilians, the law of the arms trade is clear. Why is it so hard for countries to observe it?
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New prime minister Pedro Sánchez wants to move the remains from a national memorial site. But not everyone agrees.
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A strange coincidence of historical circumstances in Spain could, taken together, help to bring about a resolution to the crisis in Catalonia.
Laid low: Mariano Rajoy.
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Leader of a corrupt party, an unpopular government and a divided country, Mariano Rajoy’s days were numbered long ago.
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The single biggest party was anti-independence but together, the pro-independence bloc is stronger.