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MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Mariano Rajoy, a major figure of Spanish politics over the past 14 years, announced Tuesday he will quit as head of the conservative Popular Party (PP) after being ousted as prime minister last week. “I think the time has come to put a final full stop to this period. The PP must keep advancing and building its history at the service of Spaniards under the leadership of another person,” he told […]
Egie C. Asis Eagle News Service MADRID, España — Pedro Sánchez fue elegido el nuevo presidente del Gobierno de España, tras obtener la mayoría absoluta del Congreso de los Diputados en una moción de censura contra Mariano Rajoy del Partido Popular. El socialista consiguió 180 votos a favor de la moción que él mismo inició frente al escándalo de corrupción del caso Gürtel que condenó al PP. Más de 100–o 169—fueron en contra, mientras que hubo una abstención. En […]
by Alfons Luna Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Sunday he wanted to return to a “democratic and free” Catalonia as he aimed to rally support for a unified Spain on his first visit to the turbulent region since it declared independence. A day after hundreds of thousands of people marched in Barcelona to demand the release of separatist officials detained over their independence drive, Rajoy called on […]
by Daniel Bosque with Patrick Galey in Madrid © Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Spain’s government prepared to hold crisis talks on Wednesday after Catalan leaders signed a suspended declaration of independence and called for negotiations with Madrid. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will chair an emergency cabinet meeting in response to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont’s announcement on Tuesday that he had accepted “the mandate of the people for Catalonia to become an independent republic” following a banned […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has put off until Tuesday a session in the regional parliament at which some leaders have called for an independence declaration, a regional government spokesman said Friday. “Puigdemont has requested to appear before parliament on Tuesday to discuss the current political situation,” a regional government spokesman said. The announcement comes a day after Spain’s Constitutional Court ordered the suspension of the session initially scheduled for Monday.
