- 4d ago
RTVE president apologises to Marta Gómez Montero as she returns to 'Malas Lenguas' after live breakdown
Marta Gómez Montero rejoined Jesús Cintora on La 2's 'Malas Lenguas' on Monday afternoon, hours after RTVE president José Pablo López publicly apologised in Congress and announced her return following the Saturday night incident in which she left the set in tears.
- Jul 7
Zapatero asks judge and tax agency to suspend inspection in Plus Ultra case, cancels Lanzarote vacation
The former Spanish prime minister filed two writs on Tuesday to suspend a tax inspection he calls 'unilateral and capricious', while also scrapping his traditional summer trip to Lanzarote for the first time in over a decade.
- Jul 6
Feijóo pledges national 'unborn child' law after Madrid approval, sparking abortion rights clash
The PP leader's announcement follows Madrid's recent approval of a law granting administrative benefits to the unborn, drawing sharp reactions from left-wing parties and women's rights advocates.
- Jul 3
Moreno seals coalition with Vox in Andalusia, burying his moderate image and cementing the PP–far‑right alliance across Spain
Juanma Moreno takes office today for a third term as president of Andalusia, but this time he does so in coalition with Vox, the far‑right party he once vowed to keep at arm’s length.
- Jul 1
Spain grants provisional permits to 609,000 migrants after 1.17 million apply for legal status
Almost 1.2 million undocumented migrants applied for legal status in Spain's three-month amnesty, with over 600,000 already receiving temporary work permits as the government releases final application figures.
- Jun 29
Former PP councillor in Móstoles tells judge mayor made three sexual advances, then harassed her at work after rejection
Ana Isabel Mate detailed three propositions from Manuel Bautista to a Madrid court on Monday, saying her refusal triggered workplace harassment and that the PP failed to protect her despite repeated internal warnings.
- Jun 29
Feijóo accuses government of 'electoral engineering' through nationality law as Vox demands end to overseas postal voting
PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo says the government is using the 'ley de nietos' to manufacture voters, while Vox calls the process a 'slow-motion coup' and demands that Spaniards abroad vote only in person at consulates.
- Jun 27
Feijóo accuses Sánchez of 'caudillismo' as Congress motion demands confidence vote
Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo told a PP congress in Barcelona that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is governing against the will of parliament, a stance he described as 'caudillismo not seen in 50 years', after 178 MPs urged a confidence vote.
- Jun 20
Feijóo avoids backing Pérez Llorca as Valencia’s PP candidate while demanding early elections
The PP national leader addresses 1,300 supporters in Sueca but declines to confirm Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca as the party’s candidate for the Valencian regional government, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.
- Jun 20
Spain's tax agency detects simulation in €4.4 million Quirón payments to Madrid president's partner
New filings show Alberto González Amador's company received 4.4 million euros from health giant Quirón despite lacking staff or consultancy capacity, prompting tax inspectors to flag signs of simulation.
- Jun 20
Spanish Congress to vote on urging Sánchez to face a confidence vote after election demand again blocked
The Spanish Congress's governing body, controlled by the government and its allies, has blocked again a call for early elections but will allow a vote next week on a motion urging Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to consider submitting to a confidence vote.
- Jun 18
PP appeals to Constitutional Court after Congress blocks vote on early elections, shifts debate to Senate
The Partido Popular will ask the Constitutional Court to overturn the Congress Board's decision to block a symbolic vote calling on Pedro Sánchez to dissolve parliament and call early elections. The party is also moving the motion to the Senate, where it holds a majority.
- Jun 16
PP shifts early-election motion to Senate after Congress bureau veto; vote set for 24 June
After the Congress bureau blocked two amendments demanding early elections, the Popular Party has taken its motion to the Senate, where its majority will force a vote on 24 June, the same day Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces questions over corruption allegations.
- Jun 14
Former Spanish PM Zapatero faces tax fraud and smuggling charges over €1.3 million jewellery stash as PSOE’s legal ordeal deepens
The discovery of jewels valued at more than €1.3 million in a safe at José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s Madrid office has led the investigating judge to open an urgent separate case for tax fraud and smuggling against the former prime minister, compounding a growing judicial crisis for Pedro Sánchez’s PSOE.
- Jun 14
Salvador Illa rallies Catalan socialists after poll drops: 'They won't bend us or silence us'
Catalan president Salvador Illa addressed the PSC national council in Terrassa on Saturday with a football-themed call to arms, dismissing polls that project a loss of up to nine seats in Catalonia and a 4.9-point national drop for the PSOE.
- Jun 13
Feijóo accuses Sánchez government of 'hunts' against judges and police, promises total institutional clean-up
Spain's main opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has accused the government of Pedro Sánchez of organizing 'hunts' against police, judges and prosecutors amid a wave of corruption scandals, and promised a 'total clean-up' of institutions if he wins power.
- Jun 13
Feijóo urges snap election and 'national reconstruction' as corruption cases swell around Sánchez
Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo accused Pedro Sánchez's government of enabling a 'degradation' of politics, invoking the prime minister's own past anti-corruption rhetoric to demand a ballot.
- Jun 13
Zapatero faces tax fraud probe after €1.3 million jewels found in his safe, shaking Spain's ruling party
A separate court investigation into former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for tax fraud and smuggling has triggered a political crisis within the ruling Socialist Party, after jewelry valued at €1.3 million was found in his office safe.
- Jun 11
PSOE drops nearly five points in first CIS poll after Zapatero indictment and Ferraz raid, but holds narrow lead over PP
The governing Socialists lost 4.9 percentage points in the June CIS barometer, the first survey taken after the indictment of former prime minister Zapatero and the UCO search of party headquarters, yet remain ahead of the PP by 4.2 points.
- May 30
Spain's Governing Partners Demand Early Elections as Corruption Scandals Mount, but Reject Backing a No-Confidence Vote
Key parliamentary allies of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are publicly demanding he call snap elections, declaring the legislature exhausted amid a wave of corruption investigations targeting his Socialist party, while simultaneously refusing to support a conservative-led no-confidence motion.
