- Jul 8
Podemos threatens to block Spain's housing decree over landlord tax breaks demanded by Junts
Podemos leader Ione Belarra says her party will not back the government's new housing decree if it includes tax incentives for landlords, a demand from Junts to secure its support.
- Jun 24
Zapatero demands judge shield personal data after leak of 1,084 pages of chats and diaries
Former Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has asked the judge investigating him in the Plus Ultra case to adopt 'reinforced measures' after his private WhatsApp chats and calendars were leaked to the media.
- Jun 18
Más Madrid rejects IU coalition for 2027 regional vote, straining left unity
The party of Health Minister Mónica García will run alone in the 2027 Madrid regional elections, rejecting a pact with Izquierda Unida despite both being partners in a new national left-wing alliance.
- Jun 13
Ione Belarra to lead Podemos’s Madrid campaign, joining left-wing assault on Ayuso in 2027
Podemos secretary general Ione Belarra announced she will head the party’s list for the 2027 Madrid regional election, branding incumbent Isabel Díaz Ayuso “an unbearable bad person” and accusing PSOE and Más Madrid of surrender.
- Jun 12
Spanish court orders Podemos leader Ione Belarra to pay €9,000 to retired judge for calling him corrupt on X
A Madrid court has ruled that Podemos secretary general Ione Belarra must pay €9,000 in damages to retired National Court judge Manuel García Castellón after she labelled him ‘corrupt’ and ‘prevaricator’ in a 2024 post on X. Belarra and senior party figures immediately denounced the ruling as a judicial attack on free speech and political criticism.
- Jun 11
PSOE and PP join forces to block Podemos proposal ending early retirement penalties for 40-year contributors
The Spanish Congress rejected a Podemos amendment on Thursday that would have removed coefficient reductions for early retirees who contributed for at least 40 years. The governing PSOE and opposition PP united to defeat the measure, sparking outrage among affected pensioners.
- Jun 1
Police officer investigated for pushing a 68-year-old retired teacher to the ground during an education strike protest in Valencia
Spain's National Police have opened a disciplinary case against an officer who violently pushed a 68-year-old retired teacher to the ground during a protest in Valencia, as an indefinite education strike enters its fourth week.
