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FERNANDO TORRES
A court sentence, two clarification requests, various legal reports, an order to comply and a final ultimatum from a judge. All this was needed for a no-confidence vote in Alhaurín el Grande's mayor to be carried out that was started then stopped in
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The Socialist PSOE was the clear winner in Sunday's general election, gaining 123 seats of the total of 350 in the Spanish Congreso, a large increase on its previous 84 seats and just as the opinion polls had been predicting. What happens next? ... with the most votes when any absentions are ignored. Repeating the general election. If Pedro Sánchez isn't successful in those inital investiture votes, the constitutional clock starts ticking towards new elections, which would be held two months ... left-wing group Unidas Podemos, and the support of some of the minority regional groups, PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez is seemingly within easy reach of keeping his job as prime minister. Split on the right The other big news of election night was the
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Héctor Barbotta
The mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, has encouraged foreign residents in the town to exercise their right to vote in the council elections on 26 May. At a meeting held with residents' associations in Las Chapas on Wednesday, Muñoz, who is again the
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The Socialist PSOE was the clear winner in Sunday's general election, gaining 123 seats of the total of 350 in the Spanish Congreso, a dramatic increase on its previous 84 seats. This result, combined with the 42 seats obtained by the left-wing
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The Socialist PSOE was the clear winner in Sunday's general election, gaining 123 seats of the total of 350 in the Spanish Congreso, a dramatic increase on its previous 84 seats. This result, combined with the 42 seats obtained by the left-wing
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The campaign to win voters' support in the Spanish general election officially started at midnight last night and today, Friday 12th, is the first full day of campaigning. Ahead are two weeks of wall-to-wall coverage of the campaign that will end
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Tony Bryant
A Mijas-based expat known for her continuous efforts to protect the rights of British citizens living in Spain has decided to stand for election in the municipal elections in May. Anne Hernández was approached to stand for a seat on the council
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An opinion poll published by pollsters GAD3 this week suggests that the sum of the three right-of-centre parties may not be quite enough to oust the Socialist government of Pedro Sánchez in the forthcoming general election on 28 April. Sánchez's
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Spain's prime minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for 28 April. Sánchez failed to get enough votes in the Congreso in support of Spain’s delayed 2019 budget this week and the country went immediately onto general election ... regional elections on 26 May. While a few called for a super-Sunday vote in May, Sánchez was believed to feel it is in the interests of his Socialist PSOE party to keep the general election separate. Opinion poll trackers show that Sánchez’s party is ... negotiations. How well the controversial far-right party Vox may do was set to be one of the main factors in a lead-up to the likely election. Fate sealed when PM said 'no' Last weekend, Pedro Sánchez had formally broken off behind-the-scenes negotiations
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JAVIER MORALLÓN
Just before the most recent general election, the government introduced long-awaited regulations regarding bread. This may seem a very basic product, but the situation wasn't actually as simple as it seemed. For example, the 'pan integral', which