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AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ
Obdulio Pérez (Partido Popular) has been voted back in as mayor of Cómpeta following a vote of no confidence against his predecessor, José Moyano (PSOE), earlier this week. The motion was presented to the town hall on 9 March by the Partido Popular a
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Voters in Catalonia are to head to the polls in a regional election in the coming months, although the date hasn't been set yet. On Wednesday, Catalan president, Quim Torra, summoned press for a statement in which he said that the relationship ... setting a date for an election, which analysts see as not coming before June. In recent months, the partnership of JxCat and ERC has been strained. ERC has moved closer to Pedro Sánchez's new government in Madrid, helping him back into power, and is in ... until a regional election is over. The move is likely to further annoy ERC who had championed the meetings.
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Debbie Bartlett
The GSLP-Liberals have won the General Election in Gibraltar that took place on Thursday. The party led by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has been voted in for a third four-year term with 52.5 per cent of the votes. Picardo received the highest ... this: GSLP MPs: Fabian Picardo, Dr Joseph García, John Cortes, Albert Isola, Sir Joe Bossano, Gilbert Licudi, Steven Linares, Paul Balban, Samantha Sacramento and Vijay Daryanani, who stood for election after former Health minister Neil Costa decided ... turnout for this election was 70.84 per cent, very slightly above the turnout for the last election in 2015 (70.77 per cent). Fabian Picardo recently announced that, if the GSLP-Liberals should win this general election, it would be his last term as GSLP
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NEIL HESKETH
The political parties are finishing off their national election campaigning today, 8 November, before an official day of reflection as usual tomorrow, Saturday, and then voting on Sunday. The campaigning will have lasted just eight days, a shorter ... time having won seats in the general election six months ago. The response to the separatist crisis in Catalonia was a key theme of the debate, with parties on the left advocating more tolerance and the right-wing more intervention. Media ... While the PSOE look sure to remain the biggest party but without an overall majority, the sum of the left-wing vote may have declined to more or less match the right-wing parties, according to latest polls. The fresh election was called after the
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Spain is edging closer to a repeat general election in November. Time is running out before 23 September for the main party, the Socialist PSOE, to do a deal with left-wing Unidas Podemos (UP) on government to help Pedro Sánchez be sworn in as ... new prime minister. The PSOE didn't get a majority in April's election. UP is still holding out for a coalition with ministerial posts, which Sánchez rejects. With no obvious agreement in sight, opposition parties are already gearing up for a fresh
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Debbie Bartlett
British citizens who moved from the UK to Gibraltar in the past 15 years will be able to vote in the British general election on 12 December. They can register to vote in the UK as an overseas voter as long as they are a British or eligible Irish
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Spain goes to the polls again this Sunday, 26 May, for the second time in under a month. With the general election out of the way, this time it is a triple vote in some areas of the country for new councillors, new regional parliaments and Euro MPs. ... per cent international residents, where the PSOE leads a left-wing coalition. Expat candidates International candidates from the qualifying countries can also stand in the municipal election. When towns and villages from Estepona to Nerja published ... their local election lists, foreign names stood out across all of the political parties, from the left-wing Izquierda Unida, to the far-right Vox, and in around 30 of the province's municipalities. Thanks to a bilateral agreement signed by the UK and
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Jennie Rhodes
As the UK went to the polls on Thursday, not only were Britons living in Spain watching closely, but also Spanish citizens residing in the UK. The UK media claimed the 2019 General Election was "the most important in a generation" and news was ... order to get the pro-Brexit Conservatives out of government. Britons in Spain, many of whom were unable to vote having lived abroad for more than 15 years, were well aware that the outcome of the election will affect how and when Britain leaves the ... election, it is being labelled the Brexit election because our futures here could all change at the drop of a hat in a no-deal." Sue Wilson, Chair of the association Bremain in Spain, said, "Brexit has been the most damaging and painful experience that
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Jennie Rhodes
A number of British residents on the Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical appeared on the UK's ITV News on Thursday evening, giving their views on Brexit and the forthcoming UK General Election. An image taken from the ITV News broadcast on Britons ... in Spain.SUR The question posed by ITV News Europe editor, James Mates, was, "Is there a strong enough Remain contingency abroad to swing the General Election?" Among those interviewed were Christine Rowlands, the Conservatives Abroad ... representative on the Costa del Sol, who said that many members in Malaga are "disillusioned" with the party back home. A number of Bremain in Spain members were also asked about their voting plans for the 12 December election. Most of those interviewed who
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Sunday's repeat general election brought another win for the PSOE, although the result leaves the Socialists with three fewer seats than they gained in April (120 instead of 123 at nearly 99% of votes counted). The conservative Partido ... Podemos) lost seven seats, ending up with 35. Sunday's elections came after the Socialists and Unidos Podemos failed to reach an agreement to form a government after the general election in April. The new result has not helped Socialist leader and ... minority parties. Malaga province In Malaga the PSOE won the election, keeping the Socialists' four representatives in Madrid. The fight for second place in the province was tight, with Vox threatening to overtake the PP, ending up with just some 800