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...smaller Junts. Elections were held in February when the most-voted party was the PSC - the Catalan branch of the Socialist party - whose candidate was former health minister Salvador Illa. The nationalist parties together however gained a majority of
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ANTONIO M. ROMERO
The Junta de Andalucía's spokesman, Elías Bendodo, has ended the speculation about early regional elections and said that voters will go to the polls on the last Sunday they can be called: "On 27 November, 2022". Before opening a temporary ... exhibition at the Eugenio Chicano museum in Malaga, Bendodo answered questions from the press about when voters will go to the polls, saying: “A date for the next elections? 27 November, 2022. Why that date? Because it is the last Sunday that they can be
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The British government has set out more detail on plans to scrap the rule that prevents UK citizens from voting in General Elections if they have lived abroad for more than 15 years. All British citizens living overseas who have been previously ... form part of the Elections Bill to be voted on by MPs in the UK parliament. British Ambassador Hugh Elliott, said, "In an increasingly connected world, most British citizens living in Spain retain deep ties to the UK. Many still have family there, ... worked there for many years, and some have even fought for our country." British citizens resident in Spain can also vote in local municipal elections in Spain once they have been resident for more than three years.
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Negotiations between pro-independence parties in Catalonia over forming a government are still going back and forth. Regional elections were held in February and the deadline is 26 May or new elections will be held. Left-wing ERC overtook more
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Ivan Gelibter
...were quickly deleted) during the 'day of reflection' ahead of the elections in May 2019, calling for the public to "vote for the PSOE in the European and municipal elections, to consolidate the growth and transformation that we started". Navas is
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RAMÓN GORRIARÁN
Salvador Illa’s PSC party won Sunday's Catalonia elections with 23.4 per cent of the votes and tied 33 seats with the Esquerra Republicana (ERC). But it will be very difficult, if not impossible, for Spain’s former Minister of Health to govern, ... losses were suffered by Ciudadanos (six seats) and the PP - who are left with just three. The autonomous elections in Catalonia registered the lowest turnout in history, with only a little more than 52 per cent of people eligible to vote making their ... mark. Catalonia election results.SUR Even though he lacks the support to govern Illa hasn’t given up, and on Sunday night (14 February) he confirmed that he will still stand for the presidency as the winner of the elections, but it is likely to be an
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Rob Palmer
Over in Catalonia, it needs to be a whole new start in 2021. The institution is just about ticking over as they wait for the presidential elections and revolution which must follow. Eight candidates are competing for the honour and responsibility of
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Rob Palmer
A football club owner once told me that when he finally sealed the deal, he found a closet full of skeletons he wasn't expecting. At FC Barcelona, the departing directors leave behind a whole graveyard of skeletons! Normally a Clásico defeat shapes
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CRISTIÁN REINO
...with its 135 seats, has with its citizens, is an intolerable State-sponsored coup," he said. Torra was banned for not taking down political messages on public buildings ahead of national elections last autumn. Pere Aragonès of ERC will be acting ... president, although he has refused to use the title. The ruling coalition was already broken and elections will be held early next year, as soon as the parliamentary rules and timetable will allow.
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Two autonomous regions will go to the polls in elections on 5 April. First to announce a vote was the regional president of the Basque Country, Iñigo Urkullu. This was followed by the Galician president, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, saying he too would ... bring forward regional elections to that date to "avoid three election dates" in Spain this year. Catalonia is also due to go to the polls soon to elect a new regional parliament but the date is still unknown. The Basque Region is currently governed