- 13h ago
Rufián apologizes as left parties fail to agree a unity candidacy
Gabriel Rufián apologized on 16 October for the failure of left-wing parties to agree a joint candidacy, hours before the coalition filing deadline expires. The ERC Barcelona lead candidate said he had almost quit the previous day, on 15 October.
- 20h ago
Italy extends Schengen border checks on Spain by seven days as Meloni and Sánchez agree
Rome has extended its temporary border checks on travellers from Spain by seven days, aligning them with the expiry of Spanish measures after exchanges with Madrid. The two interior ministers will look for cooperation measures to replace the checks in the week of 19 October.
- 3d ago
PP's Juan Bravo says pensions will not be cut as row ahead of 29 November vote grows
Juan Bravo said the PP will not cut pensions and that they are non-negotiable, after party remarks on pensions drew fire. Pedro Sánchez promised a CPI-linked decree before year-end, and Carlos Cuerpo said the update would be made.
- 3d ago
Bardella backs Abascal in Madrid, blames Sánchez's migration policy for Ceuta crisis
Jordan Bardella, president of Agrupación Nacional, told a Madrid breakfast on Tuesday, 13 October, that Pedro Sánchez's migration policy had far-reaching effects across Europe, a day after visiting Ceuta with Vox leader Santiago Abascal.
- 4d ago
Feijóo says PP is the vote for change and rules out either cordon with Vox before 29 November
Speaking at the Palacio Real reception for Spain's National Day, Feijóo said the PP will not give up a vote before polls close, while Vox's leader Santiago Abascal skipped the event. An IMOP poll cited by El Confidencial puts the PP-Vox bloc at 201 seats.
- 4d ago
Bardella and Abascal unite in Ceuta, pitching migration curbs before Spain's 29 November vote
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella and Vox chief Santiago Abascal visited Ceuta on Monday, 12 October, calling the enclave 'the future of Europe' if borders are not retaken. The two-day trip comes weeks before Spain's 29 November snap election.
- 5d ago
Vox presses Spain's Supreme Court to enforce suspension of 'ley de nietos' voting rights
Vox has asked Spain's Supreme Court and the Central Electoral Board to make the government carry out a court-ordered suspension of votes for naturalized citizens. The electoral board meanwhile cleared overseas mailings for the 29 November general elections.
- Oct 9
Abascal skips Madrid's 12 October parade to spend national day in Ceuta with Bardella
Vox leader Santiago Abascal will skip Spain's 12 October military parade in Madrid and spend the national day in Ceuta with Jordan Bardella, president of the Patriots group in the European Parliament and leader of France's Agrupación Nacional.
- Oct 1
Spain's Congress advances vicarious violence bill by 312 votes to 34
Spain's Congress of Deputies voted 312 to 34 to reject an amendment by Vox, advancing a draft law that classifies vicarious violence as a gender-based aggravating factor.
- Sep 26
Thousands protest in Madrid over Ceuta border crisis and demand snap elections
Demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Saturday to oppose the Spanish government's handling of migrant arrivals in Ceuta, calling for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to face trial and schedule early elections by November.
- Sep 26
Spanish opposition groups march in Madrid to demand snap elections and Pedro Sánchez trial
Demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Saturday for a march organized by Sociedad Civil Española, demanding general elections before 15 November and the prosecution of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez under constitutional treason clauses.
- Sep 26
Aznar endorses Feijóo and targets Vox as PP calls for concentrated vote in Spain
Former Spanish prime minister José María Aznar called for a concentrated vote behind Alberto Núñez Feijóo during the FAES campus in Madrid, while criticizing Vox leader Santiago Abascal.
- Sep 22
Spain's State Attorney appeals suspension of Democratic Memory Law voting rights ahead of 2027 elections
State legal services have asked the Supreme Court to lift a freeze on voting rights for newly naturalized foreign citizens, warning that reviewing 142,739 consular files across 16 offices before the January 2027 electoral deadline is unfeasible.
- Aug 8
Vox seeks to activate Article 102 to investigate Sánchez for treason over Ceuta migrant crisis
Vox leader Santiago Abascal announced on 8 August 2026 that his party will seek to activate Article 102 of the Spanish Constitution to investigate Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his cabinet for possible crimes of treason and against state security over the mass arrival of thousands of migrants in Ceuta from Morocco.
- Jul 28
Vox threatens to break Seville pact with PP after mosque license approval
Seville's city council approved a permit for a mosque and Islamic cultural center in the Polígono Sur district on Tuesday, prompting Vox to threaten withdrawing support from Mayor José Luis Sanz's PP administration.
- Jul 26
Vox leader Santiago Abascal blames Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez for wildfires, ties disasters to ‘corruption, fanaticism, and mafia’
In a video posted Saturday, the far-right leader directly attributed repeated disasters including the current fires in Madrid and Ávila to government mismanagement, ‘climate fanaticism’, and political manipulation.
- Jul 15
Valencia's PP government writes Vox's 'national priority' into 2026 budget, redirects Red Cross aid to immigration crime study
The budget of the Valencian Community for 2026 will for the first time in any Spanish region explicitly make preferential treatment of residents with "real, lasting and verifiable" roots a condition for housing and social assistance. The PP of President Juanfran Pérez Llorca also agreed to strip 10,000 euros from Red Cross emergency programmes to fund a study on immigration and delinquency.
- Jul 9
Spain's Guardia Civil implicates Pedro Sánchez's former chief of staff in PSOE corruption probe
A Guardia Civil report alleges Juanma Serrano, once Pedro Sánchez's closest aide, helped place a party operative in the state postal service and steered public contracts to a law firm that funnelled money back to PSOE-linked figures.
- Jul 6
Vox boycotts Blas Infante commemoration as Moreno defends coalition pact with the far-right in Andalusia
The new PP-Vox government in Andalusia faced its first public rift as Vox refused to attend the annual tribute to the region's founding father, while president Juanma Moreno used the occasion to argue that Blas Infante's ideals of pluralism justify the coalition.
- Jul 5
Juanma Moreno takes office as Andalusia president, starting third term with Vox coalition
Juanma Moreno was sworn in as president of Andalusia on Sunday in a scaled-down ceremony at the Palacio de San Telmo, launching his third term after a controversial coalition deal with far-right Vox.
