https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Just 18 months ago, Albert Rivera was being compared to France's Emmanuel Macron and Canada's Justin Trudeau, was feted as kingmaker in parliament and tipped to be a future prime minister. https://www.thelocal.es/20191111/albert-rivera-ciudadanos-spain-election Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:54:40 +0100 albert-rivera-ciudadanos-spain-election He's young, liberal, Catalan and a fan of France's Emmanuel Macron and Canada's Justin Trudeau. https://www.thelocal.es/20180208/albert-rivera-spains-anti-independence-catalan-who-wants-to-be-prime-minister-of-spain Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:57:46 +0100 albert-rivera-spains-anti-independence-catalan-who-wants-to-be-prime-minister-of-spain Spain's Popular Party (PP) will decide next Wednesday whether it accepts conditions set by centrist upstart grouping Ciudadanos in exchange for helping it form a minority government, acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160811/spain-ruling-party-to-vote-on-rivals-proposals-to-end-deadlock Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:07:39 +0200 spain-ruling-party-to-vote-on-rivals-proposals-to-end-deadlock Albert Rivera, the leader of Ciudadanos has ensured Spanish football fans can watch their team play tonight, even though public screening of the match has been banned in the Catalan capital. https://www.thelocal.es/20160617/albert-rivera-defies-ban-to-bring-la-roja-to-barcelona Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:12:54 +0200 albert-rivera-defies-ban-to-bring-la-roja-to-barcelona The policies of Spain's conservative government and the proposals of anti-austerity party Podemos dominated an unprecedented four-way debate on Monday, just days before the second elections in six months. https://www.thelocal.es/20160614/spains-conservatives-debate-podemos-psoe-ciudadanos-elections Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:26:52 +0200 spains-conservatives-debate-podemos-psoe-ciudadanos-elections As a deadline to form a government approaches dangerously close, Spain's Socialists, far-left party Podemos and centrist upstart Ciudadanos will try to put aside their differences Thursday in their first three-way coalition talks. https://www.thelocal.es/20160407/three-way-coalition-talks-launched-as-clock-ticks-in-spain Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:20:52 +0200 three-way-coalition-talks-launched-as-clock-ticks-in-spain Paul Kennedy, Lecturer in Spanish and European Studies from the University of Bath, talks us through Spain's current political scene. https://www.thelocal.es/20160308/spain-still-doesnt-have-a-governmentwhat-happens-now Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:44:20 +0100 spain-still-doesnt-have-a-governmentwhat-happens-now After a brief glimmer of hope, Spain's Socialists look set to fail in their bid to form a government next week, plunging the country into more political uncertainty. https://www.thelocal.es/20160226/spain-faces-long-road-to-form-a-new-government Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:04:37 +0100 spain-faces-long-road-to-form-a-new-government Spain's Socialist party announced on Wednesday that the centrist Ciudadanos party would back their candidate for prime minister, ending weeks of political deadlock since inconclusive elections https://www.thelocal.es/20160224/spains-socialists-announce-end-to-political-deadlock Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:59:47 +0100 spains-socialists-announce-end-to-political-deadlock The leader of new Spanish centre-right party Ciudadanos, Albert Rivera, on Wednesday called for talks to form a pact with the conservative Popular Party and the Socialists to enable a stable government following inconclusive elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20151223/spains-ciudadanos-calls-for-pact-with-conservatives-and-socialists Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:15:40 +0100 spains-ciudadanos-calls-for-pact-with-conservatives-and-socialists A new survey sheds light on how Spaniards’ favourite flicks might just determine how they vote in Sunday’s general election. https://www.thelocal.es/20151216/star-wars-titanic-film-choices-determine-how-spain-vote-election Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:30:22 +0100 star-wars-titanic-film-choices-determine-how-spain-vote-election Ciudadanos is using an army of cyberactivists to spread its anti-corruption message via social media expanding its support base from young, educated, city dwelling voters to the middle-class. https://www.thelocal.es/20151215/spains-new-centrist-social-media-savvy-party-set-to-shake-up-policits Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:06:59 +0100 spains-new-centrist-social-media-savvy-party-set-to-shake-up-policits Aragon is to Spain like Ohio is to the United States: for more than 30 years this northeastern region has always voted for the winner of general elections, and this year should prove no exception. https://www.thelocal.es/20151208/the-aragon-region-a-bellwether-for-general-elections Tue, 08 Dec 2015 11:04:10 +0100 the-aragon-region-a-bellwether-for-general-elections Campaigning officially begins on Friday ahead of the December 20th vote in what is tipped as Spain's 'most volatile elections ever'. https://www.thelocal.es/20151202/campaigning-begins-in-most-volatile-elections-ever Wed, 02 Dec 2015 10:06:49 +0100 campaigning-begins-in-most-volatile-elections-ever Spain's prime minister spurned the country's first pre-election debate of its kind Monday, an empty lectern on stage marking his no-show as other candidates made repeated digs he was unable to defend. https://www.thelocal.es/20151201/gaffe-prone-pm-spurns-first-pre-election-debate Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:36:09 +0100 gaffe-prone-pm-spurns-first-pre-election-debate The councillor who was expelled from the Ciudadanos party for claming expenses for the commute to attend council meetings from Chicago has stripped off for the cover of a glossy magazine. https://www.thelocal.es/20151130/councillor-fired-for-claiming-expenses-of-us-commute-bares-all Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:36:25 +0100 councillor-fired-for-claiming-expenses-of-us-commute-bares-all Ciudadanos has proposed that Spain adopt a Swedish-style paternity leave policy that would allow give fathers to equally share time off with mothers after a new born baby. https://www.thelocal.es/20151120/spain-would-adopt-swedish-style-parental-leave-under-ciudadanos Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:15:01 +0100 spain-would-adopt-swedish-style-parental-leave-under-ciudadanos Political upstarts Ciudadanos would overtake Spain’s socialist party to become a close second to the ruling Popular Party (PP) if the general election was held today, according to the latest opinion poll. https://www.thelocal.es/20151102/spain-poll-general-election-ciudadanos-close-second Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:45:12 +0100 spain-poll-general-election-ciudadanos-close-second Spain must overhaul its labour market and education system and fight cronyism to seal its recovery, said an economic expert recruited by a key party in December's general election. https://www.thelocal.es/20151016/the-patient-has-been-stabilised-but-long-term-recovery-yet-to-be-achieved-says-economist-on-spain Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:16:32 +0200 the-patient-has-been-stabilised-but-long-term-recovery-yet-to-be-achieved-says-economist-on-spain Spain was on Monday reprimanded by The European Commission which ordered the country to submit a new draft budget with lower deficit estimates to avoid violating the bloc's tough spending rules, a blow for the government ahead of Spanish elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20151012/blow-for-pm-as-brussels-warns-spain-over-deficit-targets-in-draft-budget Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:25:47 +0200 blow-for-pm-as-brussels-warns-spain-over-deficit-targets-in-draft-budget