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 The young leader of Spain's conservative Popular Party, Pablo Casado, has toned down his harsh rhetoric ahead of Sunday's repeat general election after leading the PP to its worst ever results with an aggressive campaign the last time around. https://www.thelocal.es/20191110/profile-popular-party-leader-pablo-casado Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:47:48 +0100 profile-popular-party-leader-pablo-casado Spain's ruling Socialists would win the most seats in this month's election without obtaining a majority -- but could govern without the support of Catalan separatists, a poll showed Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190410/spains-psoe-set-to-win-election Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:48:16 +0200 spains-psoe-set-to-win-election Polls published in major Spanish newspapers on Monday suggest the ruling Popular Party will pick up the most seats in Sunday's general election but will fall far short of holding onto the absolute majority it currently enjoys. https://www.thelocal.es/20151214/final-polls-show-election-win-for-spanish-government-in-tight-race Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:35:44 +0100 final-polls-show-election-win-for-spanish-government-in-tight-race Spaniards are divided on whether Spain should take part in the international military campaign in Syria against the Islamic State, with just over half, 54, percent, opposed, a poll published on Sunday showed. https://www.thelocal.es/20151129/spaniards-divided-on-whether-to-bomb-isis-strongholds Sun, 29 Nov 2015 16:29:41 +0100 spaniards-divided-on-whether-to-bomb-isis-strongholds The ruling conservative party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has taken a clear lead over rivals in the latest opinion poll which shows waning support for Spain’s radical left Podemos. https://www.thelocal.es/20150805/poll-gives-ruling-pp-strong-lead-but-not-majority Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:11:03 +0200 poll-gives-ruling-pp-strong-lead-but-not-majority A year after King Felipe VI took the throne on the abdication of Juan Carlos opinion polls show that he has strengthened the standing of a monarchy tainted by scandal. https://www.thelocal.es/20150616/king-felipe-boost-popularity-of-monarchy Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:58:30 +0200 king-felipe-boost-popularity-of-monarchy Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos has lost its lead in opinion polls, with four parties now running neck-and-neck, according to a survey published in El Pais newspaper on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150413/podemos-support-has-stagnated-new-poll Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:48:01 +0200 podemos-support-has-stagnated-new-poll A new poll shows that bipartisan politics is firmly a thing of the past, as Spain’s two new political parties viewed as real contenders. https://www.thelocal.es/20150309/goodbye-to-spains-two-party-system Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:09:26 +0100 goodbye-to-spains-two-party-system The latest figures from Spain’s CIS research centre released on Wednesday, show that over 80 percent think that the country's economic situation is 'the same' as or 'worse' than last year. https://www.thelocal.es/20150304/no-economic-improvement-for-80-percent-of-spaniards Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:09:00 +0100 no-economic-improvement-for-80-percent-of-spaniards Spain's two largest political parties are both struggling in the polls but the ruling conservative Popular Party still has a nine point advantage over its closest rival, the socialist PSOE, a new poll shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20140102/major-parties-start-new-year-on-back-foot Thu, 02 Jan 2014 10:56:00 +0100 major-parties-start-new-year-on-back-foot The president of Catalonia has conceded for the first time that the Spanish region could be expelled from the European Union if it were to become an independent State. https://www.thelocal.es/20131227/we-would-have-to-leave-the-eu Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:39:00 +0100 we-would-have-to-leave-the-eu The recent decision by the president of Catalonia to call an independence poll in 2014 was "tilting Spain towards full-blooded constitutional conflict", the UK's Financial Times said on Sunday https://www.thelocal.es/20131216/catalonia-is-spains-next-crisis-ft Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:09:00 +0100 catalonia-is-spains-next-crisis-ft