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 Spain's conservative Popular Party (PP) on Saturday picked Pablo Casado, 37, to replace Mariano Rajoy after the former prime minister was ousted in a no-confidence vote in June. https://www.thelocal.es/20180721/spains-conservatives-pp-picks-casado-to-replace-rajoy-as-leader Sat, 21 Jul 2018 17:01:03 +0200 spains-conservatives-pp-picks-casado-to-replace-rajoy-as-leader Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP) will stand trial for allegedly destroying laptops used by a former treasurer being tried over a suspected slush fund, a court ruling published on Friday said. It will be the first time that a political party goes on trial in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20171202/spains-graft-plagued-ruling-party-on-trial-for-destroying-evidence Sat, 02 Dec 2017 05:21:02 +0100 spains-graft-plagued-ruling-party-on-trial-for-destroying-evidence An unemployed man who drove a car loaded with a home-made bomb into the Madrid headquarters of Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP) has been sentenced to five years in jail, a court said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160530/man-jailed-for-driving-bomb-loaded-car-into-political-party-hq Mon, 30 May 2016 17:21:47 +0200 man-jailed-for-driving-bomb-loaded-car-into-political-party-hq Spain's Socialist chief Pedro Sanchez ventures into hostile parliamentary territory on Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to vote him through as prime minister and allow the country to finally get a government, knowing his chances are slim. https://www.thelocal.es/20160301/socialist-chief-faces-hostile-lawmakers-in-bid-to-lead-spain Tue, 01 Mar 2016 10:04:48 +0100 socialist-chief-faces-hostile-lawmakers-in-bid-to-lead-spain Spanish police said on Tuesday some 10 people had been detained in the eastern region of Valencia in a fresh corruption case that also allegedly involves a former high-profile member of the incumbent Popular Party (PP). https://www.thelocal.es/20160126/spain-rocked-by-another-corruption-scandal Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:34:11 +0100 spain-rocked-by-another-corruption-scandal The famous Spanish director has joined more than 100 artists in signing a letter putting pressure on left-wing parties to form a "popular front" against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s ruling conservative party in the end of year elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20150714/almodvar-joins-call-to-unite-against-conservatives Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:20:31 +0200 almodvar-joins-call-to-unite-against-conservatives Updated: The man who rammed a car loaded with gas bottles into the headquarters of Spain's ruling Popular Party in Madrid on Friday morning has said any party could have been the target of the attack as "all politicians are the same". https://www.thelocal.es/20141219/car-bomb-explodes-outside-government-hq Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:40:00 +0100 car-bomb-explodes-outside-government-hq Updated: the Spanish government's new plans to clean up politics in the country have been mocked by opposition parties the day after a scandal-hit minister was forced to resign over her links to a high-profile kickbacks scheme. https://www.thelocal.es/20141127/rajoy-wants-dishonest-politicians-to-pay-penalty Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:30:00 +0100 rajoy-wants-dishonest-politicians-to-pay-penalty Ever since news of Isabel Carrasco's murder broke on Monday, the internet has been awash with comments reflecting just how little empathy Spaniards feel with their political classes. Here The Local takes a close look at what Carrasco's death has revealed about Spain's attitude to its politicians. https://www.thelocal.es/20140515/isabel-carrasco-spain-are-spaniards-condemning-murder Thu, 15 May 2014 20:07:00 +0200 isabel-carrasco-spain-are-spaniards-condemning-murder A 19-year-old Spanish man has been arrested for sending out threatening tweets authorities believe justify Monday's murder of Spanish politician Isabel Carrasco. https://www.thelocal.es/20140516/isabel-carrasco-spain-tweets-murder-arrest-politician Fri, 16 May 2014 12:07:00 +0200 isabel-carrasco-spain-tweets-murder-arrest-politician The mother and daughter pair being held over Monday's murder of Spanish politician Isabel Carrasco have been remanded in custody without bail. https://www.thelocal.es/20140515/politicians-murderers-reme Thu, 15 May 2014 14:20:00 +0200 politicians-murderers-reme A 59-year-old mother has confessed to firing the bullets that killed Spanish politician Isabel Carrasco, shot down in the city of León on Monday, saying she did it because of a "personal grudge". https://www.thelocal.es/20140514/carrasco-leon-murder-spain-politics-it-was-rage-mum-confesses-to-politicans-murder Wed, 14 May 2014 13:41:00 +0200 carrasco-leon-murder-spain-politics-it-was-rage-mum-confesses-to-politicans-murder Spanish police on Tuesday questioned a struggling, laid-off council worker and her mother over the public gunning down of a ruling party politician, a murder that has halted campaigning for European elections in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20140513/police-quiz-council-worker-over-politicans-murder Tue, 13 May 2014 15:21:00 +0200 police-quiz-council-worker-over-politicans-murder Spanish police arrested a mother and daughter suspected of shooting dead a ruling party politician in broad daylight on Monday afternoon in apparent revenge after the younger woman lost her job. https://www.thelocal.es/20140512/spain-ruling-party-politician-shot-dead Mon, 12 May 2014 21:17:00 +0200 spain-ruling-party-politician-shot-dead Spain is facing an increasingly splintered political future with neither of the country's two major parties likely to be able to form government alone in a future election, a new poll published on Sunday shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20131202/spains-major-parties-still-losing-ground-poll Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:21:00 +0100 spains-major-parties-still-losing-ground-poll A court on Monday sentenced a top ally of Spain's prime minister to four years' jail for tax fraud, in one of the country's most notorious recent corruption scandals. https://www.thelocal.es/20131125/top-ally-of-spains-pm-convicted-of-tax-evasion Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:46:55 +0100 top-ally-of-spains-pm-convicted-of-tax-evasion Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is strongly placed to survive an embarrassing corruption scandal in a country where top-level political resignations are rare and no ever admits they are guilty, analysts say. https://www.thelocal.es/20130716/in-spain-the-other-person-is-the-always-guilty-one Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:51:00 +0200 in-spain-the-other-person-is-the-always-guilty-one Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy refused on Monday to resign over a corruption scandal rocking his government as it fights to rescue the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy from an economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20130715/i-will-not-resign-spanish-pm Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:50:00 +0200 i-will-not-resign-spanish-pm Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faced calls to resign on Sunday after the publication of friendly mobile text messages he purportedly sent to the disgraced treasurer at the heart of the slush fund affair. https://www.thelocal.es/20130715/spain-pm-faces-call-to-quit-over-slush-fund-scandal Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:10:00 +0200 spain-pm-faces-call-to-quit-over-slush-fund-scandal Spain's opposition socialist PSOE party on Tuesday again called for the country's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign in the wake of allegations he accepted illegal under-the-table payments while a minister in the 1990s. https://www.thelocal.es/20130709/the-spanish-pm-should-resign-socialists Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:41:00 +0200 the-spanish-pm-should-resign-socialists