Pedro Sánchez’s quest for a ‘solution’ is doomed – there is no combination of concessions which would either satiate or weaken the nationalists.
EU leaders – encourage by a rump of British Europhiles – are pursuing the fantasy that if they bully us enough, we might change our minds.
The Spanish Prime Minister’s tin-eared reaction to police violence served to heighten, not dampen down, tensions.
The Prime Minister updates the House on her discussions with EU leaders.
If people vote for the pork, that’s what we’re all getting, even those of us who preferred beef or vegetables.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter 8.30pm Alberto Nardelli tweets: 10 years ago about half of the countries that now make up EU27 had left-wing governments. Today, only Austria, Denmark & Cyprus do. The lesson: People can't afford left-wing policies in tough times. Exit polls suggest the Spanish Conservatives have ended eight incredibly expensive years of […]
Ben is Chairman of The Bow Group and President of Conservatives Abroad Madrid. He also writes for the Spanish newspaper La Razon.Follow Ben on Twitter. After 7 years of government the PSOE will be swept from power in Spain, but the greatest challenge for the opposition Partido Popular, perhaps in the history of the party, […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter "Spain's economy records zero growth". "Spain unemployment at record high near 5 million". "Spanish Banks Tackle €26.2 Billion Capital Shortfall". "S&P downgrades Spain on weak growth outlook". Bad news stories about the Spanish economy trickle out almost daily. As a result of the economy grinding to a halt in the […]
By Tim Montgomerie Follow Tim on Twitter. The overall rate of unemployment in Spain is 21%. It's 45% for young people. Both add up to a deadly recipe for political unrest. The first pointers to that unrest are now clear. One pointer came yesterday when the ruling socialist government was hammered in municipal and regional elections. […]
The socially conservative Mariano Rajoy (pictured with Nick Clegg during the latter's recent visit to Spain) who holds tough views on immigration has lost two elections since succeeding José María Aznar as leader of El Partido Popular (the Popular Party (PP)). The defeat in 2004 – an election he was expected to win – followed […]
Do we really think in a world that is only getting more dangerous and more complex, we are better off alone, or as part of a team heading in generally the same direction?