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International: Spain’s Monarchy Crisis Has Shaken the Country’s Political Settlement

by Tommy Greene

Amid investigations into financial misdealings and kickback claims, Spain's emeritus king Juan Carlos has fled the country to take up self-exile in Saudi Arabia. Tommy Greene explains how the crisis has rocked Spain's democratic settlement - and how it is exposing tensions in the left-wing coalition government.

International: Spain’s Coming Election Will Determine the Next Phase of Its Constitutional Crisis

by Javier Moreno Zacarés

Gripped in what seems like a perpertual state of constitutional crisis, Spain heads to the polls for its fourth general election in as many years on Sunday. Javier Moreno Zacarés examines PSOE's tight-rope walk, the fractures in the left, and how recent Catalan unrest complicates the situation.

It’s Been Four Months Since Spain Had a Government

by Tommy Greene

Left-wing coalition talks have broken down in Spain. Here’s why and what’s at stake.

Spanish General Election: Another Turning Point in the Country’s Constitutional Crisis

by Javier Moreno Zacarés

Vox have now entered parliament, but a potential right coalition have failed to come anywhere close to government following disaster for the conservative Popular party. Meanwhile, Podemos suffered significant losses and the winners, PSOE, may be forced into an agreement with Catalan nationalists.

Spanish General Election: Another Step Forward for the Far Right?

by Pablo Castaño

In the 2016 Spanish general election, the big question was whether Unidos Podemos would overcome the Socialist party (PSOE). It didn’t. Just three years later, a snap election on 28 April could see a far-right party enter government for the first time since the end of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.

What on Earth Is Going on in Spain? 4 Things You Need to Know

by Javier Moreno Zacarés

Following disastrous regional elections for the social democrats in Galicia and the Basque Country, Pedro Sánchez was expected to step down as leader of PSOE. He refuses to go, and now PSOE is tearing itself apart.

4 Reflections on Podemos and the Spanish Elections

by Javier Moreno Zacarés

Despite all predictions to the contrary, Podemos failed to make the significant breakthrough people had expected in yesterday's Spanish general election.

8 Reflections on the Rise and Rise of Podemos

by Tom Youngman

Podemos (‘We can’) is a Spanish radical left party founded in January 2014 with pretensions of breaking the two-party hegemony in Spanish politics. In October 2014 - 14 months ahead of the next general election - they topped national opinion polls for the first time.