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International: Now Unidas Podemos Must Show It Can Deliver

Eoghan Gilmartin and Tommy Greene

With Spain’s new left-wing coalition having taken office earlier this month, it is crucial that Unidas Podemos proves itself as a party of the people and ensures that the government sticks to its programme.

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

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

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

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?

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.

As the Far Right Comes for Feminism, Women in Spain Have Gone on Strike

Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin

In Spain, millions of protesters have taken to the streets for International Women's Day. Amid a conservative backlash against feminism's social and political demands, they are marching and striking against domestic violence, inequality at work, unrecognised forms of labour and transphobia.

Catalonia: As Independence Leaders Stand Trial, Is Spain Heading Towards Constitutional Crisis?

Tommy Greene, Eoghan Gilmartin

As leaders of Catalonia’s failed 2017 breakaway bid go on trial, charged with rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds, the future of Spanish democracy hangs in the balance. What exactly is happening and why? Tommy Greene and Eoghan Gilmartin report from Madrid.

Undermining Democracy, Not Defending It: The ‘Integrity Initiative’ is Everything That’s Wrong With British Foreign Policy

Aaron Bastani

This weekend the ‘Integrity Initiative’, a British think tank funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, came under criticism for its attacks on Jeremy Corbyn and key Labour advisors. But it's leaked documents concerning the think tank's efforts abroad that are particularly shocking, writes Aaron Bastani.

We Paid Attention to Catalonia’s Independence Bid. Why Are We Ignoring the Crisis in Cameroon?

Ayo Awokoya

Catalonia’s bid to break away from the Spanish government made headlines around the world last October, but little attention has been paid to similar political upheavals across Africa, including an escalating situation in Cameroon which could constitute the country's greatest political crisis in decades.

Catalan Election: A Blow for Both Rajoy and Independence Movement?

Pablo Castaño

With an increased turnout, yesterday's Catalan elections returned another pro-independence majority. But with centre-right unionists Ciudadanos making significant gains, is this the affirmation secessionists were seeking?

Novara Docs: The Bitter Fruit of Andalucia

Visible from space, the vast concentration of plastic greenhouses in Almeria supply more than half of Europe’s fruit and vegetables. An economic boom in this previously poor region of Andalucia has come at the expense of the African migrants who work in these greenhouses, under slave-like conditions. Approximately 200 workers live there during peak season. […]