Spain Elections
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Spain’s leftist mayors walk the talk as they take office
Times are a-changing in Spain as the new office bearers embrace the secular state and do away with cars.
Grass-roots ‘indignados’ establish foothold in Barcelona
Anti-poverty activist elected as mayor of Barcelona; the ruling right-wing People’s Party was battered at the ballot box.
Madrid will go to the last gran standing
The mayoral race is down to a pair of self-styled "little grandmothers" who are poles apart in their politics but equally tenacious and astute.
Spain: Socialism lags behind in opinion poll
Spain’s ruling People’s Party leads opinion poll as a survey reveals that 44% of the majority would vote against the newcomer socialists, Podemos.
Spain’s cautious Rajoy thrust into crisis role
Spaniards have voted in rain-sodden elections that were all but certain to hand a thundering victory to the right.
Right storms towards win in crisis-hit Spain
Spain’s right storms towards a landslide win in Sunday elections, carried by popular anger over an economic slump.