SUNDAY, GRIM SUNDAY »
The leftist parties suffered a debacle in the recent local elections thay they were not prepared for. The elections were a dress rehearsal for the upcoming parliamentary elections which were advanced by President Pedro Sanchez to 23 July of this year and from which a new President of the Government will emerge. As such, it's not quite likely that the "pregressives" could rise from their ashes even when that second defeat could mean the dismatling of Spain's welfars state.
THE KING WHO’S STUCK IN THE ORIENT »
King Juan Carlos, the father of the reigning King of Spain, Felipe VI, isn’t coming – can´t come – home for Christmas much as he wants to. Hard on the heels of headline-grabbing scandals, he has self-exiled in the United Arab Emirates since last summer. And now neither King Felipe nor Pedro Sanchez, President of Spain, feels comfortable having the octogenarian "King Emeritus" back. He used to be hero-worshipped, having engineered the way to a parliamentary monarchy after nearly four decades of the stultifying Franco dictatorship.
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN CALLS INVESTITUTRE PROGRAM OF CATALAN PRESIDENT UNLAWFUL »
Prime Minister Rajoy: "I have issued instructions that any action that may be taken by the new Regional Government of Catalonia, by its Regional President, by the Regional Parliament and any other institution that may violate the Spanish Constitution and its legal system will be responded to under the rule of law"
THE FUTURE POLITICAL PANORAMA IN SPAIN VIEWED FROM THE RECENT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS »
Will the leftists, after gaining power in the post-municipal elections, win the general elections too? Who could tell for sure?
