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ANDALUSIAN ELECTIONS

Conservative party PP win absolute majority in Spain's Andalusia

The Nomad Today 6/20/22

The socialist PSOE of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez - which governed Andalusia for decades until 2018 - won just 30 seats, coming in a distant second

Spain

ANDALUSIAN ELECTIONS

Right-wing populists eye government role as Spain's Andalusia votes

The Nomad Today 6/19/22

Andalusia could become the country's second region to be ruled by a PP-Vox coalition, following the autonomous community of Castile and León

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PEOPLE'S PARTY CONGRESS

Spain's conservative PP gets new leader after years of turmoil

The Nomad Today 4/3/22

Núñez Feijóo succeeds Pablo Casado, 41, who announced his retirement from politics after achieving the worst election results in the party's history.

14/02/2022. The regional leader of Vox, Juan Garcia Gallardo, speaking to the press the day after the elections. Photo: Vox.

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POLITICS

PP and far-right Vox agree on coalition government in Castilla y Leon

The Nomad Today 3/10/22

Carlos Pollan, from Vox, will chair the regional Parliament

09.03.2022 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during Parliamentary question time at the lower house of Parliament (Congress of Deputies). Photo: Eva Ercolanese/PSOE.

Spain

POLITICS

Prime Minister Sanchez blames Putin for the sharp rise in prices

The Nomad Today 3/9/22

The spokeswoman of the People's Party (PP), Cuca Gamarra, demanded tax reductions - for example on fuels - to curb the inflation

02 February 2022, Berlin: Pablo Casado, chairman of the Spanish Partido Popular party, speaks at the start of the closed-door meeting of the Christian Social Union (CSU) parliamentary group at the German Bundestag. The traditional winter retreat was supposed to take place at the beginning of January, but had to be postponed due to several corona cases. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa.

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PP CRISIS

Spain's main opposition party in crisis as leader resigns

The Nomad Today 2/24/22

The decision came at a meeting Pablo Casado had with regional party leaders that ended in the early hours of Thursday morning

The general secretary of the PP Teodoro Garcia Egea resigned on Monday from the ranks of the Spanish conservatives. Photo: PP.

Spain

PP CRISIS

Power struggle triggers fresh resignations in Spain's conservative PP

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/23/22

Pablo Casado has long been controversial within his own party. Since he took to the helm of the PP in 2018, the party has achieved some of the worst election results in its history

Spain

POLITICS

National spokesman for People's Party resigns amid party crisis

The Nomad Today 2/22/22

According to his explanation, he is leaving office to "dedicate himself exclusively" to his responsibilities as mayor of Madrid

The secretary-general of the People's Party Teodoro Garcia Egea, second to president Pablo Casado in party hierarchy. Photo: PP.

Spain

POLITICS

Madrid president admits brother's contract; PP estimates € 283,000 commission

The Nomad Today 2/18/22

On Thursday, the national leadership of the Spanish People's Party said it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against the president of the Madrid region

The President of the right-wing opposition party PP, Pablo Casado. Photo: Partido Popular.

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DICTATOR ANNIVERSARY

Controversy over attendance of PP boss to mass in memory of Franco

The Nomad Today 11/22/21

November 20 in Spain is usually a date on which Franco's followers and some nostalgic for his regime hold events to glorify the figure of the dictator