Spanish king sets new elections for June 26
Spain’s King Felipe VI signed a decree Tuesday dissolving parliament and calling fresh elections for June 26, meaning Spaniards will return to the polls six months after their last vote failed to...
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12 people who will make 2017 great again (in a good way)
Since its European launch in April 2015, POLITICO has run a provocative series called “Dirty Dozen,” designed to call out 12 characters — individuals, groups or institutions — that spell gloom (or...
View ArticleKing of Spain confident of ‘acceptable’ Gibraltar deal
King Felipe of Spain told British MPs Wednesday he was confident of an “acceptable” solution being found to the future status of Gibraltar as part of the Brexit talks. Speaking to members of both...
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Game time for Macron
Lots of action in France this week as the Macron government gets into its stride. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and ministers from her cabinet visit Paris today to powwow with their French...
View ArticleSpain’s king to join Barcelona anti-terror march
King Felipe VI will join tens of thousands in a march against terrorism following the deadly attack in Barcelona last week. A van drove into Barcelona’s crowded Las Ramblas on August 17, killing 15 and...
View ArticleSpanish king slams ‘disloyal’ Catalan breakaway leaders
Spain’s King Felipe accused pro-independence Catalan leaders of “disloyalty” in a rare royal TV address Tuesday, and said he would strive to keep the country united. “They have tried to break our...
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‘Other walls have gone up’ in Germany
Germany Frankfurter Allgemeine’s (FAZ) front page featured a report on German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s speech on the anniversary of the reunification of Germany, warning that “other walls...
View ArticlePuigdemont slams Spanish king for ‘disappointing’ Catalans
Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont blasted Spanish King Felipe VI on Wednesday evening, accusing him of “deliberately ignoring millions of Catalans who do not think like the government.” “You...
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‘Coughing and spluttering’ Theresa May
UK “Shambles.” “Nightmare.” “Farce.” “What the F?” There weren’t many positive takes on Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech at the Tory conference in Manchester Wednesday. Battling a bad cough that...
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Spanish king calls for peace in Catalonia
Spain In his Christmas address, King Felipe VI called for an end to “confrontation and exclusion” and requested Catalans across the region to get along despite a clear divide between secessionists and...
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‘Sexists and the City’
UK Most front pages in the U.K. Thursday splashed the fallout caused by the Financial Times’ investigation into a men-only charity event hosted by the elite Presidents Club. The organization at the...
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Spanish king touts ‘institutional cooperation’ with Barcelona
Spain Spanish papers led with news of King Felipe of Spain’s first visit to Catalonia since the region declared independence last October. El País and El Mundo both reported that Catalan leaders’...
View ArticlePedro Sánchez sworn in as Spain’s prime minister
Spanish socialist leader Pedro Sánchez was sworn in as prime minister Saturday morning by King Felipe VI. The new premier took the oath of office at a ceremony at the Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts...
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Popular ally’s resignation puts Macron on shaky ground
France French papers were dominated by Nicolas Hulot’s decision to quit his post as environment minister. The resignation of the popular former television presenter poses a political problem for...
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How Europe’s biggest media company infiltrated the EU
BERLIN — Martin Selmayr was on a mission. The European Parliament election was still nine months off, but across the Continent populist forces were already roiling the political debate. Selmayr, who as...
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Mucho mistrust as Spain braces for yet another vote
MADRID — Politicians, pollsters and the media are gearing up for Spain’s fourth general election in as many years after the breakdown of coalition talks between acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s...
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Devolved Spain struggles for unity against coronavirus
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calls coronavirus a war that “the Spanish people” must fight together, but in such a decentralized country it’s proving a challenge to coordinate a common response from 17...
View ArticleSpain’s former king Juan Carlos leaving country amid corruption scandal
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos I is leaving the country amid an ongoing scandal over alleged tax evasion. Juan Carlos communicated his decision to his son and current king, Felipe VI, in a letter...
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Former King Juan Carlos heads into exile having shaken Spain
MADRID — A scandal involving a king, his lover, tens of millions of euros and an infamous hunting trip caused a political storm in Spain and enormous damage to its monarchy. In the end, the pressure on...
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Spanish republicans will struggle to capitalize on former king’s exile
Spanish republicans are hoping that their moment has come — but the monarchy’s constitutional shield will be hard to crack. Former Spanish King Juan Carlos I shocked the world on Monday by announcing...
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