Socialist Spanish PM Calls For Snap General Election After Disastrous Results in Local Vote
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early general election after his Socialist party took a battering in local elections.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early general election after his Socialist party took a battering in local elections.
Socialist Spain is leading the way in attempts to ban private messaging technology in the European Union, a leaked survey revealed.
The European Union does not have the power to implement laws punishing someone for raping an animal, the Commission has said.
MADRID — The organizers of a women’s running race in Spain apologized Monday after the winner was offered a food processor to take home, sparking accusations of sexism.
A European professional basketball game ended prematurely on Thursday after players broke into a mass brawl on the court, seriously injuring one.
The death of Spanish bullfighting has been declared many times, but the number of bullfights is at its highest level in seven years.
Spanish Interior Ministry statistics have revealed that Spain saw an increase in crime in 2022, with rapes rising by nearly 34 per cent.
A Spanish study has revealed around 22 per cent of users of the hook-up app Tinder have experienced a form of sexual violence, with a majority of women saying they felt pressure to have sex.
Spanish Minister of Defence Margarita Robles has announced that her country will be providing an additional four Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks to Ukraine, along with more infantry vehicles.
A Spanish juvenile prosecutor has linked the consumption of pornography to a rise in sex attack cases among Spanish youth, claiming perpetrators use porn as a tutorial.
At least 646 convicted sex offenders from Spain have had their sentences reduced or been released due to the seemingly unintended consequences of a new leftist law on sexual consent.
Spanish populist party VOX has put forth a motion of censure directed at PM Pedro Sanchez in an effort to force an early election.
Shortages of fruits and vegetables in UK supermarkets could last for months amid high energy prices, a leading farmers’ organisation said.
Yasin Kanjaa, a radical Muslim accused of murdering one and injuring several others after attacks in two churches in Spain, has claimed he sees “devils” as authorities look into the state of his mental health.
Colombia’s left-wing President Gustavo Petro, a former urban guerrilla fighter who spent ten years running with a murderous Marxist insurgent gang in the 1970s, turned against his ideological fellow traveler Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua on Thursday.
The trains for Spain’s RENFE network were redesigned to fit the nation’s rail network, but the changes have delayed delivery of the units.
The Spanish parliament has approved a new transgender law that could allow children as young as 12 to change their gender legally. Conservatives have vowed to repeal the law.
Santiago Abascal, leader of the populist party VOX, slammed the centre-right for adopting the politics of the left a decade ago.
A member of the Spanish populist party VOX in the region of Andalusia has called for more pro-family policies and for the government to promote abortion less. Mercedes Rodríguez Tamayo, who serves as a deputy in the Andalusia regional parliament,
An MEP tells Breitbart it is outrageous the EU is handing out cash to lobbyists who promote ‘anti-nation, anti-family, anti-life’ policies.
ROME — The Spanish government has offered citizenship to the 222 political prisoners deported by the regime of Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega last Thursday.
The torso of a Chinese woman was found in an apartment complex in Antwerp, Belgium, with investigators believing she may have been linked to a prostitution network.
An association has slammed Spain for “subcontracting” illegal migrant border control to Morocco while noting a decrease in illegal arrivals.
The Equality Commission of the Spanish Senate has approved amending the country’s abortion law to prevent regions from implementing pro-life policies that may sway women from getting abortions.
Court said last week’s stabbings at two churches in Algeciras were likely a jihadist terrorist attack and remanded the suspect in custody.
Some 200 people had to be evacuated as fire crews on Monday extinguished a fire that engulfed a camp where hundreds of migrant workers live.
Spain has convicted over 200 jihadists since the 2004 Madrid train bombing, seeing far fewer attacks compared to other European countries.
The machete-wielding Moroccan jihadist Yassine Kanjaa who attacked Christians at church in southern Spain this week had been under a deportation order since June that was never acted upon, Associated Press reports.
A Moroccan illegal immigrant attacked Christians in two Spanish churches with a machete Wednesday, killing one and wounding at least four more.
A woman named Maria Branyas Morera is confirmed as the world’s oldest living person, Guinness World Records announced on January 19.
Several churchmen were stabbed in attacks, allegedly by a Moroccan, in two churches in Spain leaving one dead and others seriously injured.
A raid on an illegal tobacco factory in Spain found 10 Ukrainians who were being exploited, a Spanish Civil Guard spokesperson said Monday.
The worldwide food and fuel crises saw a spike in protests in countries across Europe in 2022, research by the American University has found.
The Spanish national leftist government has threatened to take the region of Castille and León to the constitutional court over proposed pro-life policies aimed at reducing abortions in the region. The Spanish Ministry of Health has called on the region
The populist vice president of the Spanish region of Castille and León has announced pro-life measures designed to help women avoid seeking abortions.
Farmers protested in Madrid against a governmental order to provide protection for a river, a move that could threaten crop irrigation.
The Black Lives Matter-inspired culture war on Britain’s history is continuing as a school named for English naval hero Sir Francis Drake is set to be rebranded after bosses decided he “sat at odds with the values of our school.”
Christians around the world marked the holiday of Epiphany on Friday with parades, toy distributions, and local water traditions — a way of welcoming the Magi to Bethlehem following their journey to visit the baby Jesus.
Spanish influencer Elena Huelva has died at the age of 20 after losing her battle with cancer and posting a heartbreaking farewell video to social media.
The government of Morocco on Sunday became the first country to ban travelers from China outright as a massive wave of Chinese coronavirus sweeps across that country.