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Profile of EU Member Spain: Great European ambitions, but nationally divided

Posted on 7 March 2024
by Hanna Krijgsman van Spangenberg

A country in which national politics is on edge but that wants to become more prominent at the EU level. Spain, the European Union (EU) Member State in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Known as a popular holiday destination with high temperatures, but at…

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The Spanish political month of July

Posted on 18 July 2023
by Hanna Krijgsman van Spangenberg
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Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and national parliamentary elections. 1 July marked the beginning of the fifth Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union (‘the Council’). The Council has a rotating presidency, meaning that every six months, another Member…

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Madrilenians reward Ayuso’s conservative People’s party in a monumental election

Posted on 6 May 2021
by Diego Vallejo and Marnix Vermeer

The extreme-right Vox party is all but guaranteed to join the coalition. The fascist Caudillo of Spain, Francisco Franco, died in 1975 deciding that his successor would be the next in line to the throne of the Spanish monarchy: Juan Carlos I of Bourbon. The…