Now playing Next Spain Spanish socialists win MPs' backing for left-wing coalition government This is the first coalition government since Spain's transition to democracy after the regime of Francisco Franco. 07/01/2020
Now playing Next Spain Spain's Sanchez falls short for coalition agreement once again Spainish Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez must wait yet again before he can move forward with a coalition government. 06/01/2020
Now playing Next Spain Spanish left-wing coalition fails to secure support in first vote As expected, Spain's interim Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has failed in his first attempt to get Parliament's backing to form a coalition government. A second vote on Tuesday should give him the votes he needs. 05/01/2020
Now playing Next Spain Spanish parliament debates Sanchez's left-wing coalition plan Spain's coalition saga continues. 04/01/2020
Now playing Next Spain Government before Christmas? Spain's PM holds talks with Catalan party Spain's acting Prime Minister and Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez meet pro-independence Catalan Party to unlock the political stalemate. 14/12/2019
Now playing Next World Spanish Parliament reconvenes - with Sanchez still short of majority Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez is seeking to form a coalition government with far left partners Podemos, but the two parties together don’t have enough seats to form an absolute majority. 03/12/2019
Now playing Next Spain Euroviews. It’s time for Sánchez to sit and talk with Catalan leaders about our future ǀ View The new government will have to take politics out of the courts and go back to the negotiating table where the Catalan government has been waiting for too long. The response of an EU member state to a political problem cannot simply be judicial repression and police violence. 19/11/2019
Now playing Next Spain Weary Spanish voters prepare for fourth election in four years Political leaders have made a final appeal to voters before Sunday's snap election that looks unlikely to resolve Spain's parliamentary gridlock. 09/11/2019
Now playing Next Spain Euroviews. Catalonia, Spain, and Europe are Better Together ǀ View The challenge of separatism in Catalonia, devised against and outside Spain’s constitutional framework, and silencing the majority of Catalans who are against independence, is a challenge for Europe and Europeans. 07/11/2019
Now playing Next World Demonstrators call on authorities to 'clean up the mess from Spain' Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Barcelona's Plaza España on Tuesday night, putting detergent in a water fountain. Their message to the authorities was to 'clean up the mess from Spain'. 23/10/2019
Now playing Next Spain Madrid urged to 'sit down and talk' with Catalan regional leaders Madrid was urged on Tuesday to open talks on self-determination for Catalonia after days of at-times violent protests over jail sentences for nine separatist leaders. 22/10/2019
Now playing Next World Catalan activist condemns severity of sentences for separatists as anti-democratic A Catalan activist and political commentator has condemned the sentences handed out to pro-separatist as leaders as undemocratic. Andres da Silva told Euronews' Good Morning Europe that the severity of the sentences was undemocratic and greatly worsened the situation. 15/10/2019
Now playing Next Spain The Spanish government launches campaign curb criticism The Government of Spain and its main leaders have launched a campaign on social media under the hashtag #Everybodysland, at the same time that Spain's Supreme Court sentence -convicting nine Catalan separatist leaders to between 9 and 13 years in prison- was made public. 14/10/2019
Now playing Next World Barcelona residents use balcony flags to show stance on independence A war of flags has taken over Barcelona's balconies with both pro and anti-independence supporters using their outside spaces to make clear where they stand on Catalonia's secession debate. 08/10/2019
Now playing Next Spain Spain elections: What could break the political impasse? Spaniards were frustrated and angry on Wednesday after being called to the polls for a fourth time in four years and some said they would stay away from the ballot box, making it harder to predict how the political deadlock could be broken. 20/09/2019
Now playing Next Spain Spain to hold fourth elections in four years, announces Sanchez Spain will hold parliamentary elections on November 10, acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday after failing to secure enough support to be confirmed as premier. 17/09/2019
Now playing Next World Spain might face fourth election in as many years Coalition talks between the far-left Podemos party and Spain’s caretaker socialist government have broken down. Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has until the 23rd of September to form a majority coalition or face yet another general election. 11/09/2019
Now playing Next World Podemos insist on formal coalition as price for saving Sánchez Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has once again rejected the far-left Unidas Podemos' demand for a formal coalition government. On Tuesday, Mr Sanchez unveiled a new programme of policies to encourage the far-left party into backing him as Prime Minister. 04/09/2019
Now playing Next world news Spain to allow Open Arms migrants to disembark in Mallorca Migrants have been jumping from Open Arms and attempting to swim ashore and scuffles have broken out as the vessel remains barred from Italy. 18/08/2019
Now playing Next Spain Pedro Sanchez to keep working with all parties to avoid new elections Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez loses the second investiture vote after he failed to secure a deal with left-wing Podemos. 25/07/2019