Rubalcaba stepping down

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the leader of the main opposition group in Congress, and his team have decided to step down in the wake of the Socialist Party’s (PSOE) poor showing at Sunday’s European elections.

PP victorious in European elections

In the European elections, the centre-right parties have emerged victorious with the UK Labour Party, German Social Democrats and French Socialist Party suffering heavy defeats.

Campaigning to begin on Friday

The various political parties are preparing to start their campaigns for the upcoming European elections on June 7th 2009. Campaigning begins at midnight on Friday. The PSOE are kicking off their campaign at a hotel in Sevilla, the Partido Popular will be at the Palacio de Congresos in Cádiz, the IULV-CA are in Granada and the PA start things rolling …

European Parliamentary elections June 2009

The European Parliamentary elections are still a way off, June 2009, but the Council is already sending out letters to all those registered on the ‘padrón’, or municipal census. EU citizens resident in Spain have the right to vote in the elections, all you need to do is be registered on the census and return the letter declaring your intention …