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...In a recent FT interview, Pablo Casado, leader of the centre-right opposition People’s party, depicted the government’s preoccupations as out-of-sync with contemporary concerns....
...“We feel defenceless,” said Mr Rivera....
...The couple had two sons, Daniel and Pablo, and lived among a milieu of Latin intellectuals in Santo Domingo and Washington DC....
...“There is a lot of last-minute manoeuvring because everyone wants to show they have done what they can to avoid new elections,” said Pablo Simon, professor of politics at Madrid’s Carlos III university....
...A major reason for Vox’s rise, aside from Catalan nationalism fuelling Spanish nationalism, is the way Mr Rivera and his callow PP rival, Pablo Casado, have preferred to play sorcerer’s apprentice rather...
...Pablo Casado, the centre-right Popular party leader, and Albert Rivera, who on Monday resigned as head of the fiercely anti-Catalan nationalist Ciudadanos party, are also to blame for the far-right’s surge...
...Albert Rivera, leader of the pro-market Ciudadanos party, which fiercely opposes Catalan independence, said Mr Sánchez had to “finish with Torra” and apply article 155 of the Spanish constitution — which...
...Before the result was announced Mr Sánchez accused Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias of prioritising his personal ambitions over policies, saying “99.9 per cent” of their conversations had focused on government...
...Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos’ leader, resigned on Monday. The poll was triggered by the failure of Pedro Sánchez, caretaker prime minister, to win parliament’s backing to form a government....
...Instead, Mr Rivera tacked to the right, hoping to become the main alternative to Mr Sánchez. On Monday, he resigned....
...Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera, who supported a 2016 premiership bid by Mr Sánchez, has vetoed such a coalition because of the Socialist leader’s alleged willingness to accommodate separatist demands....
...But Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera has ruled it out categorically and there seems to be too much bad blood between him and Mr Sánchez. In any case, Mr Rivera is too hardline on the Catalan issue....
...On Sunday Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos, reiterated his desire to form part of a Socialist-led government....
...Pablo Simón, professor of politics at Madrid’s Carlos III university, said a veto against Mr Sánchez was “risky but rational” because Ciudadanos was losing many more voters to the right than to the left....
...The PP, which had also swung to the right under the leadership of 38-year-old Pablo Casado, was routed, losing half of its MPs....
...But their relationship has soured over Mr Sánchez’s talks with Catalan separatist parties, and Ciudadanos head Albert Rivera has vociferously ruled out voting for Mr Sánchez, or abstaining, as he has moved...
...The debate was punctuated with theatrical moments from Albert Rivera of the economically liberal Ciudadanos party, which has faded in recent polls....
...“They are ceasing to be a national party,” said Pablo Simon, professor of politics at Madrid’s Carlos III university. Not all PP supporters are pessimistic....
...Pablo Iglesias of the anti-establishment Podemos party, born out of a protest movement of 2011, emerged as the most measured leader in the intense debate....
...More recently, Mr Rivera participated in a demonstration in Madrid against Mr Sánchez’s government, where he was photographed alongside PP head Pablo Casado and Vox leader Santiago Abascal....
...The party veered sharply to the right under its new leader, Pablo Casado, but it haemorrhaged support to Vox while also losing votes to the liberal Ciudadanos, which did better than anticipated, winning...
...Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos leader, said it was a “good day” and warned against offering Mr Sánchez a chance to return to the Moncloa after a “failed legislature.”...
...Pablo Casado, leader of the centre-right opposition People’s party (PP) labelled him a “traitor” and a “felon”....
...Albert Rivera, leader of the ostensibly liberal centre-right Ciudadanos (Citizens) party, lurched recklessly right in a bid — which looks to have failed — to supplant the PP and become prime minister....
...“I think it’s [women’s votes] one of the few things that can save this country,” says Pablo Echenique of Podemos....
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