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...Insurance saleswoman María Lucas Pérez said the PP’s handling of the Catalan secession referendum had been “embarrassing”....
...We need someone to yank us by the ear,” said Antonio Pérez, a retired civil servant who attended the Barcelona event....
...And during last year’s failed Catalan independence bid former premier Mariano Rajoy, of the centre-right People’s party, agreed to consider reform in the hope of heading off the independence bid....
...Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez has pushed for more dialogue than his predecessor Mariano Rajoy....
...“We used to produce just a few thousand tonnes a year,” says Lluis Perez, the owner of Plasper. “Today it’s all so different.”...
...Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s prime minister, invoked Article 155 in response to Catalonia’s staging of an illegal independence referendum and the regional parliament’s declaration of independence....
...Rather, he wants a federal Spain “like the United States” and for both Mr Puigdemont and Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s prime minister, to leave office....
...Enemy ears are listening,” warns a first world war propaganda poster on the door of Will Perez’s second-hand bookshop, near Béziers’ town hall....
...Three days after the Brexit vote in the UK, Spanish voters increased support for Mariano Rajoy’s centre-right Popular party, in spite of a series of corruption scandals linked to it....
...There’s great work too from Nathalie Armin as Ralph’s acidly angry wife and from Flor De Liz Perez as damaged wildcat Veronica, while Yul Vázquez is wonderfully eccentric as Julio....
...In a rare gesture of public contrition, Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, offered an apology on Tuesday to “all Spaniards” for his party’s involvement in the latest affair....
...Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba said he was taking responsibility for his party’s dismal showing in Sunday’s European Parliament elections, which saw support for the Socialists drop to just 23 per cent, down from...
...“We are absolutely against a right to self-determination and independence for Catalonia,” Mr Pérez Rubalcaba said....
...Mr Sánchez will replace Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, a former deputy prime minister and veteran party leader, who resigned after the party’s heavy defeat in the May European Parliament elections....
...“I hope we don’t default,” said Mr Vázquez....
...José Antonio Pérez Tapias, the third candidate, has backed the plan – but recent polls suggest he has little chance of winning the leadership....
...Mariano Rajoy on Thursday offered the fullest defence yet of his conduct in the slush fund affair that has rocked Spain’s ruling Popular party, but admitted he was wrong to trust Luis Bárcenas, the former...
...Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, the Socialist leader, renewed his call for Mr Rajoy to appear in parliament in an interview on Sunday....
...Things are not looking good for Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s prime minister....
...The proposed change counts as one of the most controversial moves made by the centre-right government of Mariano Rajoy to date, and looks certain to reopen the deep political and cultural divide between...
...Mariano Rajoy has bowed to mounting pressure over the slush fund scandal that has engulfed his ruling Popular party and said he is ready to appear in parliament to confront the allegations....
...According to leaked ledgers that purport to show the payments made from the secret party fund, the recipients included Mariano Rajoy, the current Spanish prime minister....
...Spain’s opposition Socialists have threatened to call a formal motion of censure against the government of Mariano Rajoy, piling fresh political pressure on the Spanish leader over a slush-fund scandal that...
...Mariano Rajoy on Sunday faced a fresh barrage of calls to resign over the slush fund scandal that has enveloped Spain’s Popular party, after revelations the prime minister sent supportive text messages to...
...Analysts say that Spaniards know only too well that the harsh spending cuts and painful tax raises pushed through by Mariano Rajoy were agreed and implemented in Madrid....
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