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...Esteban’s removal “shows [the Socialists’] desire to repeat the majority that brought them to power”, said Manuel Arias-Maldonado, a political-science professor at the University of Malaga....
...“The centre-right block is being punished by its fragmentation, as expected,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, professor of political science at the University of Málaga....
...“It’s important for the PSOE to show that it can compete in elections and win and that the PP is on the wane,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a politics professor at the University of Málaga....
...“The agreement shatters the [socialists’] illusion that a government of Ciudadanos and the PP could be averted,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, professor of politics at the University of Malaga....
...Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist prime minister who took power last month with a promise to improve relations between Madrid and Barcelona, hosted talks with the pro-independence Catalan leader Joaquim Torra...
...On Wednesday Pedro Sánchez, leader of the opposition Socialist party, upped the stakes over the budget, saying Mr Rajoy should call an early general election — they are due in 2020 — if he is not able to...
...Manuel Arias Maldonado, professor of political science at the University of Málaga, said it made clear that Spain was “not going to give up” in defending the country and its constitution, which describes...
...“Spain needs to forge a new consensus by updating the constitution,” Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish Socialist party leader, said this month....
...A bruising battle for control of the Spanish Socialist party has ended in defeat for party leader Pedro Sánchez, plunging the centre-left opposition into its worst crisis in decades but lifting hopes of...
...What you have is a clash of identities rather than just policies,” said Manuel Arias Maldonado, a political scientist at the University of Málaga....
...The two frontrunners bidding to take his place – Eduardo Madina, 38, and Pedro Sánchez, 42 – currently serve as members of parliament....
...This is basically a rehearsal for next year,” said Mr Arias Maldonado....
...“The expectation is that there will be big traffic from Brazil to our ports, but there really are no numbers,” says Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, finance minister....
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