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...Carmen Calvo, the deputy prime minister taking on Spain’s fascist past, still remembers the first time she saw the monumental complex erected by the late dictator Francisco Franco....
...Laura Rojas, an opposition deputy from the National Action party, tweeted that the bill had been postponed until February....
...The Whitney’s Vida Americana traces how Mexican muralists remade American Art, featuring work by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros....
...The people in the middle get urinated on,” says Mr Rivera, the state senator....
...After frenetic positioning by the country’s political parties, King Felipe VI decided that there was not “sufficient support” in the Chamber of Deputies for a new government....
...Now, however, Pablo Iglesias, the Podemos leader, will be a deputy prime minister and his party is expected to take three ministries....
...But the combined forces of the left fall far short of a majority in the 350-member chamber of deputies....
...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....
...“We are facing the same fragmented landscape, which is not conducive to big reforms or big policy changes,” said Antonio Barroso, deputy director of research at Teneo....
...Carmen Calvo, deputy prime minister, said the Socialists (PSOE) would “try to form a government alone”. She told Cadena SER radio: “We’ve tried this formula already with very good results.”...
...Mr Rivera’s decision to close off the prospect of coalition with the socialists is an attempt to stop voters concerned about the Catalan issue straying to PP and Vox, said Antonio Barroso, deputy director...
...On Friday morning, Carmen Calvo, deputy prime minister, said talk of surrender was absurd. “[The government’s] obligation is to dialogue,” she said....
...Albert Rivera, Ciudadanos’ national leader, has condemned Vox as “populist” allies of Marine Le Pen....
...Albert Rivera, leader of Ciudadanos, this week charged that the Sánchez government looked more like an “electoral committee”....
...“There are reasonable doubts about your doctoral thesis,” said Albert Rivera, leader of the liberal Ciudadanos party, in parliament on Wednesday. “Why are you hiding it?”...
...Antonio Barroso, deputy director of research at Teneo Intelligence, said Mr Casado’s comments were further evidence that he was seeking to position his party further to the right, and to shift the debate...
...She is a close ally of Albert Rivera, national leader of Ciudadanos, and Thursday’s result is certain to further enhance her national profile....
...Pedro Sánchez, the leader of the Socialist party, was the only candidate to submit to a vote in parliament but he won only the backing of his own deputies and those of Ciudadanos....
...Mr Rajoy acknowledged on Wednesday that the backing of Ciudadanos alone would not be enough to win him a second mandate, for which he also needs the abstention of at least some deputies from the Socialist...
...Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera is due to meet Mr Rajoy on Thursday....
...Mr Rajoy has invited Mr Rivera as well as Pablo Iglesias, the Podemos leader, for talks next Monday....
...The two most talked-about alternatives to Mr Rajoy are Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, the deputy prime minister, and Pablo Casado, the deputy party leader. Both, however, have their drawbacks....
...What is more, Mr Rivera’s bargaining position will be much weaker than many had believed: even if he does decide to back one of the other party leaders for prime minister, his 40 deputies alone are not enough...
...It is possible that Mr Rivera — a popular and eloquent politician — can find a new formula for success....
...vision is likely to remain unfulfilled for years to come (if it can ever be achieved) but until the Catalan challenge is resolved their presence in the legislature removes a potentially decisive number of deputies...
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