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Spain's Socialists won't form government if investiture votes fail

Spanish Socialists will give up trying to install their leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister if he fails to win two investiture votes this month, a spokesman for the Spanish Socialist party said on Tuesday.

Portugal

SOS: last call for the European socialist party

Gathered in Brussels, the European socialist leaders endorsed the candidacy of Frans Timmermans as president of the European Commission. Will they be able to calm the anger that seems to prevail in Europe?

Spain

Euroviews. Rajoy out, Sanchez in — what next for Spain? l View

Euronews speaks to Spanish politics expert Paul Kennedy about what the changes mean for the Catalonia dispute, what policies Sanchez is likely to pursue and how long he will last in power.

Spain

How would Sánchez have handled the Catalan crisis if he was prime minister?

Pedro Sánchez says the PSOE has "only one goal, which is to open dialogue and try to reach a political solution."

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Spain

Spain's Socialists elect hard-liner Pedro Sanchez as their new leader

Spain’s bitterly divided Socialist party has chosen a new leader.

France

Defeated French Socialists and Republicans urge votes for Macron

As the losing mainstream candidates lick their wounds after the first-round of the French presidential race, their shocked parties have had to agree on what to do…

France

French vote: The mainstream losers

The presidential election was a huge defeat for France’s mainstream parties.

France

Socialist Hamon a campaign of hemorrhaging support

Hamon a campaign of disappointment

France

Socialist Benoit Hamon appeals to the left

France's Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon vows to fight on after Manuel Valls said he would not vote for him

France

France election: Valls back Macron

France’s former Prime Minister Manuel Valls will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election

France

The struggle for the soul of the French Left hots up

Two giant rallies in Paris have pitted the far-left against the centre-left, which is currently in government.

France

French Greens embrace Socialists and start joint presidential campaign

French electors have no environmental presidential candidate to vote for for the first time since the 1960s, with the Greens' man now campaigning alongside the Socialists.

France

Benoit Hamon wins the fight for the soul of French Socialism

More than 1.3 million voters took part in the run-off vote organised by the French Socialist Party to pick their candidate for the country's upcoming presidential election.

France

Who is Benoit Hamon?

It’s easy to say it now with hindsight but Benoit Hamon’s swift rise to the top shouldn’t really be much of a surprise.

France

Fighting for the soul of Socialism in France

A run-off vote pits pro-business ex-premier Manuel Valls against hard-left lawmaker Benoit Hamon to be the party's presidential candidate. Analysts say it could fracture the party and potentially hand

France

France: socialists choose presidential candidate in run-off

French voters are choosing the socialist candidate for this year’s presidential election in a run-off vote which pits former prime minister Manuel Valls against hard-left hopeful Benoit…

France

Hamon and Valls clash over the economy in TV debate

France’s remaining two candidates for the Socialist party’s presidential nomination have clashed over the credibility of their manifestos on prime time…

France

Crowded field jostles for position as mud flies in French presidential race

With the Socialist candidate finally chosen this weekend, can either Manuel Valls or Benoit Hamon make a difference in the packed French presidential election race?

France

France politics: Benoit Hamon ahead of Manual Valls in first round socialist presidential primary

Results from France’s first round socialist presidential primary show Benoit Hamon in front of the country’s former Prime Minister Manual Valls.

France

France politics: Benoit Hamon ahead of Manual Valls in first round socialist presidential primary

Results from France’s first round socialist presidential primary show Benoit Hamon in front of the country’s former Prime Minister Manual Valls.