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Spain: poverty hits millions despite growth

It looks like an ordinary summer’s day at a swimming pool on the outskirts of Sevilla in southern Spain: a group of children are splashing around in the water.

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The poverty cycle

Why is poverty on the rise in Europe and what can be done?

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Spain: Rajoy survives no-confidence motion

The anti-austerity Podemos Party brought the motion against the embattled prime minister.

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Spain's Rajoy faces no-confidence vote

Lawmakers in Spain have begun debating a motion of no-confidence against conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

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Catalan independence: stalemate

Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont is reported to have prepared a law of secession from Spain to be enacted if the region is prevented from holding an independence referendum. Spanish Prime Minis

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

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

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Meet Ciudadanos: the party dreaming of a Spanish remake of Macron’s success

On the night of the second round of the French presidential election, the formally social-democratic now liberal-progressive Spanish party, Ciudadanos, invited supporters of Emmanuel Macron to their H

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Spanish MPs clear way to exhumation of Franco

By a clear majority Spanish members of parliament have voted to remove the body of General Franco from a controversial Civil War cemetery.

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Spain's PM called as witness in Popular Party corruption trial

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been called as a witness in a corruption trial that has long been plaguing his ruling Popular Party.

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Hogar Social, the new face of Spain's extreme-right

Euronews visits the Madrid headquarters of extreme-right group Hogar Social hours before it is evicted by police.

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ETA to announce disarmament - reports

France's Le Monde newspaper reports the group has scheduled a full handover of weapons for April 8, six years after declaring a permanent ceasefire.

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Former Catalan regional head banned from office over referendum

The former head of Spain’s Catalonia region was barred from public office for two years on Monday for staging an informal referendum on independence, after a trial that has stoked tensions between sep

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Anti-transgender bus forced off the streets of Madrid

Campaigners had planned to take the bright orange vehicle on a national tour of Spain. However, activists, trade unions and officials from Madrid City Council united against it.

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Spain's Podemos party re-elects Iglesias as leader, rejects move to the centre

Spain's anti-austerity party Podemos has confirmed it is sticking to its leftist roots by reelecting Pablo Iglesias as Secretary General.

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The men behind Catalonia's separatist push

In January 2016, Carles Puigdemont took over from Artur Mas to lead the regional government of Catalonia.

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Thousands rally to support Catalonian independence leader as he stands trial

Artur Mas is accused of civil disobedience for holding an unofficial independence referendum for the Spanish region in 2014.

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How a Spanish man took on Google over privacy concerns and won

Perhaps you don't like details from your private life appearing on search engine results? Don't worry: you can take control of your web presence and protect your privacy.

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Catalonia wants declaration of "interdependence, not independence"

Carles Puigdemont was elected as head of Spain’s Catalonia region in January last year on a platform of delivering independence.

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Catalan lawmakers rip up images of Spain's King Felipe

The provocative action follows the arrest of five activists for burning photos of the King on Catalonia's National Day in September

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Madrid protests austerity despite minimum wage increase

Protests in Madrid against austerity measures in Spain highlighted the public’s anger at their government’s attempts to balance the books.