France's right-wing paper Le Figaro is overjoyed at the landslide for the Spanish right in general elections, while the left-wing Libération skips the historic Socialist defeat across the border to concentrate on President Nicolas Sarkozy who, it argues, faces "a very personal dilemma". That's the focus for this look at what the French papers are saying, Monday 21st November 2011.
Spain’s opposition Popular Party declared victory in Sunday’s general election with a landslide win led by party chief and future prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. The ruling Socialist party conceded defeat with just a third of the vote.
With more than 80 percent of the votes counted, Spain’s centre-right Popular Party has won the biggest ever election victory in its history in Sunday’s general election, with the ruling Socialist party conceding defeat late Sunday.
Spaniards voted Sunday in parliamentary elections that opinion polls indicate will herald in a new right-wing government following widespread dissatisfaction over the ruling Socialist party’s handling of the economic crisis.
After Sunday’s landslide election victory, Spain’s Mariano Rajoy is all set to take up the country’s top job. But can Spain’s next prime minister pull his country out of its economic doldrums?
As Spaniards head to the polls on Sunday for a general election, we take a look at the "Indignados" - a movement that still enjoys widespread popular support, yet refuses to enter the political arena.
Spain's parliament was dissolved on Monday and an early general election set for November 20, with the ruling Socialists likely to lose by a wide margin. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said he plans to leave politics after the vote.
Looking to take advantage of favourable poll ratings, Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (pictured) announced Friday that he was calling a general election for November, four months earlier than planned.
In Friday's look at the international press, Croatian papers allege Ratko Mladic negotiated with Serbian authorities for years, Spain and Germany kiss and make up over the falsely accused cucumbers, and former presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico say current drug policy has failed and call for legalisation.
For over a week, thousands of protesters have set up camp in the symbolic Plaza del Sol in Madrid and in dozens of other cities across Spain. This in a country that is not accustomed to holding street protests.
