Spanish elections on 26 June: Have Spaniards fallen out of love with Europe?
The EU has been, and continues to be, an essential frame of reference for Spain. However, now those with an unfavourable view of Europe are a majority.
Influence and image of Spain
Israeli Sephardim can finally be Spanish again
The Law 12/2015 of 24th June is a historic gesture that crowns the process of reconciliation of Spain with its Sephardim.
Fourteen dilemmas for Spanish development aid in the new incoming parliament
The future of Spanish policy on international development cooperation requires a series of dilemmas to be politically addressed; these concern, for example, the geographical distribution of aid, the connection between development policy and other strands of foreign policy and the appropriate combination of instruments and actors.
Spain holds firm in the Elcano Global Presence Index, despite economic crisis
Spain's economic woes have not prevented the country from maintaining its global presence (12th position in the 2016 Elcano Global Presence Index Report).
Spain’s failure yet again to meet budget deficit target strains relations with Brussels
The conservative Popular Party (PP) government widely failed to meet the 2015 budget deficit target agreed with the European Commission.
Limited but non negligible consequences of Cameron’s agreement for Spain
Though undesirable for a country so firmly pro-European, the effects of the UK-EU deal do not have to be particularly dramatic for Spain, especially if they do not entail a cascade of petitions to obtain a singular status from other countries.
Spain moves towards fresh elections to break deadlock
Spain took a step toward fresh elections when Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist Party (PSOE) leader, twice failed to secure sufficient backing in Parliament to become Prime Minister.
Spain’s stance on Cameron’s negotiations
What is Spain’s stance on the negotiations for a new settlement for the UK in the EU prior to a referendum on the issue?
How to strengthen the G20: Spain’s multilateral perspective
In the context of slow growth, destabilising capital flows and currency wars, the G20 must develop joint solutions to overcome common problems.
Will Spain’s political stalemate damage its economic recovery?
There is still no sign of a new government in Spain and the potential impact on the economy’s recovery after a long recession is beginning to cause concern.
The 2015 Spanish General Election: political parties’ international priorities
Last summer, the Elcano Royal Institute decided to ask to the main political forces a series of questions on the major issues of foreign and European policy. The 20 or so questions that were posed seek to offer the reader a more or less complete, although not excessively detailed, overview of the main priorities in the foreign agendas of the Spanish political parties.
Spain in uncharted territory after inconclusive general election
The two upstart parties, the centrist Ciudadanos (‘Citizens’) and the anti-austerity Podemos (‘We Can’), broke the hegemony of the conservative Popular Party (PP) and the centre-left Socialists (PSOE), the two mainstream parties that have alternated in power since 1982.