Angry scenes mar Spanish prime minister’s Barcelona visit
Madrid government claims trip will boost chances of Catalan solution
Pedro Sánchez ousts Rajoy to become Spain’s prime minister
Socialist becomes the new PM with the support of a ‘Frankenstein coalition’
Regional polls could help break Spanish political deadlock
Galicia and Basque elections could boost Mariano Rajoy’s attempts to stay on as PM
Rajoy’s position now looks unassailable, and not only to his own party
Spain experiences Brexit ripple effect
Rajoy plans to form Spanish government by end of July
Advances bolster Popular Party leader’s ambition to form ‘grand coalition’
Six months, and still stalemate with no government in Spain
The public mood generally has shifted from exasperation to resignation, but the impact of a second impasse will be unpredictable
Political stalemate continues to reign in Spain
The most likely outcome remains new elections in June – and no major changes in the results
Prison release of Arnaldo Otegi offers opportunity in Spain
Peace dividend may follow for new government
The Irish Times view: Spain - where political deadlock reigns
Discreet voices in Brussels are warning that continued instability threatens an economic recovery that pulled the country back from brink of collapse
Spanish elections: Voters’ messages go unheard
Many Spaniards now accept that only a fresh and more open-ended vision of a common Iberian home can resolve the Catalan crisis
No path to stability as poll fractures Spanish politics
General election result retards gathering momentum towards state break-up
Voters break the mould in Spain
The challenge of coalition building will also be complicated by very differing attitudes to Catalan and Basque demands for independence
People’s Party to top Spanish election but lack majority
Conservative group needs support of other parties to earn another term, exit polls suggest
Spanish elections: A four-horse race turns into the home straight
Ciudadanos, fiercely opposed to Catalan (and Basque) nationalism, may find common cause with the Partido Popular after all
Spain’s political parties combine to oppose Catalan secession
Prime minister Mariano Rajoy to meet leaders of Ciudadanos and Podemos parties
Political transformation of Spain likely to be driven by Podemos
Austerity policies and claims of fraud have steered voters towards the new
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