British nationals who have been living abroad for less than 15 years will be allowed to vote in the EU referendum, while EU citizens in the UK will have no say on whether the UK stays in the European Union.
Esperanza Aguirre just wins most votes in City Hall but protest candiadate Manuela Carmena could forge an alliance with socialists to take the City Hall.
Sunday's election saw a dramatic shake-up of Spanish politics. In Madrid the ruling PP saw their majority shattered, while in Barcelona, a 41-year-old "indignado" won the most votes toppling CiU's grip on City Hall.
Valencia, the seaside city famed for huge scale public works projects and blighted by corruption scandals, will be a key test for the new electoral dynamic when it goes to the polls on Sunday.
Catalan nationalist parties and associations have signed a road map to secede from Spain in 2017 if independence movements win a September regional vote.
A regional vote on Sunday in Andalusia, one of the poorest parts of Spain, will be a key test ahead of the country's most unpredictable general election in decades.
A leading Catalan government official has admitted that the security forces would have to be deployed against Sunday’s consultation on independence if they were told to do so by the courts.
Quim Brugué, a member of the commission assembled to manage Catalonia's planned November 9th consultation on independence from Spain, has resigned citing "difficulties" in assuring "neutrality".
An association of Spanish judges has warned Catalan president Artur Mas that he could face up to 15 years imprisonment for prevarication, disobedience and sedition if he goes ahead with a planned vote on Catalan independence in November.
British expats living in Spain are being urged to register to vote on Wednesday — which has been named the official "Overseas Registration Day". The final deadline for registration is May 6th.
British and Irish expats in Spain who are fighting to hold on to the right to vote in their home countries were finally handed a boost by the European Commission on Wednesday. But will it change anything?
Catalonia's controversial bullfighting ban may soon be a thing of the past after the Spanish parliament agreed to talks on whether the sport is an "asset of cultural of interest".
