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v. t. e. This article serves as a list of the political parties in Spain. Spain has a multi-party system at both the national and regional level, the major parties nationwide being the People's Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Spain was formerly considered to have a two-party system dominated by the PSOE and the PP ...
Spain's political system is a multi-party system, but since the 1990s two parties have been predominant in politics, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the People's Party (PP). Regional parties, mainly the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV), from the Basque Country, and Convergence and Union (CiU) and the Republican Left of ...
The name of Spain (España) comes from Hispania, the name used by the Romans for the Iberian Peninsula and its provinces during the Roman Empire.The etymological origin of the term Hispania is uncertain, although the Phoenicians referred to the region as Spania (meaning "Land of rabbits"), therefore, the most accepted theory is the Phoenician one. [18]
The People's Party[25] (Spanish: Partido Popular [paɾˈtiðo popuˈlaɾ] ⓘ; known mostly by its acronym, PP [peˈpe]) is a conservative [26][14] and Christian-democratic [14][17] political party in Spain. The People's Party was a 1989 re-foundation of People's Alliance (AP), a party led by former minister Manuel Fraga.
The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy (Spanish: Monarquía Española) is the constitutional form of government of Spain. It consists of a hereditary monarch who reigns as the head of state, being the highest office of the country. [1] The current King is Felipe VI since 19 June 2014, after the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I.
from Spanish dengue meaning "fever", from Swahili dinga, "seizure" derecho from Spanish derecho meaning "straight" or "masculine of right side" < latin directum, a widespread and long-lived convection-induced straight-line windstorm descamisado from Spanish descamisado, "without a shirt" < camisa "shirt" < celtic kamisia. desperado
Vox (political party) Vox (Spanish pronunciation: [boɣs]; Latin for 'voice'; often stylized in all caps) is a national conservative [23] political party in Spain. Founded in 2013, it is currently led by party president Santiago Abascal, vice presidents Jorge Buxadé, Javier Ortega Smith, Reyes Romero, and secretary-general Ignacio Garriga. [24]
Spain, like other parts of the world, used local mean time until 31 December 1900. [2] In San Sebastián on 22 July 1900, the president of the Consejo de Ministros, Francisco Silvela, proposed to the regent of Spain, María Cristina, a royal decree to standardise the time in Spain; thus setting Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00) as the standard time in peninsular Spain, the Balearic Islands and ...