Ricky Bean

Articles in Spain by Ricky Bean

Possible third election in Spain on the horizon

Possible third election in Spain on the horizon

With political uncertainty in Spain, a third election in under a year may be necessary to finally decide on a government.   The political environment in Spain has been in limbo since the December 2015 elections which failed to produce a new government. Since then, leader of the People’s Party (PP) Mariano Rajoy, the largest party in Congress, has remained in office in a caretaker capacity. A second election in June saw the PP claim more seats, but still not enough to form a majority government (137 out of 176) – and the party is at a stalemate with other political parties over the p
How Spain is viewing Brexit

How Spain is viewing Brexit

The continuing ripple effect from Britain’s vote to leave the EU stretches ever deeper, with uncertain times for many British people in Spain and elsewhere.  
Local summer events

Local summer events

Have you ever seen a human tower? Fancy a trip to a chic evening market? How about music on the beach or revisiting old Havana? You can do all of these things and more in a small area of the Costa Brava.  
Let us have dual identities – post-referendum petition for British-Spanish citizenship

Let us have dual identities – post-referendum petition for British-Spanish citizenship

For the many thousands of British people resident in Spain, Brexit has created a feeling of uncertainty about their future. A petition seeks to address their concerns by asking for Spanish and British citizenship. Two British journalists living in Spain have launched a petition to the Spanish government requesting that British citizens who have been resident in Spain for ten years or more be allowed to hold dual British/Spanish citizenship. This could affect around 400,000 British people and would remove some of the uncertainty British people living in Spain currently face following the vote t

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