Mariano Rajoy: latest news, reactions and political current events

The Kitchen trial is ready for sentencing after four months, more than a hundred witnesses, and the uncertainty of whether it was "espionage" or a "legal" police operation.

The trial for the so-called 'Operation Kitchen' has this week been set for sentencing after just over four months of oral hearings in the National Court (AN). The court, presided over by Judge Teresa Palacios, has heard during this time from more than a hundred witnesses, including police commanders, agents,...

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Villarejo attributes his accusation in Kitchen to having stepped on toes and defends that his notes were temporary.

The retired commissioner José Manuel Villarejo stated this Tuesday before the National Court that his presence in the dock for the 'Operation Kitchen' is due to having stepped on "such important toes." At the same time, he emphasized that the notes collected in his agendas, which have been one of...

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Why Mariano Rajoy is trending again and what the former president has said

Mariano Rajoy is trending again at a particularly uncomfortable moment for Spanish politics: that of corruption as the main weapon of confrontation between the PP and the PSOE. The former president of the Government reappears in the conversation not because he has returned to the front line of institutions, but because his figure continues...

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From Ajuria Enea to a bar in Vigo: this is how the deputies remember the night when Spain conquered the 2010 World Cup

July 11, 2010. The day before, Barcelona hosted a historic demonstration under the slogan "We are a nation. We decide," called after the ruling of the Constitutional Court on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. At the same time, its main supporter, the then President of the Government José Luis...

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Mariano Rajoy will speak at the PP Political Conference in Ibiza this Friday

The former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy will travel this Friday to Ibiza to speak at the Political Conference of the Popular Party, which will take place on Friday and Saturday at the Hotel Torre del Mar.As detailed by the PP in a press release, Rajoy will hold a...

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Mónica García insists that Rajoy or the PP ask for forgiveness from France and stop "digging a trench"

The Minister of Health and leader of Más Madrid, Mónica García, reiterated this Wednesday in Congress that she continues to await the former President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, or any PP leader, to offer apologies to France for what she considers a "diplomatic offense" with an evident "racist substratum,"...

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Rajoy responds to Sánchez after France-Spain: "They don't apologize for anything"

His response comes after Spain's 0-2 defeat against France, which puts the National Team in the final of the 2026 World Cup against Argentina or England. Mariano Rajoy has not apologized. He has done something much more recognizable in Mariano Rajoy: respond with a dry sentence, several political jabs, and...

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Rajoy reproaches the Government for diverting focus with the controversy over the French team

The former President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, has lashed out at the Executive for "distracting attention" with his statements about the French national team and has criticized "authorities" who choose to "inform a foreign minister" or "bow to a prime minister" to generate "noise".In a new text published in...

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The PP denounces that the Government wants to stretch the gum with Rajoy to cover up the corruption cases

The spokesperson for the Popular Party in Congress, Ester Muñoz, accused this Tuesday the Executive of Pedro Sánchez of trying to "stretch the gum" at the expense of the comments of former president Mariano Rajoy about the French team, considering that the Government is "besieged" by various corruption cases.Muñoz reminded...

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The Government reprimands Rajoy for not yet apologizing after the controversy in Spain and France

The Government has expressed its displeasure because former president Mariano Rajoy (PP) "has not yet apologized" for his comments on the French national football team, after the numerous criticisms they have generated both in Spain and in France.This was stated by the Executive's spokesperson, Elma Saiz, at the press conference...

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Cid urges Alejandro Fernández to reject Rajoy's words about the French team

The spokesperson for the Comuns in Parliament, David Cid, has urged this Tuesday the president of the PP in Catalonia, Alejandro Fernández, to publicly distance himself from former Government President Mariano Rajoy for his comments on the French team.In a press conference in the Catalan Chamber, Cid stressed that "Rajoy's...

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Illa transfers to the consul of France in the Generalitat his rejection of Rajoy's words

The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, received the French consul in Barcelona, Azar Agah-Ducrocq, this Tuesday at the Palau de la Generalitat, following the controversy generated by the statements of former Government President Mariano Rajoy about the French team. During the meeting, Illa expressed his rejection of these words...

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The Community of Madrid lashes out against a Government that uses "smokescreens" with Rajoy's words to "cover up its corruption"

The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Local Administration of the Community of Madrid, Miguel Ángel García Martín, has lashed out this Tuesday against the central government, which he accuses of wanting to manufacture "hoaxes and smoke screens," in reference to the latest controversy generated by the statements of former...

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Maíllo demands Rajoy apologize after his words about the French team

The federal coordinator of Izquierda Unida (IU), Antonio Maíllo, has maintained this Tuesday that the former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy has made it clear that "being President of the Government does not exempt you from saying stupidities and imbecilities", and that he "must apologize" for the comment he...

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Lamine Yamal responds to Rajoy: "Football serves to integrate"

Lamine Yamal has responded to the controversial words of Mariano Rajoy about the French national team with a defense of football as a tool for integration. "If football is good for anything, it is for integrating society, and France and Spain are a good example," stated the Spanish national team...

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Wheel attributes delay to Rajoy for the French team and criticizes the overacting

The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, has expressed his discomfort with the "overreaction" that, in his opinion, has been generated after the article by former government president Mariano Rajoy, in which he maintains that the French national football team has "a very high level, yes, without Frenchmen," alluding to...

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Everyone against a Rajoy who does not apologize for his words about French footballers: "It's stupidity, racism or both"

The former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy has managed to bring almost the entire French political spectrum into agreement. From Emmanuel Macron's Executive to Marine Le Pen's far-right, including socialists, communists, conservatives, the French Football Federation, and a good part of the French press, criticisms have multiplied against the...

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Juan Vivas distances himself from Rajoy for his words about the French team

The president of the Autonomous City of Ceuta, Juan Vivas (PP), has distanced himself this Monday from the statements of former Government President Mariano Rajoy on the French national football team, emphasizing that he does not share them, understanding that nationality "is not determined by culture or ethnicity."Vivas wanted to...

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Le Pen's party accuses Rajoy of racism for his "regrettable" words about the French national team

National Rally, the party of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, has accused former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of being "racist" on Monday following his remarks that the French national football team has "a very high level, yes, but without Frenchmen," emphasizing that these are words that "everyone should condemn.""Mr....

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The PP defends Rajoy's "sarcastic" tone and downplays the controversy over the French team

The national spokesperson for the PP, Borja Sémper, defended this Monday that the football columns of former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy are "sarcastic" and downplayed the controversy generated by his comments, in which he stated that the French national football team, Spain's rival in the World Cup semi-final,...

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Mónica García, after Rajoy's words about the French team: "The best campaign is for the right to keep talking"

The Minister of Health, Mónica García, assured this Monday, following the opinion expressed by former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy about the French men's national football team, that "the best campaign for the left is for the right to keep talking".In statements in Congress, before participating in a Sumar event, the...

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Hereu considers that Rajoy's words about the French team are much more than a mistake

The Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, has maintained that the statements by former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy about the origin of the French national football team players are "much more than a mistake".Before inaugurating the Pangea Propulsion ship in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Hereu referred to...

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The BNG calls Rajoy's statements about the French team "very unfortunate"

The deputy spokesperson for the BNG, Luís Bará, has described the statements made by the former central government president, Mariano Rajoy, in relation to the French football team as "very unfortunate".Bará, who had not read the article, pointed out that, "taking into account the person," the ex-leader's remarks seemed equally...

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Bolaños calls Rajoy's column "very unfortunate" and accuses the PP of international hooliganism

The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, has described as "very unfortunate" the words of former President of the Government Mariano Rajoy in his column "Today the revenge arrived" about the 2026 World Cup, and has accused the Popular Party of practicing today "institutional...

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Elma Saiz blames the PP for provoking a diplomatic conflict due to Rajoy's racist and xenophobic words

The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration and current Government spokesperson, Elma Saiz, has held the PP responsible this Monday for "getting Spain into a small diplomatic mess" as a result of recent statements by former president Mariano Rajoy, which she has described as "racist and xenophobic".Saiz has also...

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Mariano Rajoy

The Kitchen trial is ready for sentencing after four months, more than a hundred witnesses, and the uncertainty of whether it was "espionage" or a "legal" police operation.

Villarejo attributes his accusation in Kitchen to having stepped on toes and defends that his notes were temporary.

Why Mariano Rajoy is trending again and what the former president has said

From Ajuria Enea to a bar in Vigo: this is how the deputies remember the night when Spain conquered the 2010 World Cup

Mariano Rajoy will speak at the PP Political Conference in Ibiza this Friday

Mónica García insists that Rajoy or the PP ask for forgiveness from France and stop "digging a trench"

Rajoy responds to Sánchez after France-Spain: "They don't apologize for anything"

Rajoy reproaches the Government for diverting focus with the controversy over the French team

The PP denounces that the Government wants to stretch the gum with Rajoy to cover up the corruption cases

The Government reprimands Rajoy for not yet apologizing after the controversy in Spain and France

Cid urges Alejandro Fernández to reject Rajoy's words about the French team

Illa transfers to the consul of France in the Generalitat his rejection of Rajoy's words

The Community of Madrid lashes out against a Government that uses "smokescreens" with Rajoy's words to "cover up its corruption"

Maíllo demands Rajoy apologize after his words about the French team

Lamine Yamal responds to Rajoy: "Football serves to integrate"

Wheel attributes delay to Rajoy for the French team and criticizes the overacting

Everyone against a Rajoy who does not apologize for his words about French footballers: "It's stupidity, racism or both"

Juan Vivas distances himself from Rajoy for his words about the French team

Le Pen's party accuses Rajoy of racism for his "regrettable" words about the French national team

The PP defends Rajoy's "sarcastic" tone and downplays the controversy over the French team

Mónica García, after Rajoy's words about the French team: "The best campaign is for the right to keep talking"

Hereu considers that Rajoy's words about the French team are much more than a mistake

The BNG calls Rajoy's statements about the French team "very unfortunate"

Bolaños calls Rajoy's column "very unfortunate" and accuses the PP of international hooliganism

Elma Saiz blames the PP for provoking a diplomatic conflict due to Rajoy's racist and xenophobic words

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