People's Party News

The poor turnout in the unofficial referendum in Cataluna on independence shows it to be a minority concern - 95% vote yes for independence' is no doubt the headline that many who want to separate from Spain would have wanted to see on the front pages of the papers on Monday morning, following the referendum in 166 municipalities.

Residents of the Spanish region of Catalonia voted Sunday on an unofficial referendum seeking independence from Madrid, observers said.

Implications? - well the Spanish government managed to ban the Basque referendum propsed by Juan Jose Ibarretxe but is seemingly powerless in this case.

By William Green The president of the Austrian judges association has warned judges will take action if People's Party Justice Minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner fails to honour an agreement on taking on more staff in the justice system.

Roumyana Zheleva, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister and European Commissioner-designate, has been elected vice president of the European People's Party , the largest political party in the European Parliament, news agencies said on December 10 2009.

The Gibraltar First Minister claimed that the Spanish Civil Guards continued to chase the two suspected drug traffickers once onland in Gibraltar The First Minister of Gibraltar, Peter Caruana, has said that the diplomatic incident caused by the Guardia Civil vessel which came into Gibraltar Port while chasing suspected drug-runners in a zodiac ...

The Canary Islands Government, made up of the Coalicion Canaria and the Partido Popular, have approved a bill which intends to remove 50% of the species and sub-species from the protected list of flora and fauna on the islands.

Wilders, the leader of the anti-Muslim Freedom Party in the Netherlands, who previously warned that mass deportation of millions of Muslims from Europe may be necessary, called for a vote to stem the "tide of Islamisation" in the Netherlands.

Press Trust of India LONDON, 29 NOV: A national referendum backing a ban on the construction of minarets in Switzerland today sparked a row, amid fears of a backlash across the Muslim world.

The Swiss have been voting on whether to ban the building of minarets in their country.

For more from Juan Cole, visit his blog, Informed Comment . AP At the central station in Geneva, Switzerland, a man passes by a poster of the right-wing Swiss People's Party, Nov.

Swiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam.

The Partido Popular Mayor of MA laga, Francisco de la Torre, is refusing to sack the councilor for the BailA©n a 'Miraflores area of the city, Manuel Marmolejo, despite the councillora TMs admission that he awarded 15 contracts to his brother in law over the past three years.

By BARNABY EALES in Catalonia A POLITICAL row has erupted in Spain after 12 leading Catalan newspapers published an unprecented joint editorial in defence of enhanced devolution.

By Thomas Hochwarter Pensions are to rise next year after pension union leaders and the SPO-OVP government agreed on a deal that will see a 1.5 per cent hike in pay-outs to pensioners next year, it was announced today .

As expected, the Civil Guard have this Tuesday carried out a court-ordered search of the Town Hall building in Polop de la Marina following the arrest of the Partido Popular Mayor, Juan Cano, earlier in connection with the murder of his predecessor in the post, Alejandro Ponsoda.

Monday, November 23, 2009 Our correspondent ABBOTTABAD: NWFP Senior Minister Rahimdad Khan Sunday said the defaulters were hatching a conspiracy against the democratic government and president and that there would be no midterm elections as the Pakistan People's Party came into power after a lot of sacrifices.

Spain, like any democratic country, needs an effective opposition party, and Mariano Rajoy's Partido Popular is far from that.

Zhou Yongkang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China , has met leaders of the Seychelles on bilateral relations.

One man above all others helped Labour win Glasgow North East - the SNPa s John Mason.