December 2019 - Spain in English

Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias set out coalition agreement

News Desk31st December 201913th August 2020

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Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez, leader of the Socialist (PSOE) party, and Pablo Iglesias, leader of the Podemos party, presented their coalition agreement on Monday, still hoping

Attorney General asks for Oriol Junqueras to be freed to collect MEP credentials

News Desk30th December 20194th January 2020

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Spain’s Attorney General office has issued its recommendation to the Supreme Court that jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras should be allowed out of prison in

Sánchez, pending Junqueras report, still hopes to be sworn in prior to ‘Three Kings’

News Desk28th December 20193rd January 2020

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Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s socialist (PSOE) acting prime minister, is still hoping to be sworn in as leader of a new coalition government before the Three

Five of seven activists held on terrorism charges released on bail

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Spain’s National Court in Madrid has released five of the seven activists linked to the pro-independence group Committees in Defence of the Republic (CDRs), and who were

Felipe VI: Catalonia is a ‘serious concern’ for Spain

News Desk26th December 20193rd January 2020

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King Felipe VI included Catalonia as one of several ‘serious concerns’ for Spain during his sixth Christmas message, broadcast on the evening of Tuesday 24 December.

Puigdemont and Comín acquire provisional MEP accreditation

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Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his former minister Toni Comín both acquired provisional accreditation as MEPs at the European Parliament on Friday, after the ban on

Gibraltar files criminal complaint against Spain’s far-right Vox party

News Desk19th December 201931st December 2019

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The Gibraltar government has filed a criminal complaint in Madrid against four leaders of the Spanish far-right Vox party, for incitement to hatred. In the

Catalan president Quim Torra barred from public office for 18 months

News Desk19th December 201930th December 2019

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Catalonia’s High Court of Justice has barred Catalan president Quim Torra from public office for 18 months and also fined him 30,000 euros for disobedience. The

Calls for immediate release of Oriol Junqueras

News Desk19th December 201928th December 2019

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Former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, has been one of the first to call for the immediate release from jail of his former vice-president, Oriol Junqueras,

EU Court of Justice rules Oriol Junqueras has immunity

News Desk19th December 201929th December 2019

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg has ruled that the jailed former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras has immunity after being elected as

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