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Oriol Junqueras elected president of EFA group in EU Parliament

News Desk7th January 202012th January 2020

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Oriol Junqueras, the jailed former Catalan vice-president, has been elected president of the European Free Alliance (EFA) group in the European Parliament. Alongside former Catalan president Carles...

Pedro Sánchez voted in as PM of Spain’s first ever coalition government

News Desk7th January 202010th January 2020

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Socialist (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez has been officially voted in as Spanish Prime Minister on Tuesday, after a second round vote gave him 167 votes...

Puigdemont, Junqueras, Comín now officially recognised as MEPs

News Desk6th January 202010th January 2020

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Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, his former jailed vice president Oriol Junqueras, and former minister Toni Comín, have all been officially recognised as MEPs by...

Pedro Sánchez has to wait until second round vote on Tuesday

News Desk5th January 20207th January 2020

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Acting Spanish prime minister and Socialist (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez will now have to wait until Tuesday and the second round of votes in the Spanish...

Quim Torra ratified as Catalan president, despite electoral authority ruling

News Desk5th January 202010th January 2020

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Catalan president Quim Torra appeared before an extraordinary plenary session of the Catalan Parliament at his own request on Saturday afternoon, only a day after Spain’s Electoral...

Pedro Sánchez still on course (just) to be voted in as PM

News Desk4th January 20205th January 2020

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A fierce three-day debate commenced in the Spanish Congress on Saturday, with the Socialist (PSOE) leader and Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez still on...

Spanish Electoral Authority will not allow Oriol Junqueras to become MEP

News Desk3rd January 20209th January 2020

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The Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC) will not allow jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras to receive his accreditation as an MEP – despite a recent ruling...

Quim Torra disqualified from Catalan presidency

News Desk3rd January 20205th January 2020

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Catalan president Quim Torra has said that he will not accept the order from the Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC) ordering that he must be disqualified from his post....

ERC party gives green light for Pedro Sánchez investiture

News Desk2nd January 20207th January 2020

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The Catalan pro-independence Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party will vote to abstain and thereby allow the socialist PSOE leader and acting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez,...

Barcelona inaugurates low-emissions zone of 95 sq km

News Desk2nd January 20209th January 2020

2nd January 20209th January 20204133

Barcelona inaugurated its first full work day with the largest low-emissions zone in southern Europe on Thursday, after the scheme was officially launched on New...

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