Catalan Trial: Day 37 summary
Two members of the European Parliament (MEPs) gave testimony in the morning session of day 37 of the Catalan Trial, hailing Raül Romeva as a ‘defender of...
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Carles Puigdemont banned from EU elections
Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, along with two of his former cabinet ministers, has been barred from standing in the European Parliament elections by...
PSOE hope to govern alone, without coalition
Spain’s acting deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo has said that the Socialists (PSOE) intend to remain a minority government despite needing support from other parties...
Huge turnout in Catalonia set to mark election
Catalans have voted in their masses in the Spanish general election, after a campaign that has revolved around the independence bid and the rise of...
General Election focus: the JxCat party
The Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) (‘Together for Catalonia’) party led by exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was forced to forge its own path for the...
General Election focus: the ERC party
Esquerra Republicana (ERC) – the ‘Republican Left of Catalonia’ party – has been crusading for an independent, social democratic Catalan state for 88 years. It...
General Election focus: the Vox party
Spain has its own version of the far-right and the populist turned mainstream, part of a wave that has been surging through Europe: Vox, a...
General Election focus: the Ciudadanos (Cs) party
Opposing Catalonia’s independence as its main priority, the Ciudadanos (Cs) party (‘Citizens’ in English) is running in the 28 April general election on a message...
General Election focus: the Podemos party
The left-wing Unidas Podemos party (‘United We Can’ in English), could end up playing a major role in deciding who gets to be the next Spanish...
General Election focus: the PP party
After decades of undisputed hegemony among right-wing voters in Spain, the People’s Party (PP) is fighting to put down growing right-wing (and far-right) rivalry ahead of...
