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Quim Torra ratified as Catalan president, despite electoral authority ruling

News Desk5th January 202010th January 2020

5th January 202010th January 20202791

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

4th January 20205th January 20201999

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

3rd January 20209th January 20203506

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

3rd January 20205th January 20204033

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

2nd January 20207th January 20203091

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 20204461

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...

Brussels suspends arrest warrants for Puigdemont and Comín

News Desk2nd January 20206th January 2020

2nd January 20206th January 20203812

Brussels has suspended the European Arrest Warrants against Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín, following the parliamentary immunity that they currently have after acquiring provisional accreditation as MEPs. The...

Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias set out coalition agreement

News Desk31st December 201913th August 2020

31st December 201913th August 20204226

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

30th December 20194th January 20203965

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

28th December 20193rd January 20203398

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...

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