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Catalan pro-independence party Junts to withdraw backing for Spanish government

News Desk28th October 20256th November 2025

28th October 20256th November 2025882

The exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, said on Monday that his party will withdraw its pivotal backing for Spain’s minority left-leaning coalition government...

Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects PP’s appeal and upholds Catalan amnesty law

News Desk26th June 202530th June 2025

26th June 202530th June 20254676

After four days of deliberations, Spain’s Constitutional Court has upheld core elements of the disputed Catalan amnesty law, rejecting an appeal against it by six...

Transport discounts and pension increases voted down in Spanish Congress

News Desk23rd January 202528th January 2025

23rd January 202528th January 20253082

Spain’s fragile coalition government between the PSOE socialists and the Sumar left-wing umbrella group suffered a significant political setback on Wednesday, after the rejection of...

Pro-independence ERC party backs socialists to form government in Catalonia

News Desk3rd August 20247th August 2024

3rd August 20247th August 20244060

The Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) agreed on Friday to support efforts by Spain’s socialists (PSOE) – and specifically the Catalan Socialists (PSC) –...

Supreme Court refuses amnesty for Puigdemont over misuse of public funds

News Desk1st July 20248th July 2024

1st July 20248th July 20243678

The Spanish Supreme Court has refused to grant an amnesty to former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on a charge of misusing public funds, maintaining arrest warrants over...

Controversial Catalan amnesty law gets final approval in Spanish Congress

News Desk30th May 202410th June 2024

30th May 202410th June 20242993

The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to give final approval to a controversial amnesty law for dozens of Catalan pro-independence activists and politicians involved in...

Catalan amnesty bill back to Spanish Congress after ‘symbolic’ veto in Senate

News Desk15th May 202422nd May 2024

15th May 202422nd May 20241819

As predicted, Spain’s Senate House, which is dominated by the right-wing opposition, the People’s Party (PP), vetoed a controversial Catalan amnesty law on Tuesday, returning...

Puigdemont says he will return to Spain if he can be elected as Catalan president

News Desk22nd March 202426th March 2024

22nd March 202426th March 20241957

Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who fled the country after an unsuccessful bid for independence six years ago, stated on Thursday that he would...

Thousands protest in central Madrid over government’s Catalan amnesty bill

News Desk10th March 202414th March 2024

10th March 202414th March 20243183

Thousands of people protested in Madrid on Saturday, demanding the resignation of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. They were protesting a controversial amnesty bill that the...

Spanish Supreme Court officially opens ‘terrorism’ investigation of Carles Puigdemont

News Desk29th February 20247th March 2024

29th February 20247th March 20241975

The Spanish Supreme Court said on Thursday that it was opening an investigation into fromer Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (main image) on ‘terrorism’ charges over protests...

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