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Brexit trade deal agreed, but ‘UK & Spain still to reach agreement on Gibraltar’

News Desk27th December 202028th November 2023

27th December 202028th November 20233271

Madrid and London are still to reach an agreement on the status of Gibraltar, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has reiterated. It follows the last minute post-Brexit...

Brexit trade talks to now continue beyond Sunday ‘deadline’

News Desk13th December 202017th December 2020

13th December 202017th December 20202380

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have issued a joint statement, confirming that post-Brexit trade talks will continue after...

EU leaders conclude marathon summit with ‘historic’ rescue package

News Desk21st July 202027th July 2020

21st July 202027th July 20204263

EU leaders concluded a marathon summit in the early hours of Tuesday to reach a ‘historical’ deal for a huge €750 billion recovery plan for their...

Blogs Opinion

Opinion: London, Madrid, Covid-19 and populism

David Rouse16th May 20204th March 2021

16th May 20204th March 20213602

Right-wing populists in London and Madrid are at last getting a much-deserved kicking. There have been some intriguing parallels and divergencies between Spain and the...

Brexit has finally happened … but what happens next?

News Desk2nd February 202023rd February 2020

2nd February 202023rd February 20202522

Brexit has finally happened. After the 2016 referendum, followed by three prime ministers (David Cameron, Theresa May and now Boris Johnson), plus two general elections...

Clara Ponsatí becomes MEP, despite Spanish electoral board announcement

News Desk2nd February 20206th February 2020

2nd February 20206th February 20203458

The European Parliament has officially recognised as an MEP the former Catalan education minister Clara Ponsatí, who is currently living in Scotland and awaiting an extradition hearing. Ponsatí is fighting...

Clara Ponsatí’s forthcoming MEP status ‘could affect extradition’ from Scotland

News Desk25th January 20202nd February 2020

25th January 20202nd February 20202732

The full extradition hearing for Clara Ponsatí, the former Catalan education minister now living in Scotland, is scheduled to start on 11 May in Edinburgh. But it...

Boris Johnson secures biggest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher

News Desk13th December 201919th December 2019

13th December 201919th December 20192416

Boris Johnson has secured the biggest Conservative Party majority in a General Election since Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, after Britain went to the polls...

Business

‘Brexit information point’ in Barcelona

News Desk14th November 20198th October 2020

14th November 20198th October 20203444

A Brexit Information Point (‘Punt Brexit’) has been set up in Barcelona in the city’s 22@ Poblenou business district, to provide information to the more than 600...

Blogs Opinion

Opinion: Catalonia, Brexit, Donald Trump and nationalism

Philip Finkelstein8th November 201910th October 2020

8th November 201910th October 20202435

The region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain, home to Barcelona, struggles with divisive politics over its identity and unification with the Spanish state. This divide...

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