Strasbourg rejects lawsuit against Catalan parliament suspension
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled that the Spanish Constitutional Court‘s suspension of the Catalan Parliament plenary session due to the place
Carles Puigdemont
Spanish local, regional and EU elections – full round-up
Spain’s ruling PSOE socialist party, led by acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, secured an overall victory during the municipal and regional elections across Spain on Sunday
PSOE win big in EU; Puigdemont, Junqueras MEPs; Colau, Carmena lose
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was the winner in the European Parliament elections on Sunday with his ruling Socialists party (PSOE) coming first. With
Carles Puigdemont and Oriol Junqueras elected as MEPs
#LATEST With 95% of the votes counted, both Carles Puigdemont and Oriol Junqueras have been elected as MEPs. As the exit polls earlier in the
Election Day (again) – and ‘Catalan question’ dominates again
It’s Election Day across Spain (again) – and following on from the 28 April General Election the attention now turns to European, local and regional politics. Acting
PP and Cs to demand jailed Catalan MPs suspended
Pablo Casado, the leader of the People’s Party (PP), has announced that his party ‘will demand that the necessary measures be taken to ensure that the
Jailed Catalan leaders register as MPs in parliament
The five jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders who were elected as MPs and senator in the 28 April Spanish General Election – and who are currently
EU election TV debate sees candidate walk off
One of the candidates taking part in a TV debate for the EU Parliament elections on the Catalan public TV3 station walked off the set
Junqueras stopped from joining EU election TV debate
Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) has stopped the jailed Catalan politician, Oriol Junqueras – who is currently on trial at the Supreme Court – from taking part
Focus: the EU elections and ‘the Catalan question’
‘It’s an internal affair.’ This has been one of the official answers over the past 18 months in Brussels when the EU institutions have been questioned
