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...
Catalan Independence
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 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...
General Election focus: the PSOE party
With the Spanish General Election this Sunday 28 April, the ruling PSOE party (the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) will be heading to the polls in a fight...
Catalan Trial: Day 36 summary
Two scholars, a politician, and a union leader were summoned to give their testimony on day 36 of the Catalan trial, with 12 politicians and...
Catalan Trial: Day 35 summary
On day 35 of the Catalan trial, the former director general of the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra) told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that...
Catalan Trial: Day 34 summary
On day 34 of the Catalan trial of pro-independence leaders – now entering its 11th week – former Catalan government officials testified in Spain’s Supreme Court....
Clash over Catalonia in election TV debate
The Catalonia crisis and independence was at the centre of the Spanish election’s first televised debate, on the public TVE channel on Monday evening. No Catalan...
Catalan issue continues to set General Election agenda
With two TV election debates on Monday and Tuesday this week, Catalonia continues to be a major issue for all parties running in the Spanish general election,...
