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Puigdemont demands ‘amnesty’ for all independence activists as ‘precondition’ for Sánchez’s investiture

News Desk5th September 202312th September 2023

5th September 202312th September 20232711

The exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, demanded on Tuesday an amnesty for hundreds of activists facing legal action over a failed 2017 independence...

Socialist candidate Armengol elected as parliament speaker – seen as step to Sánchez securing re-election

News Desk17th August 202325th August 2023

17th August 202325th August 20232806

Francina Armengol, the candidate proposed by Spain’s PSOE socialist party, was elected by MPs as the parliament’s new speaker on Thursday morning, which has been...

Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects hearing Puigdemont’s appeal against arrest warrant

News Desk11th August 202322nd August 2023

11th August 202322nd August 20232409

Spain’s Constitutional Court has rejected hearing an appeal lodged by the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and ex-health minister Toni Comín against the warrants for...

Spain’s public prosecutor requests new EU arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont

News Desk25th July 20231st August 2023

25th July 20231st August 20233247

See end of report for update. Spain’s public prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court to issue a new European Arrest Warrant for former Catalan president...

Outcome of 23 July election could raise Catalan independence tensions again

News Desk14th July 202327th July 2023

14th July 202327th July 20233024

Spain’s right wing, in power under former pemier Mariano Rajoy during Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, is trying to regain ground in the vote-rich region...

Puigdemont claims PSOE offered him a pardon in exchange for surrendering to Spanish justice

News Desk6th July 202314th July 2023

6th July 202314th July 20232393

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has revealed in a radio interview with Catalan station RAC1 that ‘people from the PSOE’, the socialist party led by...

Catalan MEP Clara Ponsatí released after being detained on returning to Spain

News Desk29th March 20234th April 2023

29th March 20234th April 20232869

UPDATED – 29 March at 8am Clara Ponsatí was finally released on Tuesday night at around 11pm, after declaring before a Barcelona judge following her...

Supreme Court maintains misuse of funds & disobedience charges against Puigdemont

News Desk21st March 202328th March 2023

21st March 202328th March 20233288

Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld its decision to indict former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont for the crimes of misuse of public funds and disobedience. The...

Supreme Court maintains public office ban for 4 Catalan pro-independence leaders

News Desk14th February 202320th February 2023

14th February 202320th February 20232790

Four Catalan pro-independence leaders will remain banned from holding public office, Spain’s Supreme Court said on Monday, despite a legal reform pushed through by Spain’s...

Spain’s right and far-right parties lead mass protest against Sánchez in Madrid

News Desk22nd January 202326th January 2023

22nd January 202326th January 20233183

Thousands protested in Madrid on Saturday against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s coalition government in a rally held in a key election year that was predominantly...

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