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Pedro Sánchez: ‘There are judges doing politics and politicians trying to do justice’

News Desk2nd September 20258th September 2025

2nd September 20258th September 20253191

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday accused certain members of the judiciary of stepping into politics, while facing intensifying scrutiny over corruption allegations involving...

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

News Desk26th June 202530th June 2025

26th June 202530th June 20254703

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...

Spanish court rules single mother has right to same parental leave as a couple

News Desk23rd January 202529th January 2025

23rd January 202529th January 20252279

A Spanish court on Thursday ruled that a single mother is entitled to claim the same parental leave that would have been allocated to a...

Spain’s constitutional court finally rejects abortion law challenge, from 13 years ago

News Desk10th February 202316th February 2023

10th February 202316th February 20232022

Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a challenge lodged more than a decade ago by the right-wing People’s Party (PP) against a law allowing abortions...

An amendment to Spain’s judicial reform halted by Constitutional Court

News Desk21st December 20223rd January 2023

21st December 20223rd January 20232635

Spain’s Constitutional Court this week prevented the Senate house from debating and voting on a specific amendment to the country’s penal code reform — seen as...

Quim Torra appeals against ban, seeks ‘justice in Europe’

News Desk29th September 20207th October 2020

29th September 20207th October 20203214

Quim Torra has appealed his ban from office before Spain’s Constitutional Court, and also pledged to seek ‘justice in Europe’ after being disqualified from the...

Supreme Court rejects suspending JEC ruling that prevents Junqueras becoming MEP

News Desk9th January 20209th January 2020

9th January 20209th January 20203024

The Spanish Supreme Court has rejected suspending the decision of Spain’s Electoral Authority (JEC) that prevents Oriol Junqueras taking up his seat as an MEP. The Catalan pro-independence...

Constitutional Court finally rejects Junqueras appeal, yet not unanimously

News Desk28th November 20194th December 2019

28th November 20194th December 20192930

The Spanish Constitutional Court has finally rejected the appeal from the jailed former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras, against the pre-trial and pre-verdict detention that he underwent from November...

The far-right and Catalonia mark the end of the election campaign

News Desk9th November 201912th November 2019

9th November 201912th November 20192569

Spanish political parties concluded a short but intensive campaign on Friday in preparation for the country’s general election on Sunday 10 November – the fourth...

Catalan independence parties call to ‘reiterate’ self-determination resolution

Newsdesk / ACN22nd October 201930th October 2019

22nd October 201930th October 20192182

Quim Torra, the Catalan president, has insisted on calling Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez to engage in ‘unconditional dialogue and propose political solutions’ in a statement...

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