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Puigdemont will still seek to become Catalan president, despite ‘pro-Spain win’

News Desk13th May 202420th May 2024

13th May 202420th May 20241950

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont said on Monday that he would seek to form a pro-independence minority government in Catalonia despite a weekend electoral setback which...

Catalan pro-independence parties lose majority, as PSC socialists win elections

News Desk12th May 202411th June 2024

12th May 202411th June 20243044

Catalan pro-independence parties have lost their decade-long hold of power in Catalonia as the pro-union socialist PSOE party – the Catalan Socialists (PSC) in the...

Spanish government ‘absolutely rejects’ latest proposal for Catalan independence referendum

News Desk3rd April 202410th April 2024

3rd April 202410th April 20242936

The Spanish government has been quick to reject a new proposal for a Catalan independence referendum put forward by the current Catalan president, Pere Aragonès of...

Puigdemont says he will return to Spain if he can be elected as Catalan president

News Desk22nd March 202426th March 2024

22nd March 202426th March 20241963

Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who fled the country after an unsuccessful bid for independence six years ago, stated on Thursday that he would...

Controversial Amnesty Law passed in Congress, will now proceed to Senate

News Desk14th March 202422nd March 2024

14th March 202422nd March 20242493

Spanish MPs on Thursday approved a controversial amnesty law for Catalan pro-independence figures with their figurehead Carles Puigdemont already mulling his return after years of self-imposed exile...

Catalan president dissolves parliament and calls for early election on 12 May

News Desk14th March 202421st March 2024

14th March 202421st March 20242161

The president of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, announced on Wednesday that he had dissolved the Catalan parliament and called an early election for Sunday 12 May, after...

Thousands protest in central Madrid over government’s Catalan amnesty bill

News Desk10th March 202414th March 2024

10th March 202414th March 20243189

Thousands of people protested in Madrid on Saturday, demanding the resignation of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. They were protesting a controversial amnesty bill that the...

PP tries to backtrack on whether Feijóo had been willing to pardon Puigdemont

News Desk13th February 202419th February 2024

13th February 202419th February 20241677

Spain’s main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), has denied that any conversations with the Catalan pro-independence party Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) took place regarding a...

‘Junts per Catalunya’ vote against amnesty bill on grounds it doesn’t go far enough

News Desk30th January 20247th February 2024

30th January 20247th February 20241960

The Spanish Congress on Tuesday rejected a controversial amnesty law after the Catalan pro-independence party, Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), who had demanded it, finally voted...

Spanish government tweaks terrorism clauses in draft amnesty law

News Desk24th January 202429th January 2024

24th January 202429th January 20242054

Spain’s ruling PSOE socialists and Catalan pro-independence parties reached a deal on Tuesday to amend a planned amnesty law that was pledged by Prime Minister Pedro...

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