Court bars Oriol Junqueras from taking up seat as MEP
Spain’s Supreme Court has denied the jailed pro-independence leader Oriol Junqueras permission to leave prison in order to take the necessary steps in Madrid that...
European Parliament
EU Parliament VPs ask Tajani to clarify Puigdemont access
Three of the 14 European Parliament vice presidents have questioned the decision to deny access to the chamber of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who...
76 Catalan MPs protest EU Parliament’s ‘arbitrary’ accreditation
Catalan Parliament representatives of the three pro-independence parties Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), Esquerra Republicana (ERC) and CUP – as well as the Catalunya en Comú party – have all...
Update: Puigdemont files complaint against EU Parliament
The former Catalan president and now MEP-elect, Carles Puigdemont, has filed a formal complaint to the president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, and the...
Junqueras: ‘They’ve suspended us in Spain, but won’t be able to in EU’
On the eve of the EU elections and municipal elections in Spain, the decision by the committee of the Spanish Congress on Friday to suspend...
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...
Catalan Trial: Day 37 summary
Two members of the European Parliament (MEPs) gave testimony in the morning session of day 37 of the Catalan Trial, hailing Raül Romeva as a ‘defender of...
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...
British MEP removed from Gibraltar role amid ‘colony’ row
A British MEP has been removed from his role negotiating post-Brexit visa-free travel to the EU for UK citizens, amid the dispute over a draft...
PP’s spokeswoman to head party in European election
The People’s Party (PP) spokeswoman Dolors Montserrat will head the right-wing party’s candidacy in the European elections. PP head Pablo Casado announced Montserrat’s candidacy on...
