Jaume Asens Archives - Spain in English

Spain’s opposition parties condemn amnesty plan, as protests against PSOE increase

News Desk6th November 202313th November 2023

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Spain’s right-wing and far-right opposition parties, as well as members of the country’s judiciary, have stepped up criticism of acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s plans

Puigdemont keeps Sánchez waiting on investiture deal

News Desk5th November 20239th November 2023

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The bid by Spain’s acting socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to form a new government needs the backing of the former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, who

PSOE preparing draft Catalan amnesty bill ahead of Sánchez investiture vote

News Desk1st November 20237th November 2023

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Spain’s acting Prime Minister, socialist (PSOE) Pedro Sánchez, and the Catalan president, Pere Aragonès of the pro-independence Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party, have agreed on the terms of a

Yolanda Díaz ‘looks for democratic solutions via dialogue’ with Puigdemont in Brussels

News Desk4th September 202315th September 2023

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Spain’s acting deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Díaz, who is also the head of the left-wing Sumar group of parties, went to Brussels

Spanish government under fire after BBC report on migrant deaths at border

News Desk3rd November 202211th November 2022

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Spain’s left-leaning coalition government has come under fire after the BBC broadcast a damning report into mass migrants attempting to enter Spain’s Melilla enclave from

Spanish Congress backs move for inquiry into child abuse in Catholic Church

News Desk4th February 20227th February 2022

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The Spanish Congress agreed on Tuesday to consider opening an inquiry into child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. Up to now, there has never

Sánchez: violence ‘unacceptable’ – political fallout over protests for jailed rapper

News Desk21st February 202124th February 2021

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that his government will confront all forms of violence and that it is ‘an attack on democracy’, following

Strong reactions from politicians following arrest of nine activists

Newsdesk / ACN23rd September 201925th September 2019

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The arrest of nine Catalan pro-independence activists being accused of ‘terrorism’ has provoked outrage among the parties in favour of a self-determination referendum. The Catalan president,

Spain’s political deadlock continues

Newsdesk / ACN4th September 20196th September 2019

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Spain’s political deadlock continues and, despite the nearing deadline to avoid repeating the 28 April general election, no clear signs of finding a way out

As investiture debate continues, coalition still uncertain

Newsdesk / ACN23rd July 201929th July 2019

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The main pro-independence party in the Spanish Congress, the Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party, extended its hand to Pedro Sánchez during the parliamentary debate to name him as

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