Josep Borrell avoids Catalan issue in hearing to be EU’s top diplomat
Spain’s Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, has avoided discussing the Catalan issue in a hearing at the European Parliament for him to become the EU’s top
Josep Borrell
Josep Borrell: 52 French MPs ‘ignore the reality’ of Spain
The political conflict between Catalonia and Spain saw a spin-off in France this weekend, after 52 French MPs called on Madrid to end the ‘repression’
Catalan delegate in Germany sues Spain over spying allegations
Marie Kapretz, the Catalan government delegate in Germany, has filed a criminal complaint with the country’s federal prosecutor for alleged spying of her movements by
Catalan government accuses Spain of spying on its offices abroad
The Catalan government has accused Spain of spying on its offices abroad, looking for pro-independence bias, following the disclosure of documents by the online newspaper eldiario.es and
Josep Borrell: from controversy to controversy, to EU’s top diplomat
European leaders have chosen Josep Borrell, Spain’s acting foreign minister, to replace Federica Mogherini as the European Union’s ‘High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security
Spanish Consul in Edinburgh fired, after EU letter
Spain has fired its Consul in Edinburgh who said Madrid ‘will not block Scotland’s EU membership’, Spanish news agencies have reported from sources within the Spanish
Oriol Junqueras greets Pedro Sánchez at Congress
Jailed former Catalan vice-president Oriol Junqueras, on temporary release for the opening of Spain’s Congress, took the opportunity to engage with acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro
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
Spain’s foreign minister walks off German TV interview
Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell refused to answer questions on Catalan independence and Spanish constitutional reform in a heated interview on German TV, and temporarily
Paris rejects 41 French senators’ dialogue request over Catalonia
41 French senators urged Emmanuel Macron‘s government and the EU to take action in order for Spain to engage in dialogue with Catalonia – but
