Countdown begins in Catalonia for possible new elections in mid-October
The speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Josep Rull, said on Wednesday that he will give the assembly two months to form a new government or...
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Pro-independence parties retain speaker in new Catalan Parliament
Catalan pro-independence parties managed to retain the role of speaker in their region’s new parliament on Monday, despite losing their absolute majority in elections last...
Controversial Catalan amnesty law gets final approval in Spanish Congress
The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to give final approval to a controversial amnesty law for dozens of Catalan pro-independence activists and politicians involved in...
Pedro Sánchez: socialist win in Catalonia ‘ends decade of division and resentment’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday that his socialist party’s success in the Catalan elections ended a ‘decade of division’ in the wealthy...
Catalan amnesty bill back to Spanish Congress after ‘symbolic’ veto in Senate
As predicted, Spain’s Senate House, which is dominated by the right-wing opposition, the People’s Party (PP), vetoed a controversial Catalan amnesty law on Tuesday, returning...
Puigdemont will still seek to become Catalan president, despite ‘pro-Spain win’
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
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
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
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
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...
