Catalan president dissolves parliament and calls for early election on 12 May
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...
Junts per Catalunya (JxCat)
Thousands protest in central Madrid over government’s Catalan amnesty bill
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
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
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
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...
Fragility of Spain’s new coalition government exposed in first key vote
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday suffered a setback in the first key parliamentary vote of the new legislature, exposing the fragility of his...
Controversial Catalan amnesty bill passes first hurdle in Spanish Congress
A controversial amnesty bill for Catalan pro-independence figures passed its first hurdle in the Spanish Congress on Tuesday, following a fierce debate. A total of 178...
Pedro Sánchez re-elected as Spanish Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez has been re-elected as Spanish Prime Minister of Spain, ending four months of political deadlock in the country. It comes after a controversial amnesty...
Sánchez defends Catalan amnesty deal ahead of vote to form new government
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended his controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s pro-independence politicians and activists in the Spanish Congress on Wednesday, as part...
Spain expected to provide bodyguards for Puigdemont, still sought by Spanish Justice
Spain is expected to approve a request to provide bodyguards for the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont – who is in self-imposed exile in Brussels and...
