8th May 2024

Junts per Catalunya (JxCat)

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Socialist candidate Armengol elected as parliament speaker – seen as step to Sánchez securing re-election

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Francina Armengol, the candidate proposed by Spain’s PSOE socialist party, was elected by MPs as the parliament’s new speaker on Thursday morning, which has been
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Spain’s Constitutional Court rejects hearing Puigdemont’s appeal against arrest warrant

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Spain’s Constitutional Court has rejected hearing an appeal lodged by the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and ex-health minister Toni Comín against the warrants for
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With Sánchez and Feijóo both claiming victory in the election … what happens next?

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Report updated to include votes from Spaniards living abroad. Spain faces weeks, if not months, of a political gridlock following the general election held on
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Spain’s public prosecutor requests new EU arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont

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See end of report for update. Spain’s public prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court to issue a new European Arrest Warrant for former Catalan president
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Spain’s right-wing PP win the election, but not a majority, even with far-right Vox

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With over 98% of the votes counted, Spain’s right-wing People’s Party (PP) led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo won the biggest share of votes and seats
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Socialist Jaume Collboni becomes the new Barcelona mayor

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Jaume Collboni, the Catalan socialist (PSC) candidate for the city of Barcelona in the 28 May local elections, has become the mayor of Spain’s second city, despite
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Former mayor Xavier Trias wins in Barcelona, but can he become mayor again?

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Trias per Barcelona, the Catalan pro-independence group of former Barcelona mayor, Xavier Trias, won 11 seats in the city’s council elections on Sunday, ahead of the Catalan Socialists (PSC)
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Catalan MEP Clara Ponsatí released after being detained on returning to Spain

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UPDATED – 29 March at 8am Clara Ponsatí was finally released on Tuesday night at around 11pm, after declaring before a Barcelona judge following her
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Supreme Court maintains public office ban for 4 Catalan pro-independence leaders

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Four Catalan pro-independence leaders will remain banned from holding public office, Spain’s Supreme Court said on Monday, despite a legal reform pushed through by Spain’s
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Spanish MPs vote to reform penal code amid constitutional controversy

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Spanish MPs voted on Thursday in favour of a controversial criminal code reform that changes the crime of sedition to ‘aggravated public disorder’, in a move