PP and Cs to demand jailed Catalan MPs suspended
Pablo Casado, the leader of the People’s Party (PP), has announced that his party ‘will demand that the necessary measures be taken to ensure that the...
Manuel Valls
Former French minister visits Catalan leaders in prison
Benoît Hamon, former French education minister under François Hollande, visited three of the Catalan pro-independence leaders at Soto del Real prison on Monday. The ex-Socialist...
Spain’s right and far-right unite at Madrid rally
Tens of thousands of people waving Spanish flags joined a rally today in Madrid called by right-wing and far-right parties against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez...
Jailed Catalan leader to run for Barcelona mayor
A former Catalan pro-independence leader who is in jail for alleged rebellion pending a trial over the 2017 referendum is to run for mayor of...
Valls attacks literature award winner over ‘political prisoners’
Manuel Valls, a candidate to be mayor of Barcelona, attacked a Catalan literature award winner on Sunday evening after he criticised the imprisonment of pro-independence political...
Valls: ‘no room for an agreement with Vox’
The former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is campaigning to become Barcelona’s next mayor. Although he’s running as an independent, his platform is mainly supported...
Police crackdown in Barcelona against ‘narcoflats’
Hundreds of police backed by a helicopter on Monday raided dozens of apartments in Barcelona, used for selling and consuming heroin and other drugs. Around...
Manuel Valls to run for Barcelona mayor
France’s combative former prime minister Manuel Valls announced Tuesday that he will run for mayor of Barcelona, in what will be an unprecedented bid for...
