Electoral board declares Catalan president’s MP seat vacant
Catalan president Quim Torra has had his seat in the Catalan Parliament declared vacant by the provincial electoral board of Barcelona. It followed Friday’s decision...
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Supreme Court rejects suspending JEC decision on Torra’s disqualification
Spain’s Supreme Court rejected on Friday to immediately suspend the decision of the country’s Electoral Authority (JEC) ordering that the Catalan president Quim Torra be disqualified from his...
Pedro Sánchez, Quim Torra finally speak – and will meet in coming days
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, officially re-elected on Tuesday, has held a telephone conversation of approximately seven minutes with the Catalan president Quim Torra, and they...
Pedro Sánchez voted in as PM of Spain’s first ever coalition government
Socialist (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez has been officially voted in as Spanish Prime Minister on Tuesday, after a second round vote gave him 167 votes...
Pedro Sánchez has to wait until second round vote on Tuesday
Acting Spanish prime minister and Socialist (PSOE) leader Pedro Sánchez will now have to wait until Tuesday and the second round of votes in the Spanish...
Quim Torra ratified as Catalan president, despite electoral authority ruling
Catalan president Quim Torra appeared before an extraordinary plenary session of the Catalan Parliament at his own request on Saturday afternoon, only a day after Spain’s Electoral...
Pedro Sánchez still on course (just) to be voted in as PM
A fierce three-day debate commenced in the Spanish Congress on Saturday, with the Socialist (PSOE) leader and Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez still on...
Spanish Electoral Authority will not allow Oriol Junqueras to become MEP
The Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC) will not allow jailed Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras to receive his accreditation as an MEP – despite a recent ruling...
Quim Torra disqualified from Catalan presidency
Catalan president Quim Torra has said that he will not accept the order from the Spanish Electoral Authority (JEC) ordering that he must be disqualified from his post....
Five of seven activists held on terrorism charges released on bail
Spain’s National Court in Madrid has released five of the seven activists linked to the pro-independence group Committees in Defence of the Republic (CDRs), and who were...
