Catalan issue continues to set General Election agenda
With two TV election debates on Monday and Tuesday this week, Catalonia continues to be a major issue for all parties running in the Spanish general election,...
Spain General Election
Political tension ahead of TV electoral debates
The president of Spain’s People’s Party (PP), Pablo Casado, has said that the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, ‘is only right when he amends’ previous decisions,...
Jordi Sànchez: ‘Nothing we’ve seen in our trial justifies prison’
The main candidate in the forthcoming elections for the pro-independence Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) candidacy, Jordi Sànchez, one of the defendants in the on-going Catalan trial, has...
PP candidate: ‘Do you really say yes, yes, yes until the end?’
The People’s Party (PP) candidate in Catalonia, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, sparked a controversy with her comments on sexual consent during a Spanish TV election debate....
No election rallies or debates in prison for Catalans on trial
The Spanish Government has turned down a petition from jailed Catalan pro-independence politicians currently on trial and running in Spain’s forthcoming general election, from holding...
Spanish election campaign: ‘political police’, Catalonia & far-right
The campaigns for the 28 April Spanish general election kicked off on Friday morning with several events being held by political groups on Thursday night,...
Candidates must remain in jail during election campaign
Spain’s Supreme Court has rejected a request from six jailed pro-independence politicians to leave prison in order to take part in the campaigns for the...
Sánchez on Catalan referendum or independence: ‘No is no’
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that there will be no independence for Catalonia, nor a referendum on the question if his party is...
Sánchez: 110 election pledges without mentioning Catalonia
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has unveiled 110 commitments for the upcoming general election – although none of them make any direct reference to Catalonia. The...
Pablo Iglesias tries to unite Podemos ahead of elections
Spain’s left-wing Podemos party has launched its campaign for next month’s elections with its leader Pablo Iglesias trying to reunite the party, whilst returning to...
