Puigdemont appeals ban on standing in EU elections
The Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) party is appealing the decision by Spain’s electoral authority (JEC) to bar former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, and his former ministers
Spanish electoral authority (JEC)
Carles Puigdemont banned from EU elections
Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, along with two of his former cabinet ministers, has been barred from standing in the European Parliament elections by
General Election focus: the JxCat party
The Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) (‘Together for Catalonia’) party led by exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was forced to forge its own path for the
Clash over Catalonia in election TV debate
The Catalonia crisis and independence was at the centre of the Spanish election’s first televised debate, on the public TVE channel on Monday evening. No Catalan
Oriol Junqueras holds press conference from prison
The leader of the Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party, Oriol Junqueras, has held a press conference from prison for the first time since his imprisonment in
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
Catalan Trial: Day 28 summary
Some 30 officers from the Spanish National Police are due to testify as witnesses in week 9 of the trial of Catalan independence leaders in
Catalan Trial: Day 23 summary
A German politician who was in Catalonia on 1 October 2017 and who witnessed the independence referendum said he was ‘impressed’ by the ‘calm’ attitude
