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Pro-independence ERC party backs socialists to form government in Catalonia

News Desk3rd August 20247th August 2024

3rd August 20247th August 20243917

The Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) agreed on Friday to support efforts by Spain’s socialists (PSOE) – and specifically the Catalan Socialists (PSC) –...

Yolanda Díaz resigns as head of left-wing Sumar group

News Desk10th June 202417th June 2024

10th June 202417th June 20242568

Yolanda Díaz, number three in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, resigned on Monday as head of the government’s left-wing junior coalition partner Sumar, following a...

Spain’s PP beat PSOE in European elections, as far-right make big gains across EU

News Desk9th June 202413th June 2024

9th June 202413th June 20242530

Far-right parties have made big gains at the European Parliament, as voting concluded on Sunday on the final day of elections for the next five-year...

Controversial Catalan amnesty law gets final approval in Spanish Congress

News Desk30th May 202410th June 2024

30th May 202410th June 20242798

The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to give final approval to a controversial amnesty law for dozens of Catalan pro-independence activists and politicians involved in...

Puigdemont will still seek to become Catalan president, despite ‘pro-Spain win’

News Desk13th May 202420th May 2024

13th May 202420th May 20241816

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont said on Monday that he would seek to form a pro-independence minority government in Catalonia despite a weekend electoral setback which...

Catalan pro-independence parties lose majority, as PSC socialists win elections

News Desk12th May 202411th June 2024

12th May 202411th June 20242901

Catalan pro-independence parties have lost their decade-long hold of power in Catalonia as the pro-union socialist PSOE party – the Catalan Socialists (PSC) in the...

Pedro Sánchez to announce on Monday whether he will continue as Prime Minister

News Desk25th April 202429th April 2024

25th April 202429th April 20242482

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday that he will consider resigning after the launch of a judicial investigation into accusations by a right-wing legal...

Basque elections: PNV survives rise of EH Bildu, and retains absolute majority with PSE-EE

News Desk22nd April 202427th April 2024

22nd April 202427th April 20244025

The separatist left-wing coalition EH Bildu celebrated a historic result in the Basque Country’s regional elections on Sunday, but it won’t be enough for them...

Controversial Amnesty Law passed in Congress, will now proceed to Senate

News Desk14th March 202422nd March 2024

14th March 202422nd March 20242309

Spanish MPs on Thursday approved a controversial amnesty law for Catalan pro-independence figures with their figurehead Carles Puigdemont already mulling his return after years of self-imposed exile...

Thousands protest in central Madrid over government’s Catalan amnesty bill

News Desk10th March 202414th March 2024

10th March 202414th March 20243065

Thousands of people protested in Madrid on Saturday, demanding the resignation of socialist (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. They were protesting a controversial amnesty bill that the...

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