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CATALONIA

Separatist lawmaker sparks row with remarks about people who “don’t seem to be Catalan”

Pere Ríos|Barcelona | 13-02-2020 - 11:35 UTC

Anna Erra, the mayor of Vic, issued an apology after receiving a flood of criticism from the opposition

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Spanish PM meets with Catalan premier ahead of talks on region’s future

El País/Carlos E. Cué/Camilo S. Baquero|Madrid | 06-02-2020 - 13:44 UTC

“Dialogue is the path,” says Pedro Sánchez after a 90-minute encounter with Quim Torra in Barcelona

POLITICS

King Felipe VI in parliament: “Spain must be for everyone”

Javier Casqueiro/Anabel Díez/Miguel González|Madrid | 03-02-2020 - 16:32 UTC

In a speech to open the new political term, the monarch calls on parties to restore the people’s trust in the institutions

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Spanish PM backtracks on postponing talks with Catalan government

Pere Ríos/Carlos E. Cué|Madrid / Barcelona | 31-01-2020 - 11:07 UTC

Pedro Sánchez has been pressured into accepting the dialogue before the regional election in Catalonia

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Prime minister puts talks with Catalan premier on hold until after elections

El País|Madrid | 30-01-2020 - 12:57 UTC

The central government has committed to talks with politicians in Catalonia to discuss the future of the northeastern region within Spain

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Catalan premier announces snap election amid dispute over role as deputy

Camilo S. Baquero|Barcelona | 29-01-2020 - 11:56 UTC

In a surprise institutional statement, Quim Torra said the date will not be set until the regional budget is passed in parliament

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Jailed Catalan leader speaks in parliament on Article 155: “It did nothing to stop us”

Pere Ríos/Camilo S. Baquero|Barcelona | 28-01-2020 - 13:20 UTC

Oriol Junqueras, who is serving a 13-year sentence for his role in the 2017 breakaway bid, appeared at an investigation commission into the suspension of the Catalan government’s regional powers

catalan independence drive

Catalan premier challenges regional parliament by refusing to give up seat despite ban

Pere Ríos/Camilo S. Baquero|Barcelona | 27-01-2020 - 16:21 UTC

Quim Torra got his Together for Catalonia party to abstain from the day’s voting after the speaker warned him that his own vote would not be counted

CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Civil Guard colonel slams actions of Mossos chief during Catalan independence drive

J. J. Gálvez|Madrid | 27-01-2020 - 14:28 UTC

Diego Pérez de los Cobos tells court he would have removed Josep Lluís Trapero from his role as head of the regional police force for his leadership in 2017

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Catalan premier refuses to comply with Supreme Court decision to strip him of seat

Reyes Rincón/Pere Ríos|Madrid / Barcelona | 24-01-2020 - 12:43 UTC

The Barcelona Electoral Commission has given the regional parliament 48 hours to name a replacement, but Quim Torra says he will not step down

CATALONIA INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Ex-Mossos chief seeks to distance himself from Catalan independence leaders

J. J. Gálvez/El País|San Fernando de Henares / Madrid | 22-01-2020 - 13:24 UTC

This week saw the start of the High Court trial of four figures connected to the regional police involved in the events of 2017

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Former Mossos chief seeks to distance himself from Catalan independence leaders

J. J. Gálvez|Madrid | 22-01-2020 - 11:59 UTC

This week saw the start of the High Court trial of four figures from the regional police force involved in the events of 2017

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Who is who in the latest trial covering the 2017 Catalan independence drive

J. J. Gálvez|Madrid | 20-01-2020 - 14:26 UTC

The four defendants in this new court case related to the secessionist challenge include Josep Lluís Trapero, the then-head of the Mossos d’Esquadra regional police force

POLITICS

Spanish prime minister announces date of meeting with Catalan premier

Carlos E. Cué|Madrid | 21-01-2020 - 09:41 UTC

In his first interview since being sworn back into office, Pedro Sánchez said he would see Quim Torra in February, and promised to have a new budget passed by summer

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

European Parliament begins procedure that could strip Catalan MEPs of immunity

Lluís Pellicer|Strasbourg | 17-01-2020 - 10:32 UTC

Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín will be open to extradition to Spain depending on a vote by the chamber, but would not lose their seats until convicted of an offense

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Spain’s Foreign Ministry approves reopening of Catalan ‘embassies’

Lucía Abellán/Camilo S. Baquero|Madrid / Barcelona | 17-01-2020 - 08:37 UTC

The move marks a change in strategy on the part of the central government, and comes after dialogue between Madrid and Barcelona over the relevant decrees

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Catalan premier promises elections if he is removed from his role

Camilo S. Baquero|Barcelona | 15-01-2020 - 14:13 UTC

Quim Torra is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on an appeal against his ban from public office, which was handed down after he was found guilty of disobedience

POLITICS

PM announces pension hike, defends prosecutor general pick after first Cabinet meeting

Carlos E. Cué|Madrid | 14-01-2020 - 19:41 UTC

Speaking to reporters, Pedro Sánchez said that he now has “no reservations” about the leader of his coalition partner Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, despite statements he made last year

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

European Parliament withdraws deputy status from jailed Catalan politician

El País|Madrid | 13-01-2020 - 12:27 UTC

While former colleagues Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín will be able to take their seats in Strasbourg today, Oriol Junqueras will remain in custody based on a Supreme Court ruling

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE BID

Spain’s Supreme Court rejects freeze on decision to strip Catalan premier of lawmaker credentials

Fernando J. Pérez|Madrid | 10-01-2020 - 11:02 UTC

Quim Torra is expected to continue serving as regional premier while magistrates consider his appeal against a ruling that bans him from public office for 18 months

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE BID

Supreme Court blocks jailed Catalan leader’s bid to take seat in European Parliament

El País|Madrid | 09-01-2020 - 14:10 UTC

Magistrates have ruled that the 13-year jail sentence handed down to Oriol Junqueras of the Catalan Republican Left means he is barred from serving as an MEP

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE BID

PM, Catalan premier agree to meet to lay out groundwork for Catalonia talks

Elsa García de Blas/Camilo S. Baquero|Madrid / Barcelona | 09-01-2020 - 11:21 UTC

A day after being sworn back into office, Pedro Sánchez calls Quim Torra and states that he has “the sincere will to try to sort out the political conflict” in the northeastern Spanish region

SPANISH POLITICS

In Spain, opposition vows to fight new executive every step of the way

Natalia Junquera/El País|Madrid | 09-01-2020 - 10:19 UTC

The leader of the conservative Popular Party withdraws earlier offers of support, saying that PM Pedro Sánchez has left the country “in the hands of terrorists and coup plotters”

CATALAN INDEPENDENCE DRIVE

Brussels recognizes jailed Catalan leader as MEP, despite Electoral Commission notification

Álvaro Sánchez/El País|Brussels | 08-01-2020 - 14:34 UTC

Spain’s JEC sent a communication on Friday stating that Oriol Junqueras was ineligible for the role given that he is currently serving a jail sentence

EDITORIAL

A legitimate government

El País | 08-01-2020 - 12:21 UTC

The investiture of Pedro Sánchez offers Spain the small chance of returning to normality

SPANISH POLITICS

Spain’s new PM mulls Cabinet lineup ahead of thorny political term

El País|Madrid | 08-01-2020 - 11:11 UTC

Pedro Sánchez of the Socialist Party will lead the first coalition government in recent democratic history after securing parliamentary backing by a razor-thin margin of two votes

SPANISH POLITICS

Spain gets a new PM, but what can he push through parliament?

|Madrid | 07-01-2020 - 16:05 UTC

Given the arithmetic in Congress and stated intentions of opposition parties, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is facing a term that is likely to be beset by problems from the start

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