The former Catalan government head Carles Puigdemont has been detained by Italian police in Sardinia, his office said in a statement. Puigdemont was detained on Thursday when he travelled to the city of Alghero from Brussels to attend the Adifolk International Exhibition and to meet with the regional head of […]
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The European parliament has voted to waive the immunity of Catalonia’s former regional head of government and two other separatist politicians, taking them a step closer to extradition to Spain, where they are charged with sedition. The chamber announced on Tuesday that EU lawmakers had voted clearly in favour of […]
Catalonia is voting in a regional election overshadowed by the Covid pandemic and dominated by the continuing debate over independence from the rest of Spain. Nine parties are contesting the election but polls suggest a tight race between the unionist Catalan Socialist party (PSC), the pro-independence Catalan Republican Left (ERC) […]
Related Topics Catalonia independence protests image copyrightGetty Images image captionQuim Torra was elected in May 2018 and is a staunch separatist Spain’s top court has upheld a decision to ban Catalonia’s separatist leader Quim Torra from holding public office. The case stems from Mr Torra’s refusal to take down a […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is attempting to secure support to form a coalition government Spain’s interim Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been backed by Catalonia’s largest separatist party to form a coalition government. Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) MPs are to abstain in […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption Oriol Junqueras – the separatists’ deputy leader – got the heaviest sentence in October The EU’s top court is to rule on the case of a jailed Catalan separatist leader who has not been able to take up his European Parliament seat. Oriol Junqueras was […]
Image copyright EPA Image caption ERC candidates like Gabriel Rufian campaigned under images of jailed leader Oriol Junqueras The biggest separatist party in Spain’s Catalonia region has voted to support a new Spanish government in return for talks on independence. About 95% of members of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya […]
The report, by BBVA Research, was published on the same day Catalan separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) said it would ask its members whether they wanted to back a Spanish coalition deal between the Socialists and the left-wing Unidas Podemos, with ERC emerged as possible kingmakers in the […]