Articles tagged with: Self-Determination

07 April 2019 11:57 AM

The leader of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, talking to the Catalan News Agency (by Blanca Blay

Sinn Féin leader: 'Europe should engage with Catalonia's self-determination'

Mary Lou McDonald says Spanish government should accept the "movement for freedom" and dialogue not only about "the status quo"

Politics

06 December 2018 10:10 AM

The Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, presenting the constitution's 40th anniversary events (by Congreso)

In Catalonia, it’s a not-so-happy anniversary for the Spanish constitution

40 years after it was passed, most Catalans would vote against the text

Politics

12 September 2018 01:26 PM

The Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, in the Spanish Congress on September 12, 2018 (by Spanish Congress)

Motion for dialogue agreed by Spain's Socialists and pro-independence PDeCAT

Text urges both governments to sit down at negotiating table "without impositions" and within Spanish legal framework

Politics

03 September 2018 10:46 AM

The Catalan president, Quim Torra, on September 2, 2018, in Terrassa (by Guillem Roset)

Catalan president calls for 'a march' for self-determination and civil rights

Quim Torra to give a speech on next steps for independence movement

Politics

26 July 2018 01:50 PM

Catalan president Quim Torra (left) and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez (by Rafa Garrido)

Catalan-Spanish bilateral commission to meet for first time in 7 years

Summit to take place on August 1 in Barcelona

Politics

03 June 2018 11:51 PM

The Catalan president, Quim Torra, being interviewed in the Catalan public TV on June 3, 2018 (by Ruben Moreno)

President Torra to ask Spanish counterpart about ‘self-determination’

The Catalan head of government pledges to work towards an independent Republic, relaunch offices abroad and ‘fight for reinstatement’ of public diplomacy council

Business

25 September 2017 01:11 PM

EC president Jean-Claude Juncker (by Laura Pous ACN)

UN independent expert on the promotion of democracy urges Juncker to mediate for Catalonia

Alfred-Maurice De Zayas is “concerned” about the “evidence of violations of fundamental principles of human rights and international law, including the rule of law, and self-determination"

Politics