Artadi believes that Sánchez's choice of Spanish Senate speaker is not enough to smooth things over with Catalonia

<p><span>The campaign period for the&nbsp;</span><strong>local elections</strong><span>&nbsp;is underway, with voters able to cast their ballots to choose who governs in town halls in Catalonia and all over Spain on&nbsp;</span><strong>Sunday May 26</strong><span>.&nbsp;</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span>The run-up to the elections saw much controversy around former president in exile,&nbsp;<strong>Carles Puigdemont</strong>, who was at first barred from running along with two of his former ministers.</span></p> <p dir="ltr">Yet, the ban was&nbsp;<strong><a href="../../../../../politics/item/madrid-court-overturns-ban-on-puigdemont-running-in-european-election">overturned</a>&nbsp;</strong>by the Constitutional Court, and the Lliures per Europa candidate list he heads is expected to get at least 1 seat in Brussels, with 1-3% of the vote.</p> / ACN

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May 10, 2019 07:30 PM

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