Articles tagged with: Quim Torra

17 January 2020 03:30 PM

Roundtable discussion between companies and economic institutions at the Catalan Climate Summit in the Catalan National Theater, January 17, 2020 (by Pol Solà)

First Catalan climate action summit concludes with 17 commitments

President Torra says Catalonia should lead climate revolution while activists protest outside

Society

16 January 2020 07:32 PM

Barcelona's Sagrada Família surrounded by smog on July 1, 2019 (Nazaret Romero/ACN)

Catalonia to hold its first climate action summit

Public, private and third sector organizations to get together in Barcelona to agree on concrete measures

Society

14 January 2020 02:40 PM

Spain's first new cabinet, led by President Pedro Sánchez, on January 14, 2020 (by Gemma Tubert)

Spain's leader wants to meet with Quim Torra, recognizing him as president

Unionist Ciutadans' bid to strip him of his MP status rejected by Catalan Parliament, which has appealed matter to Supreme Court

Politics

11 January 2020 12:31 PM

Quim Torra at an event in Vic on January 10, 2020 (by Laura Busquets)

Provincial electoral board declares Catalan president's MP seat vacant

Authority transfers Quim Torra's seat to Ferran Mascarell after the Supreme Court rejects immediately overruling Spain's electoral board's decision barring him

Politics

10 January 2020 12:14 PM

Quim Torra speaks during a government act in January 2020 (by Marta Casado Pla)

Supreme Court rejects immediate overruling of decision to bar president Torra as MP

Provincial electoral board declares Quim Torra's Catalan Parliament MP seat vacant hours after he says he does "not recognize" the Supreme Court's ruling and affirms he is still an MP and president of Catalonia

Politics

09 January 2020 11:37 AM

Pedro Sánchez and Quim Torra meet in December 2018 (by Marc Bleda)

Catalan and Spanish presidents commit to meeting in phone call

Quim Torra and Pedro Sánchez will sit and talk as soon as Spain's government is formed

Politics

08 January 2020 03:02 PM

Catalan president Quim Torra at the parliament's extraordinary plenary session on January 4, 2019 (by Mariona Puig)

President appeals disqualification, accusing electoral board of 'usurping' tasks

Government reaffirms it will 'not abide by' authority ruling over votes and rules out snap election

Politics

07 January 2020 02:48 PM

Pedro Sánchez during the congressional debate on January 5, 2019 (by Jordi Vidal)

Catalonia, Pedro Sánchez's pending issue

A successful negotiation on the Catalan independence crisis, leaving courts out of the matter, and jailed leaders are among hot topics for newly confirmed Spanish president

Politics