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Roger Torrent

Articles tagged with: Roger Torrent

18 February 2020 10:58 AM

Parliament speaker Roger Torrent lighting a candle in honor of Holocaust victims (by Mariona Puig)

Parliament speaker criticizes 'indifference' in face of intolerance and rise of far right

Roger Torrent warns of "laws, courts, and institutions" that violate human rights

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11 February 2020 06:05 PM

Parliament speaker Roger Torrent during a Bureau meeting on February 11, 2020 (by Mariona Puig)

Constitutional Court repeats request for investigation into parliament speaker and officials

High court again urges prosecutor to consider legal action over self-determination vote in Catalan chamber

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29 January 2020 08:20 PM

Parliament speaker, Roger Torrent, and Vice President of the Government, Pere Aragonès, showing the Generalitat's budgets on their cell phones (by Gerard Artigas)

Government's 2020 budget foresees rise in spending and revenue

Proposed bill to be passed before fresh Catalan election sees health and education take the lion's share of €36bn in public funds 

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28 January 2020 05:19 PM

Parliament speaker Roger Torrent during a plenary session on Monday, January 27, 2020 (by Mariona Puig)

Constitutional court considering investigation against parliament speaker and officials

Spain’s highest court passes the matter over to the prosecutor who will decide whether to open a disobedience case against them

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27 January 2020 03:27 PM

Image of the Catalan president, Quim Torra, offering a statement in parliament, with speaker Roger Torrent overseeing the session, on January 27, 2020 (by Mariona Puig)

Major clash between government partners as president stripped of MP status

ERC accepts suspending Torra to avoid "risk of blocking parliament" while JxCat rejects it, warning of executive's "risk of collapsing"

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27 January 2020 11:24 AM

General shot of the Catalan parliament in session on January 4, 2020 (by Mariona Puig)

Parliament's top public servant gives order to withdraw Torra’s MP status

President responds government is at risk of collapsing and pressure now on speaker Torrent

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24 January 2020 03:15 PM

Catalan president Quim Torra and parliament speaker Roger Torrent in Parliament, November 2, 2018 (Pere Francesch)

Catalan president denounces 'coercion' faced by parliament speaker to suspend him as MP

Quim Torra threatens "legal action" a day after Supreme Court confirmed his suspension by electoral board

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13 January 2020 06:54 PM

Newly accepted MEPs Toni Comín and Carles Puigdemont, in the EU parliament holding a banner calling for the release of jailed leader Oriol Junqueras in Strasbourg, on January 13, 2020 (by Natàlia Segura)

Puigdemont and Comín take up seats 7 months after being elected MEPs

Former president and former minister finally able to attend European chamber, with notable absence of jailed leader Junqueras

 

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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

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