Articles tagged with: Roger Torrent

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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02 December 2019 05:18 PM

Cs head Lorena Roldán at a campaign event ahead of the November 2019 general election (by Guifré Jordan)

Unionist Cs party sues parliament speaker and other bureau members

Lawsuit relates to permission given to debate and vote on motion on self-determination partly suspended by Constitutional Court

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28 November 2019 08:39 PM

Catalan Parliament speaker Roger Torrent meets with Scottish Parliament speaker Ken Macintosh (by Scottish Parliament)

Speaker reports 'concern' of Scottish chamber over Catalan conflict

During Edinburgh visit, Roger Torrent urges Spanish government to "learn" from Scotland's authorized independence bid

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28 November 2019 02:07 PM

Ciutadans' Carlos Carrizosa speaking in the Catalan Parliament on November 27, 2019 (by Sílvia Jardí)

Parties urge speaker to act against 'sexist insinuations' in parliament

Majority of chamber groups make formal complaint against unionist MP for "intolerable" comments about female colleague

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27 November 2019 05:58 PM

Ciutadans' Carlos Carrizosa speaking in Parliament on November 27, 2019 (by Sílvia Jardí)

Unionists accuse government of corruption in parliament spat

Cs MP says executive is surrounded by "putrefaction and corruption" and clashes with speaker over "sexist" comments

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15 November 2019 07:11 PM

Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent at the Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly in Switzerland (by Alan Ruiz Terol)

Other parliaments 'don't understand why Forcadell's in prison,' says speaker

From global summit of legislative assemblies in Switzerland, Catalan parliament president says representatives are puzzled why his predecessor was jailed

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