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14 ministries, including newly-created feminism and climate action departments, will be gender-balanced and each party will manage seven
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Catalan and Scottish independence campaigns: siblings or distant relatives?
Movements share similar aims and electoral successes but face very different constitutional and political realities
1,200 pro-independence supporters gather in Barcelona to urge parties to form government
Catalan National Assembly warns ERC and Junts: "we will no longer be by your side" if disagreement leads to fresh elections
Government talks between ERC and ECP ‘broken’ as latter wants JxCat out of cabinet
Poll suggests more support for left-wing coalition in Catalonia over pro-independence alliance
Pro-independence parties reach agreement to 'find way out' of deadlock and avoid snap election
Esquerra, Junts per Catalunya and CUP decide to separate debate on how to achieve independence from governance
Government calls for 'trust' in negotiating teams to agree deal for new term
Socialists rule out abstention as ERC meet Junts and En Comú Podem for separate talks
Barcelona court rejects investigation into head of Spanish riot police for referendum day violence
Officers at polling stations responsible for own actions as no orders issued to "act forcefully," say judges
Support for Esquerra's minority government not guaranteed as deadline looms
Other main pro-independence party, Junts, will not back new cabinet "for free" and call for coalition talks to resume
Esquerra says they will form minority government after lack of agreement in coalition talks
Frontrunner Pere Aragonès says Catalonia "cannot wait more" for a new cabinet after 83 days of negotiations with other pro-independence party Junts
Government deal can be reached ‘in the coming days,’ JxCat say
Jordi Sànchez says talks with ERC are progressing “satisfactorily” and that says that the agreement is “90%” done
Court claims €4.5 million from independence leaders over foreign policy expenditure
Former presidents Carles Puigdemont and Artur Mas are among those involved in the case centering around Diplocat spending from 2013-2017
People's Party target Spanish government after Madrid election success
Acting Catalan president contrasts Madrid's "populism with far-right support" with Catalonia's "republican, pro-independence and left-wing majority"
Upcoming hearing on independence leader Ponsatí's extradition to be held in Scotland on August 26
MEP's immunity was lifted in March alongside that of Puigdemont and former minister Comín
Podemos' head Pablo Iglesias quits politics after left-wing defeat in Madrid region election
People's Party's Ayuso prevails doubling number of seats to just shy of majority but can govern with support from far-right
Spain's Supreme Court will have final say on Covid measures when state of alarm ends
Catalan government "concerned" that Spanish executive has "transferred management of the pandemic to the courts"
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