10-year prison sentence for sedition requested for former police chief
Prosecutor open to alternative conviction not entailing jail time for Trapero and other police officials during 2017 referendum
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Torra accuses Spain of ‘suffocating’ Catalan finances in regional Covid-19 fund
Madrid defends "unprecedented" €16bn transfer plan to Spanish regions
Foreign affairs minister to face trial for disobedience during 2017 referendum
Bernat Solé could be barred from public office for actions during his former role as mayor
Barcelona and Lleida to progress to de-escalation Phase 2 on June 8
The Tarragona, Ebre river and western Pyrenees regions advance to last lockdown easing stage before “new normality”
Spain ‘ignored’ UN call to release jailed politicians for a year: pro-independence groups
United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated that detentions were “against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”
Catalonia officially asks that Barcelona and Lleida move to lockdown easing Phase 2
Tarragona, Ebre region and western Pyrenees requested to begin final step of de-escalation on June 8
Spanish government corrects its minister and says tourists will not be allowed until July 1
Reyes Maroto said hours earlier that land border controls would be lifted on June 22
Land border controls in Spain to be lifted on June 22
International tourism could restart from same day, coinciding with end of the state of alarm
Spain’s state of alarm extended one last time until June 21
Congress greenlights plan by president Pedro Sánchez to prolong emergency lockdown measures
Mobility restrictions in Spain will be lifted on June 21
Catalan government will be in charge during lockdown easing Phase 3 and will be able to decide when “new normality” begins
Deposition of police chief in charge of referendum crackdown embitters Spanish politics
Minister sacked Guardia Civil leaders after police report linking Covid-19 spread to government permitting Women's Day rally
6th state of alarm extension to succeed, prompting discrepancies in Catalan government
Emergency measures to last until June 21 after separate deals with unionist Cs, Basque nationalists, and pro-independence ERC
Supreme Court prohibits display of ‘unofficial’ flags on public buildings
Decision expected to have repercussions for the Catalan administrative buildings
Regional governments to oversee lockdown de-escalation in Phase 3 from June 8
Pro-independence parties disagree on sixth state of alarm extension to be voted on Wednesday
ERC to abstain in upcoming vote on sixth state of alarm extension
Pro-independence party strikes deal with Spanish government in exchange for greater authority in Phase 3
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