EU parliament head calls for 'urgent action' for 121 migrants on Open Arms ship
Sassoli pressures European Commission president to aid the Catalan vessel that has spent eight days at sea looking for safe harbor
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Girona council commissions study on Catalonia’s biggest urban park’s lighting
Mayor hopes new budget will include “necessary” renewal work at Devesa
Unionist head will resume talking with pro-independence lobby if it abandons 'illegal means'
People's Party leader in Catalonia calls for renunciation of "unilateralism" as precondition for unblocking political stalemate
Pedro Sánchez rules out meeting with pro-independence parties
Socialists' spokeswoman will sit down with ERC and JxCat as party leader prepares another presidential bid
Pro-independence activist leader defends ANC's political role
Catalan National Assembly's Elisenda Paluzie says "essence" of organization is to influence politics while maintaining "neutrality" and "non-partisanship"
Government spokesperson: “While Sánchez lives conditioned by the PP and Cs, everything will stay the same”
Meritxell Budó reiterates need for dialogue, and says the pro-independence camp needs "to find a common way"
Spanish minister asks EU to assume responsibility for migrant rescue ship
José Luis Ábalos: “Spain cannot be the only safe port”
PP asks Pedro Sánchez to propose another presidential candidate
The right-wing party says nobody “trusts” the Socialist and he must allow for a "constitutionalist alternative"
Slow roll out for new right to digital disconnection
Since December, firms are forbidden from contacting employees outside working hours, but applying the law is proving to be challenging for employers and unions
Minister seeks greater ‘administrative coordination’ to tackle Goiat bear issue
Pyrenean predator responsible for multiple attacks on livestock
Jailed activist leader asks for meeting with Pedro Sánchez
Acting Spanish president refuses Jordi Cuixart's request, arguing Constitution does not include "right to self-determination"
Spanish Socialists aim to reform 'out-of-date' state funding system
Acting minister says party will propose rethink if Pedro Sánchez becomes president after Catalan government criticizes "arbitrary" distribution of resources
Barcelona city council asks that Spain’s Congress set up committee of inquiry into 2017 attacks
Motion comes weeks after contradictory reports on Spanish intelligence’s ties to mastermind
Minister blames EU case against air pollution levels on Madrid measure
New low emissions zone coming to Barcelona in 2020, says Catalan official
Government begins process to calculate Catalan minimum wage
Spain’s minimum salary levels deemed “insufficient” for not taking into account Catalan cost of living
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