Politics

One year after taking office, Catalan president takes credit for putting administration back on track after self-rule suspension from Madrid

Magistrates put process on hold until after appeal by fascist ex-ruler's relatives

Parliamentarians sympathetic to their cause sign an open letter to chamber head Antonio Tajani urging that Puigdemont, Comín and Junqueras be accepted as representatives

Foreign minister believes that if Madrid ignores Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's requests, its reputation 'will be seriously damaged'

Supreme Court turns down Jordi Sànchez’s petition to leave jail to take part in post-electoral round of talks

Winning pro-independence candidate Maragall seeks coalition with acting mayor Ada Colau's party but she might want to stay in power

Council for Republic organization calls on demonstration on July 2 in Strasbourg to defend exiled and jailed leaders' rights to become MEPs

Spain demands that two members of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention be disqualified

Spanish Congress speaker: 'Only people who are physically able to attend can be selected by their parties to do so'

European Parliament withdraws all temporary accreditations given to Spanish MEPs-elect to avoid "political problems" with Spain

Andreu Van den Eynde reacts to UN report calling for defendants to be freed, arguing that as trial ends the reasons to let them go are "coming together"

Socialist government calls it "especially serious" that the paper is published before the trial is over

Ex-Catalan officials elected in the EU election denied access until they are "effectively registered" as MEPs

All the details of United Nations’ report against detention of activists Cuixart and Sànchez, and politician Junqueras

Jordi Cuixart requests to be freed after United Nations Group on Arbitrary Detention issues favorable report