Parliament lawyers warn Puigdemont’s party: suspended MPs’ votes could be invalidated
Proxy vote petition from Junts per Catalunya "not consistent" with previous agreement by pro-independence parties
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Proxy vote petition from Junts per Catalunya "not consistent" with previous agreement by pro-independence parties
Borrell says he didn't want Catalan president to have "a stage to vilify Spain's good name" as government replies Spain feels "uncomfortable with freedom of expression"
Ska Keller visits pro-independence leaders in jail
Pro-independence leaders Pere Aragonès and Nicola Sturgeon pledge to strengthen economic cooperation between their governments
Suspending Catalan self-rule, banning pro-independence parties, deporting migrants and abolishing gender violence law, among measures proposed
Former minister Jordi Turull appears in court accused of transferring assets to wife
Lack of united strategy in pro-independence bloc, figure of Puigdemont, and threat of more politicians going to jail among main points
Madrid warns against parliament decisions violating constitution
In joint statement, president and vice president admit "coordination mechanisms" between parties are "improvable"
Xavier García Albiol last week announced his intention to run for mayor of city in Barcelona metro area
The Procura+ network of public authorities recognizes city council measure fostering sustainability and innovation in new public contracts
Pro-independence parties brawled over how to implement Spanish courts’ orders to suspend the former president and other MPs
Parliament plenary session to resume this evening after quarrel between pro-independence parties threatened the government's stability
Puigdemont’s party rejects abiding by court order to suspend former president and other MPs on trial and refuses to name substitutes
Albert Rivera backs Pablo Casado’s proposal to ban CUP party
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