Socialist leader on Puigdemont: 'He wants to keep tensions as high as possible'
PSC head Miquel Iceta says party of former Catalan president is "hardening" its stance and "going to extremes"
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Catalan foreign minister insists on debating prisoners and referendum at bilateral summit
Ernest Maragall meets two Spanish ministers in Madrid in run-up to intergovernmental meeting likely to be held next week
University cannot find 'any document' certifying new PP leader did a master’s
Pablo Casado got a postgraduate degree without going to class, and University now admits there is no "track record" of his essays
Lawmakers call for investigation into Spanish royal family corruption
Pro-independence and leftwing groups in Spain’s congress put forward motion on Monday
Major parties in Catalonia and Spain change leadership: here’s why it matters
Puigdemont takes over pro-independence PDeCAT while Pablo Casado, a hardliner, replaces Rajoy as Spain’s People’s Party head
Scotland formally notifies Ponsatí of extradition order withdrawal
Former minister's hearing was set to begin on July 30
A Catalan republic ‘as soon as possible,’ PDeCAT’s goal
David Bonvehí and Míriam Nogueras new heads of pro-independence party
Pablo Casado, new PP leader
Casado beat former vice president of Spain Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría by a narrow margin
‘I’m stepping aside, but I’m not leaving:’ Rajoy bids farewell to the People’s Party
The former Spanish president praised Article 155 in his speech but avoided naming a successor
Dropping warrants 'does not harm' image of Spanish justice, says government
Spokeswoman calls differences over extradition merely result of “conversations between courts”
Former parliament speaker arrives to new Catalan prison
Some 300 pro-independence supporters formed a human chain and placed yellow ribbons on her route
Puigdemont is already free to leave Germany
Bail conditions lifted by judge after Spain withdrew European Arrest Warrant
New poll: 46.7% of Catalans in support of independence, 44.9% against
Left-wing pro-independence ERC would win an election, surpassing its coalition partner JxCat and unionist Cs
Speaker urges pro-independence parties to avoid new ‘shameful spectacles’
Government leaders meet after row in parliament over former president’s suspension
Torra demands 'responsibilities' from the State
The Catalan president said that the European arrest warrant being withdrawn "shows Europe has no room for tricks"
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