Quim Torra, new candidate for president
Puigdemont chooses lawyer, writer and activist for the post - swearing in unlikely to be challenged
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Ciutadans urges Rajoy not to lift direct rule of Catalonia
Albert Rivera says Madrid will need to be "vigilant" and new government cannot be trusted until it admits last one was "wrong"
Puigdemont shortly to announce presidential candidate
Spanish president Rajoy ready for 'dialogue' with conditions
Constitutional Court suspends bill to remotely swear in president
Puigdemont bid blocked as presidency law amendment put on hold while judges consider Spanish government appeal
Juncker insists dialogue is needed in Catalonia to solve crisis
European Commission president says mediation would only be possible if Spain asks for it
Juncker would meet with Catalan president ‘depending on’ subject
The European Commission representative in Barcelona, Ferran Tarradellas, explained that a potential meeting will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis
Spanish government’s main ally withdraws support over Catalonia
Ciutadans leader Albert Rivera accused president Rajoy of “abandoning his duties”
Speaker urges 'return to basic European pillars' to defend 'democratic values, rights and freedoms'
Roger Torrent meets the consular corps in Barcelona on Europe's Day and says Catalonia is "strongly pro-Europe"
European Commission ‘looking into’ concerns about ‘rights regression’ in Catalonia
EU head of Justice, Vera Jourová, to “respond” to European Free Alliance party request
Law to elect Puigdemont challenged in court
Spanish government appeals Catalan regulation enabling a swearing-in at a distance
Controversy in Senate as official taking oath in Catalan obliged to speak in Spanish
ERC member Mirella Cortès was asked to speak four times not to speak in her mother tongue while making declaration
Supreme Court unable to fully prove charge of misuse of funds before German court
Judge Pablo Llarena awaiting information from Spanish treasury for proof in Puigdemont extradition case
Alternative to Puigdemont for president ‘not decided,’ says senior MP
Elsa Artadi, one of the top candidates for the post, says aim is to “avoid a new election”
Parties unimpressed by decision to keep Puigdemont as candidate
With the courts expected to block JxCat’s bid, uncertainty remains over who will lead Catalonia’s next government
Consultative body greenlights challenge to law to swear in Puigdemont
Path for Spanish government to take legal provision to the Constitutional Court cleared
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