Parliament speaker says keeping direct rule “illegally” is “unconceivable”
Roger Torrent visits pro-independence officials in three Madrid prisons
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Rajoy demands ‘viable’ Catalan government
The Spanish president expressed he wants an executive capable of “serious” dialogue to recover “institutional normality”
Torra to send letter to European leaders requesting help in solving crisis
In an interview, the new Catalan president insisted on the legitimacy of nominations for ministers
‘No grounds’ to challenge nominated ministers, argues head of PSC
Appointing officials in prison or abroad is “not illegal” but it is “a big mistake,” says Miquel Iceta
Spain won’t lift Article 155
The decision was made by Spanish president Mariano Rajoy in meeting with PSOE and Cs party following Quim Torra’s minister nominations
Nominated ministers are ‘provocation,’ warns Spain
Deposed Catalan president celebrated news, as did pro-independence parties and proposed officials
Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials
The nominees for the new executive include incarcerated officials Josep Rull and Jordi Turull as well as deposed ministers abroad Toni Comín and Lluís Puig
If Spain ‘censures’ reinstatement of officials it will be acting like ‘dictatorship,’ says deposed minister
Lluís Puig, minister of culture deposed by the Spanish government, criticizes that “Spain is lecturing” Belgium and Germany over European arrest warrants and the judicial system
Catalan president writes to Rajoy calling for meeting to engage in dialogue
Quim Torra wrote to the Spanish president to speak "without conditions"
Torra is the ‘Le Pen’ of Spanish politics, says Socialist leader
PSOE party head says Catalan president represents the “opposite” of constitutional values
Madrid warns it will 'take action' if jailed officials are reinstated
“There cannot be dialogue outside the law,” says Spanish government spokesman
259 public servants fired by Spain using direct rule
Catalan administration “never worked so badly,” claim workers’ report
President Torra to visit jailed politicians on Monday
Newly elected Catalan leader has pledged he will offer to reinstate sacked Catalan ministers
The EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform calls for 'unconditional lifting of direct rule'
A group of MEPs meet Carles Puigdemont in Berlin to analyze the current political situation
Spanish prosecutor requests new European arrest warrant against leaders in Belgium
On Wednesday, Brussels court rejected Spain's extradition for Toni Comín, Meritxell Serret and Lluís Puig
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