Law to elect Puigdemont challenged in court
Spanish government appeals Catalan regulation enabling a swearing-in at a distance
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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
New Catalan president to be sworn in within 10 days?
Puigdemont plans an unlikely bid for the post, but no alternative name has yet been unveiled
Intense week in Spanish Supreme Court begins
Judge Pablo Llarena, overseeing the case against pro-independence leaders, summons all those being prosecuted not currently in jail
JxCat propose to swear in Carles Puigdemont as president
Leader of unionists Ciutadans calls on Spanish government to act before law enabling Puigdemont to be sworn in from Germany comes into effect
JxCat MPs travel to Berlin to meet deposed president Puigdemont
The pro-independence group set to debate options for swearing in a president
Parliament demands ‘immediate’ release of jailed Catalan leaders
Motion received votes of pro-independence JxCat, ERC, and CUP and in-between-blocs CatECP
Catalan parliament and Spain to clash over bill to allow Puigdemont’s swearing-in
Spanish government ready to challenge amendment of presidency law
Parliament urges EU to be ‘space of understanding, dialogue, and mediation’
Motion put forward by JxCat denounces European governments that “violate rights” as well as “refugee crisis”
ERC to change tactics to achieve independent Catalonia
Party aims to generate “most favourable circumstances” to force Spain to negotiate
Talks and mediation ‘the only solution’ to Catalan issue, says German MP
Puigdemont’s case is a “political issue,” says Anrej Hunko, Die Linke MP at the Bundestag
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