Artur Mas resigns as PDeCAT leader
The former Catalan president is banned from public office after holding non-binding independence referendum
Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
The former Catalan president is banned from public office after holding non-binding independence referendum
Official December figures suggest that people’s main worry continues to be unemployment
Catalan chamber says dismissing the executive 'violates' Spanish Constitution
Carles Mundó says decision is due to "personal reasons"
Spanish president calls on all Catalan political forces to form a Catalan government “soon” in order to “normalize” the situation
JxCat will draft a proposal on Parliament Bureau’s composition
Pro-independence allies prefer to leave proposal in Parliament lawyers’ hands, while unionist groups rule out Puigdemont taking office from Brussels
Q&A on the new term set to start next week, with the appointment of new Parliament bureau and president of government unresolved
“We hope this does not mean more violence against peaceful people,” Catalan Parliament president answers
Andrej Babiš says that the Velvet Divorce might be a model to find the way out in "what has been happening in Spain"
ERC representative says that the Catalan leader has been “kidnapped” and Puigdemont states that he’s a “hostage”
Party of jailed Catalan leader denounces that considering legal criteria, Junqueras shouldn’t be currently imprisoned
Magistrates argue unanimously that there’s a “high risk” of criminal reiteration
The Spanish prosecutor requested the dismissed official stay in prison because he hasn’t “renounced illegal means”
Puigdemont’s candidacy warns that any other option would mean “accepting Article 155”
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