Puigdemont will not return to Catalonia before election
The ousted president dismissed rumours as false, calling Spain "delusional" for basing border policy on hearsay
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
PSC: the conciliatory unionist approach
Q&A on Miquel Iceta’s party, its decline, and recovery
Article 155 in the spotlight on day 11 of the campaign
The measure used by the Spanish government to suspend Catalonia’s self-rule was a talking point for most parties on Friday
Spanish government agrees to close down Diplocat
Cabinet in Madrid approves definitive closure of consortium charged with promoting Catalonia abroad
Catalans overseas move to ensure their votes are counted
In the past election, in 2015, more than 3,000 ballots cast at the Spanish Consulate in Rome did not make it to the final counting
Former Podemos leader in Catalonia calls for independence support
Albano Dante Fachin says supporting the coalition including his former party is “a vote against the October 1” referendum
What do polls say about the Catalan election?
Esquerra Republicana estimated to be first by a slight margin, with a pro-independence majority unclear
Campaigning from prison on day 10
How jailing candidates might affect the election becomes a talking point after vice president gives an interview to ACN from his cell
CUP, the alternative pro-independence party
Q&A on the far-left candidacy which might be deciding in ensuring a majority for a Catalan state for a second time
‘If the price of freedom is prison, we have to accept it’ says jailed vice president
ERC party’s candidate for president shares his thoughts on the upcoming election In an interview with the Catalan News Agency
Extradition case against Puigdemont closed
The Belgian justice officially puts an end to the proceedings a week after the Spanish Supreme Court withdrew the European Arrest Warrant
Parties call for dialogue in day 9 of election campaign
Despite general agreement that talks are needed each group defends its own priorities
Dialogue but never on independence, says Rajoy
Catalonia remaining in Spain is “safe” option, said the Spanish president on Wednesday
Ciutadans: Catalonia’s anti-independence champions
Q&A on Inés Arrimadas' unionist party, which aims to defeat pro-independence candidacies in the upcoming election
Catalan official in Brussels asks if Spain will continue ‘repression’ after election
Meritxell Serret says the new president has to be someone who can effectively take office, not necessarily Puigdemont
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