Pro-independence parties present election campaigns
ERC party highlights absent candidates still held in jail while Together for Catalonia ticket puts focus on Catalan president Puigdemont
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“None of the arguments keeping them in prison are valid,” says Catalan officials lawyer
Defense teams of former ministers and civic leaders ask Spanish Supreme Court to review the reasons for keeping them in custody
ERC’s ministers commit to using “dialogue and political negotiation” if released
The lawyer asks the Spanish Supreme Court to review the case and to change imprisonment for a lighter penalty
Jailed minister offers thanks for ‘hundreds of letters’ he has received
Carles Mundó says Catalan officials feel very supported and “connected to the people”
‘Unpleasant things’ happened on the day of the referendum, admits Spanish president
Rajoy says that ‘no human enterprise is perfect’ referring to the October 1 Spanish police violence
Election is opportunity to end ‘40 years of nationalism’ in Catalonia, says PP official
Fernando Sánchez dismisses Socialists’ reluctance to govern with right-wing parties as ‘issues from the past’
Spanish Electoral Board asks public media to stop using terms such as “Government in exile”
It also considers transmission of November 11 protest violation of neutrality
Puigdemont stresses Catalonia's European credentials
President in exile explains remarks about a referendum on the EU in the country and calls for a Europe where the public has more say
PP leader and Catalan public broadcaster workers clash over lack of diversity allegations
Xavier García Albiol calls programming on Catalan TV is "unacceptable" and “should be changed from top to bottom”
Prison, exile and electoral campaign: the aftermath of the Declaration of Independence
Q&A: Where is Catalonia one month after parliament voted on declaring the Republic and Madrid suspended self-rule?
Barcelona council removes “Freedom for political prisoners” banner as requested by election board
The electoral body argues that the message of the poster “affects the neutrality of government institutions”
Head of prosecutor’s office in Catalonia dies at 69
José María Romero de Tejada passes away nine days after Spain’s attorney general
Socialist leader “dismisses” Junqueras and Puigdemont as bad “policy makers”
It is “normal” for politicians to be “dismissed” if they do their job badly said Miquel Icetas
“Stop putting Spanner in the works,” says Cs candidate to Socialist leader
Arrimadas also called on people to vote en masse in coming election to “put an end to this madness”
Catalans should vote on remaining in EU or not, argues Puigdemont
The dismissed president, who is a supporter of European Union, called it a "club of decadent and obsolete countries," in interview with Israeli TV channel
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