Catalan Parliament to vote on a response to Madrid takeover
The session will continue into Friday with a declaration of independence back on the table
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Spanish Vice President defends Article 155 in Senate
Mariano Rajoy’s deputy tells upper house that clause to suspend Catalonia’s self-rule will see return to “legality, coexistence and harmony”
Declaration of independence back on the table - Puigdemont won't call early election
Catalan Parliament meeting at 6pm to decide next steps as Spain votes to suspend self-rule in the Senate
European Confederation of Police calls for “political solution” to crisis
In a document released on Thursday, the organization condemned the use of police in order to “enforce a solution”
Spanish police confiscate official documentation to be incinerated by Mossos
The Catalan police emphasize that all official documentation is stored digitally, and that the practice of incinerating paperwork is ordinary
Catalan public media defend their ‘plurality and veracity’
Directors of Catalan public media say that "the threat of a takeover" attacks “citizens’ rights to have truthful, objective, plural and balanced information”
Catalan president to call for elections today
Puigdemont took the decision after yesterday and today’s meetings with government ministers and JxSí lawmakers
Catalan government meets to decide if it will declare independence
Catalan president, government ministers and JxSí lawmakers meet to outline the next steps to be taken after Catalan self-rule suspension
Catalonia’s ruling coalition committed to declaring independence this week
Vice-president Junqueras says Spain has left “no other option”
Catalan president will not address Senate on Article 155
Carles Puigdemont decides not to attend debate in Spain’s upper house on suspending Catalonia’s self-government
Would a snap election in Catalonia stop the self-rule suspension?
Spanish parties disagree on whether Madrid should go ahead with Article 155 if Puigdemont calls an early election
10 million euros in social project subsidies blocked by Spanish treasury
Spain’s treasury has assured it will pay out the funds once it receives request from the government
Illegal funding of Spain’s ruling party ‘amply demonstrated’, says prosecutor
Spain's judicial system is investigating if Rajoy’s party pocketed undeclared and illegal donations to pay bonuses to senior members of the PP
Uncertainty over Catalan president’s next step
Doubts cast over Carles Puigdemont’s visit to the Spanish Senate, while government members warn that early elections will not stop Article 155
MPs voting for independence to be held responsible, says Spanish minister
Catalá states that Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution will be enforced even if the Catalan president calls for snap elections
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