Parties focus on approach to take after election
Campaign, day 8: While the unilateral path is still on the table for pro-independence bloc, returning Catalonia to its pre-155 condition is a priority
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Puigdemont: EU state not accepting election results would be “scandal”
Should the Spanish government accept a pro-independence party victory, the Catalan president would return to Catalonia risking arrest
On campaign day 6, parties urge not wasting votes
As the election draws closer, main parties call for tactical vote to prevent other block from winning
Polls suggest three parties will vie for victory in December 21 elections
Pro-independence ERC is slightly ahead, but pro-independence parties might still lose majority in Parliament
Vote for us or they'll win, say parties on the fifth day of campaign
The main Catalan parties present themselves as the safest option if voters want to prevent the opposite bloc from winning
Day four of campaign and artworks dispute enters debate
Most parties had an opinion to voice over Sixena art, with independence and Article 155 also being major topics
Political conflict on agenda of first television debate
On day three of campaign, independence process was a key issue, but social proposals also played a part
Brussels the center of attention on day three of campaign
Together for Catalonia, Esquerra Republicana and CUP take part in protest in Belgium, while other Catalan parties stay away
Spanish Constitution target of criticism on second day of campaign
All parties but two claim that Spain’s current Carta Magna, which turned 39 on Wednesday, is no longer working
Spain has withdrawn the arrest warrant out of fear, Puigdemont says
The Catalan president, now in Belgium, claims Spanish justice wanted to avoid losing extradition case
Catalonia is a nation and Spain can't take this away, argues Together for Catalonia candidate
In an exclusive interview with Catalan News, Aurora Madaula questions whether Spain will respect election results
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
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”
Pro-independence parties hesitant whether to take part in December 21 election
The Spanish president called Catalans to polling stations after seizing control of the country
26-J: Spain goes to the polls for the second time in six months
Spaniards go to polls again this Sunday, after a ballot on the 20th of December 2015 resulted in a fragmented parliament where no party had the 176 seats required to form a government. This election may mark the end of the two-party system comprised of the Conservative People’s Party, PP, and the Spanish Socialist Party, PSOE, which have alternated in the Spanish government since 1982. Two new parties burst in the last Spanish Elections are set to have a key role to reach agreements and form a new government: Spanish Unionist ‘Ciutadans’ and alternative left ‘Podemos’. According to most polls, governing PP is set to win the elections but without majority, as it happened in December, when they got 123 MPs in the 350-seat Spanish Parliament. PSOE suffered a huge decline and obtained 90 seats. 'Podemos' was third force with 68 seats and 'Ciutadans' obtained 40 MPs.