Jordi Solé takes jailed Junqueras’ MEP seat
Pro-independence party says imprisoned leader will still fight for his parliamentary immunity and his seat
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Catalan MEP regrets EU 'silence' over jailed leaders after bloc demands Turkey release Kurdish prisoner
ERC's Jordi Solé calls both cases "similar" and questions "double standards" of European institutions
Catalan MEPs demand release of 'political prisoners' in letter to colleagues
Pro-independence representatives urge Madrid to "allow the return of exiled politicians and to start a negotiation" with the Catalan government
MEP invites European Commission head to visit jailed Catalan leaders
ERC's Jordi Solé suggests Jean-Claude Juncker should talk to prisoners about "European values"
Pro-independence parties reject new threshold for EU parliament election
Regulation obliges member states to set a minimum of 2% to 5% of votes for a candidacy to get a seat in the chamber
European Parliament vetoes exhibit featuring Catalan ‘political prisoners’
Controversial series of portraits was removed from Madrid’s ARCO art festival
‘EU is not living up to what defenders of human rights expect of it,’ says MEP at UN
Two side events on the Catalan issue are held at the international organisation's headquarters in Geneva
MEPs denounce ‘arbitrariness’ of Spanish judiciary towards independence leaders
Representatives of two Catalan parties present question to European Commission alleging “flagrant” breach of rights
ERC reports irregularities in overseas voting
MEPs of the pro-independence party ask the European Commission if voting rights of people abroad "have been violated"
MEPs protest incarceration of civil society leaders in front of European Parliament
European politicians spoke out against Spain’s disregard for “democracy and human rights”
Referendum raids and arrests cause ‘concern’ in Brussels
MEPs from different EU parties condemn action of Spanish police against Catalan executive, though European Commission declines to comment
Jordi Solé (MEP): ‘We won't ask Brussels for permission to have our referendum’
Member of European Parliament says EU should only "get involved" in Catalonia to help "implement" referendum result
Catalan MEPs report “disgraceful and anti-democratic” 9-N sentence to the European Parliament
Catalan MEPs from left wing pro-independence party ERC Josep Maria Terricabras and Jordi Solé, and Ramon Tremosa, representing the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) sent a letter to the 751 members of the European Parliament condemning Monday’s sentence against former Catalan government figures over the 9-N symbolic vote on independence, which took place in Catalonia in 2014. They consider “disgraceful and anti-democratic” the sentencing to a two year-ban from holding public office for former Catalan President, Artur Mas and the 21-month and 18-month bans for former vice president Joana Ortega and former Catalan Minister for Education Irene Rigau for allowing the non-binding referendum to take place. The Catalan MEPs assured in their joint letter that the court’s decision “will not deter the Catalans' will to express their views at the ballot box”.