Suspension of MPs 'cannot be questioned,' says Ciutadans leader
Parliament speaker asks prosecutor to drop rebellion charges for leaders involved in pro-independence case
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Catalan Socialists leader ‘can’t imagine independence without an agreement with Spain’
Miquel Iceta rules out Spanish constitution reform or referendum in this term
Catalan Socialists urge new government to show “it can be trusted”
Leader Miquel Iceta says Catalan cabinet should respect the law and avoids "speculating" about the release of prisoners
‘No grounds’ to challenge nominated ministers, argues head of PSC
Appointing officials in prison or abroad is “not illegal” but it is “a big mistake,” says Miquel Iceta
Socialists to vote against Jordi Turull's candidacy for president
"He is not best option to start new period," says PSC leader Miquel Iceta
Socialist leader says Puigdemont has ‘no intention’ of return
Miquel Iceta tells Catalan TV that dismissed president’s situation is a legal issue and no longer a political one
Court’s decision to keep Catalan leaders in jail sparks outrage
"We’ll turn sadness into energy, and we won’t stop until you’re free," says Catalan Parliament president Carme Forcadell
All taxes should be collected in Catalonia, proposes Socialist leader
Esquerra Republicana recruits 14,000 polling agents to make sure there is no “electoral fraud”
Pro-independence parties will keep majority, latest poll suggests
Candidacies in favor of a Catalan state would add up 46.7% votes and unionists 42.4%, with a record-breaking turnout
Catalan socialists court division over Article 155
Local PSC officials openly reject plan to suspend Catalonia’s self rule, while leadership denies party split
Spain’s attorney general will act without “hesitation” against Oct 1 referendum
Supreme Court president says attitudes from pro-independence leaders’ “damage democracy” and are “unacceptable”
Catalan parliamentary bureau should not admit passage of referendum law, says socialist leader
PSC head Miquel Iceta argues bill to allow self-determination vote on October 1 does not fall within framework of ‘fast-track’ amendment challenged in Constitutional Court
EC vice president discusses “difficult” Catalan situation with socialist leader
The First Secretary of the Catalan socialists, Miquel Iceta, met with Frans Timmermans in Brussels to discuss Catalan issues
Puigdemont questions Spain’s willingness to dialogue as it doesn’t include bilateral negotiation with Catalonia
The Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, is suspicious regarding Spain’s executive willingness to dialogue. During this Wednesday’s session of control in the Parliament, Puigdemont stated that Catalonia deserves a bilateral negotiation with the Government in Madrid and that he considers anything other than this a way to “dilute and disguise what is really going on” in Catalonia and therefore “confuse public opinion”. Pro-independence radical left CUP MP, Mireia Boya, went a bit further and urged Puigdemont not to go along with Spain’s “siren calls” in relation to its supposed openness to dialogue. On the other hand, Xavier García Albiol, the leader of the Catalan branch of Spain’s governing party PP, called for Puigdemont not to be like “a statue” before the “signals” sent by the Spanish Government.
Spanish and Catalan socialists will create a committee “to tackle their relationship problems”
The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and its partner in Catalonia (PSC) will create a committee made up of members from both parties to “tackle their relationship problems” and resolve the situation “as soon as possible”. According to PSC’s leader, Miquel Iceta, the committee will have to “evaluate and review if necessary” the relationship between the parties, established in 1978. According to Javier Fernández, president of the interim managing committee which has led PSOE since last October, the fact that PSC broke the party line and refused to facilitate Mariano Rajoy’s investiture in October was “not serious” nor “democratic”. Indeed, many members of PSOE want PSC out of the Federal Committee and for them not to be able to participate in the Spanish Parliament. The tension between PSOE and PSC reached its height on the 29th of October during the Spanish investiture debate, when 15 Socialist MPs said ‘no’ to Mariano Rajoy’s investiture, among whom were the seven MPs of the PSC.