Socialist leader pledges dialogue between Spain and Catalonia
Pedro Sánchez appeals to pro-independence parties in his attempt to oust president Mariano Rajoy
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Vote of no confidence to oust Rajoy underway
Pro-independence parties crucial for the initiative to succeed
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Socialists reject pact with pro-independence parties to oust Rajoy
PSOE to call new election to get Ciutadans’ support
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PSOE party head says Catalan president represents the “opposite” of constitutional values
Socialists propose updating rebellion crime to match events in Catalonia
PSOE warns direct rule could be used against new government, while Ciutadans calls for it to continue
Spanish president and opposition leader will respond to any ‘challenge’ from Catalonia
Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sánchez agree to continue monitoring country’s finances
Rajoy to meet opposition leaders to discuss Catalonia this week
Spanish president will meet socialist leader on Tuesday and head of unionist Cs party on Thursday
Plans to reform Spanish Constitution delayed
Committee in Congress to discuss Magna Carta aimed to offer an olive branch to Catalan pro-independence bloc
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
Spanish government and opposition PSOE agree on taking control of Catalan presidency, public TV and police
Madrid executive and Socialist party to call snap election in Catalonia in January 2018
The two main Spanish parties agree to set up commission for Constitutional reform
Agreement reached between Spanish president Mariano Rajoy and leader of the opposition Pedro Sánchez one day after Carles Puigdemont’s speech in parliament
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”
Spanish parties united against referendum
From Rajoy to Sánchez to Rivera, the leaders of Spain’s main political groups speak out against October 1 vote
PP and PSOE united against Catalan referendum
The two main Spanish parties are frontally opposed to the celebration of an independence referendum in Catalonia and their leaders will fight together against the Catalan government plans’ to hold one. In a phone conversation on Monday, the Spanish President and leader of the People’s Party (PP), Mariano Rajoy, and the re-elected leader of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, discussed their united front against a self-determination vote in Catalonia. “The PSOE will defend the legality and the Constitution,” confirmed the Spanish Vice President, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, in a press conference in Madrid, where she briefed journalists about the two leaders’ conversation. According to her, the Socialists are “against the illegal referendum being planned by the Catalan Government” and will block “any attempt” to “violate” the Spanish Constitution. Sáenz de Santamaría also insisted that a self-determination referendum is “unnegotiable” but again urged the Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, to present his plans in the Spanish Congress.