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Rajoy will meet with the new Socialist leader two days before talking to the Catalan President
Politics
Rajoy considers self-determination vote "absurd" and rejects discussing it with the Catalan President
Politics
The Catalan bill on Consultation Votes passes its last-step-but-one with 80% of parliamentary support
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Catalan President assures parties that any change on the self-determination vote will be agreed with them
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Cospedal rejects a constitutional reform to solve “territorial problems”
The Secretary General of the People’s Party, Maria Dolores de Cospedal, said that it is not “in any way” possible to reform the constitution to ease the demands of Catalonia, which is pushing for a referendum on independence from Spain. She also warned that the role of the new king, Felipe VI, is to protect Spanish unity. “The monarch’s mission is to ensure that national sovereignty is respected and to check that the unity of Spain is not put at risk”, she said during an event in Madrid.
Business
Shops in Barcelona to open on Sunday during the summer to increase revenue from tourists
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Catalan nationalists denounce their exclusion from the King's abdication process and abstain
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The King's succession process will not have the explicit support from Catalan nationalists
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A modern King respecting self-determination or a new Republic: the reactions from Catalonia
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Business and Socialist pressure to talk and to reform Constitution, but Spanish Government remains opposed
Business
Legal framework for $6 billion mega-casino and amusement resort BCN World approved
Politics
Catalan Government feels “stronger” after the European elections and asks Rajoy to talk
Politics
Left-Wing Independence Party (ERC) not to sit in Catalan Government despite winning European elections
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