Tenants’ Union urges EU to adopt Amsterdam model and ban 'speculative purchases'
Badalona mayor tells MEPs from housing crisis committee that housing law "doesn't work"
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Vote on Catalan's official status in EU postponed
Catalan president remains optimistic about official status, says it will "strengthen European project"
Barcelona mayor warns EU housing crisis committee that 'rules must be changed'
Left-wing parties call delegation “fake” and demand ban on European investment funds
EU housing crisis committee to visit Barcelona and Badalona May 26–28
MEPs will meet mayors Collboni and Albiol as well as landlord and tenant organisations
Catalan parliament rejects far-right motion on ban on Islamic veil
Pro-independence Junts defends the ban in some cases but voted against text saying "nothing is built from hatred"
Government and ERC reach €469m deal including housing renovation and new preschool places
Executive to approve third credit supplement to budget at extraordinary cabinet meeting on Thursday
Parliament greenlights €1.3bn credit supplement to budget
Government highlights new resources for public policies and predicts third supplement soon
Catalonia closes trade office in Tel Aviv
ACCIÓ trade and investment office to be closed per deal between ruling Socialists and Comuns
Constitutional Court expected to uphold amnesty law in June
Magistrates expected to reject conservative People's Party appeal 6 votes to 4
Catalonia to invest €1bn in five years to improve over 100 municipalities
Total funding expected to reach €1.7 billion with contributions from local authorities
Tourist tax delay agreed in exchange for €60m fund for housing and councils
Government and left-wing Comuns strike deal to postpone tourist tax increase until October
Catalonia to create Directorate-General of AI
Executive also aims to streamline aid and subsidy granting through new portal
Catalonia to invest €200m to promote Catalan language and add 100k new speakers annually
Nationwide language agreement to focus on education, social inclusion, and improving cultural offering
Catalan president to travel to Japan to 'strengthen and expand' relations
Week-long trip beginning on May 26 will also include a trip to South Korea
Spanish PM calls regional presidents' meeting in Barcelona for June 6
Spanish government to gather leaders to set political agenda moving forward
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