Tension, broken talks, trial, rising hegemony – Catalan political year at a glance
Four-month independence process and three elections shaped the 2018-2019 season
July 31, 2019 12:15 PM
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Politics news from Catalonia and Barcelona
Catalan president and Barcelona mayor commit to budget talks
Neither of their governments managed to get their 2018 and 2019 spending plans passed
July 30, 2019 05:09 PM
Catalonia received 66% of allocated public spending between 2015-2018
Figure falls below Spanish average, while Madrid received 114% of planned budget
July 30, 2019 04:41 PM
Quim Torra announces he won’t pay Spanish electoral authority fines
The Catalan president rejects €8,500 fines from a “censoring and repressive” organization
July 29, 2019 04:05 PM
High court rejects closing Catalan foreign offices after Spanish challenge
Precautionary decision comes weeks after Spain was found to be spying on delegations abroad
July 29, 2019 01:44 PM
Spain paid informants in Catalan police to fight independence, say reports
‘El Mundo’ says the expenses from a reserve fund led to identification of officials to be sacked after referendum
July 29, 2019 10:57 AM
Secret services and police not aware of terrorist movements before 2017 attacks, says new report
‘La Vanguardia’ newspaper contradicts recent ‘Publico’ report and claims Catalan police reconstructed events after attacks
July 28, 2019 05:02 PM
Health minister wants tobacco companies to remove branding from packaging
25.6% of people in Catalonia smoked in 2018, compared to 24% in 2017
July 28, 2019 01:00 PM
New Ciutadans frontrunner Lorena Roldán: ‘I am the real Catalonia’s president’
Roldán believes her party can provide a “non-nationalist government for all Catalans”
July 27, 2019 02:56 PM
Leading independence figures meet in Puigdemont's Waterloo residence
Politicians and activists from across the pro-independence spectrum were in Belgium on Friday for Council of the Republic session
July 26, 2019 07:12 PM
Coalition negotiations between Socialists and Unidas Podemos break down
Spain is even closer to snap election after Sánchez’s second failed congressional vote
July 26, 2019 04:12 PM
Lorena Roldán, new unionist Ciutadans candidate for Catalan president
She faced criticism in the past for having taken part in a pro-independence demonstration in 2013
July 26, 2019 02:59 PM
Pro-independence parties would keep majority in an election, says poll
Center for Opinion Studies also finds 48.3% of public against independence compared to 44% in favor
July 26, 2019 01:02 PM
New EU chamber head under pressure to let jailed Junqueras take up seat
Greens/EFA joins imprisoned Catalan leader in calling on David-Maria Sassoli to allow him to be member of European Parliament
July 26, 2019 11:57 AM
Catalan Parliament defends right to self-determination and rejects monarchy
Move comes days after Spanish Constitutional Court blocks motion to abolish monarchy
July 25, 2019 10:07 PM
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