Politics

With the courts expected to block JxCat’s bid, uncertainty remains over who will lead Catalonia’s next government

Path for Spanish government to take legal provision to the Constitutional Court cleared

Puigdemont plans an unlikely bid for the post, but no alternative name has yet been unveiled

Judge Pablo Llarena, overseeing the case against pro-independence leaders, summons all those being prosecuted not currently in jail

Leader of unionists Ciutadans calls on Spanish government to act before law enabling Puigdemont to be sworn in from Germany comes into effect

The pro-independence group set to debate options for swearing in a president

Motion received votes of pro-independence JxCat, ERC, and CUP and in-between-blocs CatECP

Spanish government ready to challenge amendment of presidency law

Motion put forward by JxCat denounces European governments that “violate rights” as well as “refugee crisis”

Party aims to generate “most favourable circumstances” to force Spain to negotiate

Puigdemont’s case is a “political issue,” says Anrej Hunko, Die Linke MP at the Bundestag

Unionist party urges Constitutional Court to take “exceptionally urgent” measures

Basque terrorist group confirms its definitive disbandment

On Friday, Catalan MPs will cast their ballots regarding allowing a swearing-in by proxy

Demonstrators call for release of deposed vice-president Oriol Junqueras, and Joaquim Forn, both in jail for half a year