CUP could reconsider position on swearing in Sànchez
Party might support former activist’s presidential bid if pro-independence allies agree proposal to “bring about the Republic”
March 6, 2018 06:19 PM
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Party might support former activist’s presidential bid if pro-independence allies agree proposal to “bring about the Republic”
March 6, 2018 06:19 PM
According to some media outlets, the Catalan police might have spied on some Catalan figures
March 6, 2018 02:03 PM
While he gained relevance in 2015 as the head of a major pro-independence organisation, his political activism began in the eighties
March 6, 2018 12:13 PM
Jordi Sànchez’s defense petitions Spanish courts for his release so he can attend parliament and take up the post
March 6, 2018 10:59 AM
"The violation of some people's rights is the violation of everybody's rights," says jailed Catalan leader in The Times
March 5, 2018 08:30 PM
JxCat and Esquerra reach pre-agreement on investiture of Sànchez
March 5, 2018 08:17 PM
The pro-independence parties still have to convince CUP to not abstain in vote for jailed leader
March 5, 2018 07:22 PM
Far-left CUP confirms that the party will not vote for Jordi Sànchez, the candidate proposed by Carles Puigdemont
March 5, 2018 03:03 PM
Amid negotiations with Junts per Catalunya, Esquerra’s Joan Tardà says his party should begin talks with parties opposed to independence
March 5, 2018 12:22 PM
Catalan parliament speaker will start a new round of talks with party leaders today to find a new candidate for president
March 4, 2018 09:20 PM
Without CUP's support, Carles Puigdemont would be forced to resign as MP in order for pro-independence parties to have enough seats to elect Jordi Sànchez
March 3, 2018 03:14 PM
With Puigdemont’s alternative for president behind bars, Spanish government rejects proposal as “against all logic”
March 2, 2018 05:31 PM
Dismissed leader’s defense alleges that Spanish authorities infringed international treaties and violated his political rights
March 2, 2018 04:39 PM
Major pro-independence party in Catalonia stresses that jailed vice president must be president-in-waiting
March 2, 2018 12:10 PM
From Brussels, the deposed Catalan leader presents a lawsuit against Spain before the UN Human Rights Committee
March 1, 2018 08:12 PM
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