Politics

Puigdemont’s candidacy warns that any other option would mean “accepting Article 155”

The body requests to keep the Catalan leader in prison, arguing that he’s not committed to "constitutional legality"

Outside the Spanish Supreme Court, Gabriel Rufián stated that Catalonia “can’t have a president via Skype”

The magistrates’ decision will be released after today, but Spanish prosecutor requests he remain in prison

Madrid argues that the measures don't only affect Catalonia, while Catalan administration stresses that Spain’s arguments “make no sense”

Carles Riera hopes Junqueras is released but has no confidence in Spanish judiciary

The incarcerated pro-independence leader tweets that him and his fellow MPs will “hold high the torch of European values”

The court will decide whether to release Catalan leader or to keep him behind bars  

The court will decide whether to release Catalan leader or to keep him behind bars  

Andreu van den Eynde argues for his client to be able to attend Parliament plenaries or even potentially be invested as Catalan president

The Spanish Supreme court accuses her of rebellion, sedition, and misuse of funds for allowing the vote on Catalan independence

The international organization says measures recommended in 2013 not yet fully implemented and urges authorities to do so “as soon as possible”

With Ciutadans the most voted party, the People’s Party and the Catalan Socialist Party urge them to form a new government despite not having majority

The spokesperson for the pro-independence party says decisions about the incarcerated officials are “political and not judicial”

Tension between Barcelona and Madrid is set to decline, with the road to independence on a slow track, but with Puigdemont’s potential imprisonment threatening to inflame it all again