Politics

Jailed MPs ask to vote by proxy, while pro-independence representatives in Brussels will not take part remotely

Interim bureau to face vote by proxy debate in opening session of Parliament on Wednesday

The two main pro-independence parties also agree to elect Carles Puigdemont as president from Brussels

An MEP complained that Catalan was the only language used in the office’s corporate image and signage

Luke Ming Flanagan: “You have done well with independence, why stop Catalonia doing the same?”

Organization started as mockery on social networks and claims that the part of Catalonia in which unionism is majority should secede

Q&A on the new term set to start on Wednesday, with the appointment of new chamber bureau and president of government unresolved 

The chamber’s Committee on Petitions receives around 40 citizens requests about the political situation in Catalonia

Non-binding report by chamber's legal team concludes it is "essential" for presidential candidate to be in the opening plenary

While former leader of convicted CDC party Artur Mas denies irregularities, private prosecution is “rather satisfied” with the judge’s decision

"Be a democrat and respect the Catalan Parliament decision to reinstate the government", replies Puigdemont

MEP Renate Weber urges Spain to negotiate with pro-independence parties, stating that judicial means won’t necessarily solve political problems

While Puigdemont says vetoing him taking office remotely would be a “democratic fraud,” Ciutadans brands this possible move as a “joke”

Oriol Junqueras' appeal for transferral to Catalan prison in order to be closer to relatives also rejected

Spanish government will "immediately and without hesitation" appeal against potential appointment in absentia, says spokesman