Carme Forcadell to run in December 21 elections for ERC

Carme Forcadell, the president of Catalan Parliament, was announced today as a candidate in the upcoming December 21 elections by pro-independence left-wing Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party. Forcadell has been one of the Catalan officials to come under pressure from the Spanish judiciary, for allowing pro-independence debate in the chamber over which she presided – and ultimately, the vote on the declaration of independence itself. Indeed, she even spent a day in prison last week, and was only released after paying bail of € 150,000.