European parliament gets involved in jailed Junqueras immunity case
Chamber president agrees to legal committee's demands to send institution's views on issue ahead of hearing on October 14
catalan vice-president
Government begins process to calculate Catalan minimum wage
Spain’s minimum salary levels deemed “insufficient” for not taking into account Catalan cost of living
Activists replace removed yellow ribbons in Girona area
Unionist Ciutadans takes such signs to ombudsman while Catalan vice president calls on the party to stop "confrontation strategy"
Dialogue has started, but not negotiations, says President Torra
Catalan and Spanish vice presidents to meet in Madrid on Thursday
Spanish Supreme Court keeps Junqueras in jail
Magistrates argue unanimously that there’s a “high risk” of criminal reiteration
Junqueras’ hearing in Supreme Court underway
The court will decide whether to release Catalan leader or to keep him behind bars
Spanish Supreme Court to decide on Junqueras’ freedom today
The court will decide whether to release Catalan leader or to keep him behind bars
Attorney for Oriol Junqueras to request relocation to Catalan prison
Andreu van den Eynde argues for his client to be able to attend Parliament plenaries or even potentially be invested as Catalan president
Junqueras says there’s no reason why he cannot be sworn in as president
The main candidate for ERC says that he’s in prison for being consistent with “his decisions, thoughts and feelings”
‘If the price of freedom is prison, we have to accept it’ says jailed vice president
ERC party’s candidate for president shares his thoughts on the upcoming election In an interview with the Catalan News Agency
“If we win, it will be harder for them to keep us in prison,” says jailed ERC candidate
Oriol Junqueras encourages people to vote en masse on December 21
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Budget for 2017 passes first hurdle but gets little support from CUP
The support of 2 MPs from radical left pro-independence CUP, the main partner of governing cross party 'Junts Pel Sï', allowed the budget for 2017 to overcome the appeals presented by the oppoistion groups in the Parliament. Catalan Vice President and Minister for Economy and Tax Office, Oriol Junqueras, defended this Tuesday the budget for 2017. According to Junqueras, the draft especially focuses on “fiscal justice” and social expenditure, which he defined as fundamental pillars for economic growth. “We have many difficulties and many more are being put in our way, but it is clear that our economy and our society are capable of making it through”, he stated on the first day of the two-day session during which the Parliament will vote on the budget for 2017. “This is the best budget possible”, he assured in November, right after presenting the bill to the Parliament’s Bureau and emphasised the social orientation of the draft budget. Indeed, more than 74% of the total bill for 2017 is allocated for social expenditure and €1.1 billion more has been allocated for this purpose in comparison to the budget for 2015, which had to be extended for 2016.
Junqueras to advance pro-independence referendum depending on Spanish decisions towards Catalonia
The pro-independence referendum in Catalonia, expected to take place in September next year, may be accelerated depending on Spain’s attitude towards Catalonia. “If the Spanish Government accelerates decisions against the Catalan institutions, we should find a solution somehow”, Catalan Vice President and Minister for Economy and Tax Office, Oriol Junqueras stated this Friday. In an interview with Catalunya Ràdio, Junqueras also admitted to “not having a clue” whether Spain’s executive will offer a political solution for Catalonia soon and lamented that the supposed willingness to dialogue expressed by the Spanish Government started by proceeding with the prosecution against Parliament’s President, Carme Forcadell, for allowing the Chamber to debate on independence.