Catalan president will not address Senate on Article 155
Carles Puigdemont decides not to attend debate in Spain’s upper house on suspending Catalonia’s self-government
Carles Puigdemont decides not to attend debate in Spain’s upper house on suspending Catalonia’s self-government
Spanish parties disagree on whether Madrid should go ahead with Article 155 if Puigdemont calls an early election
Spain’s treasury has assured it will pay out the funds once it receives request from the government
After Madrid’s intervention in Catalonia’s finances, 390 million euros of public worker salaries will be paid from government’s own account
Doubts cast over Carles Puigdemont’s visit to the Spanish Senate, while government members warn that early elections will not stop Article 155
Luca De Meo wrote a letter to all employees in which he notes that Seat is “rooted” in Catalonia
Both unilateral declaration of independence and application of Article 155 opposed by president of chamber
Local PSC officials openly reject plan to suspend Catalonia’s self rule, while leadership denies party split
Media organizations across Catalonia and Spain, as well as further afield, have joined in the attack on Spain's decicision
José Montilla, currently a Socialist senator, tweeted that he has "known for long" what he has "to do" in the vote that will suspend Catalonia's self-rule
Left-wing party ERC would be the most voted, with pro-independence parties obtaining 47.9% of votes
Carles Puigdemont deemed that the activation of Article 155, which will seize Catalonia's self-government, was "the worst attack" on Catalan people and institutions since the Franco dictatorship
Protesters denounced the incarceration of civil society leaders as well as the Spanish government’s new measures to strip Catalonia of its self-rule
The dramatic measures affect the Catalan government, parliament, public media and other public companies, all staff of the administration, police and finances
Catalan public media officials can be dismissed or "temporarily replaced", according to measures proposed