CUP, the alternative pro-independence party
Q&A on the far-left candidacy which might be deciding in ensuring a majority for a Catalan state for a second time
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‘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
Extradition case against Puigdemont closed
The Belgian justice officially puts an end to the proceedings a week after the Spanish Supreme Court withdrew the European Arrest Warrant
Police enter Catalan government to remove yellow ribbons
Electoral Board cracks down on the colored motif after it became a symbol protesting the imprisonment of pro-independence leaders
Catalan official in Brussels asks if Spain will continue ‘repression’ after election
Meritxell Serret says the new president has to be someone who can effectively take office, not necessarily Puigdemont
Electoral board files sanction proceedings against Catalan public radio
The electoral body argues that two editorials don’t’ comply with principles of informative neutrality and diversity
ERC, the oldest pro-independence party
Q&A on Oriol Junqueras’ party
Catalan TV coverage of Brussels protest excessive, states electoral board
The board has asked TV3 to compensate the Catalan People's Party, despite the channel not broadcasting the whole event live
Court agrees to hold property of former Catalan president
Artur Mas and former Catalan officials are being tried for organizing a non-binding independence vote in 2014
Parties focus on approach to take after election
Campaign, day 8: While the unilateral path is still on the table for pro-independence bloc, returning Catalonia to its pre-155 condition is a priority
Puigdemont: EU state not accepting election results would be “scandal”
Should the Spanish government accept a pro-independence party victory, the Catalan president would return to Catalonia risking arrest
Political allies clash on day 7 of campaign
Tensions appear between members of the pro-independence and unionist blocs as parties prioritize votes
CUP only Catalan party pledging to push for Republic, says candidate Bel Olid
“It’s not that we don’t want dialogue with the Spanish state; it’s that they’ve shown several times that they are not going to speak to us” says Olid
“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
Vote for us or they'll win, say parties on the fifth day of campaign
The main Catalan parties present themselves as the safest option if voters want to prevent the opposite bloc from winning