Catalonia 2019-2020: a new clash with Spain for independence?
Country holds its breath ahead of verdict on jailed leaders, which could lead to a rise in tensions with Madrid, snap elections and fresh attempts to extradite Puigdemont
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Pedro Sánchez rules out meeting with pro-independence parties
Socialists' spokeswoman will sit down with ERC and JxCat as party leader prepares another presidential bid
Pro-independence activist leader defends ANC's political role
Catalan National Assembly's Elisenda Paluzie says "essence" of organization is to influence politics while maintaining "neutrality" and "non-partisanship"
Barcelona city council asks that Spain’s Congress set up committee of inquiry into 2017 attacks
Motion comes weeks after contradictory reports on Spanish intelligence’s ties to mastermind
Coalition negotiations between Socialists and Unidas Podemos break down
Spain is even closer to snap election after Sánchez’s second failed congressional vote
Second Spanish presidential vote kicks off with no chances of success
Talks between Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists and Unidas Podemos fail, with pro-independence parties voting differently
Pro-independence parties to vote differently in Sánchez presidential bid
Junts per Catalunya to vote No, Esquerra to abstain, but success for Socialist leader looks very uncertain shortly before vote
Sánchez’s presidential bid defeated in first round of votes
Unidas Podemos abstains, and pro-independence parties vote No; Socialist leader will have second chance on Thursday
Parliament to set up inquiry into 2017 independence referendum and police violence
Committee will assess “repression” and “violations of fundamental rights”
Spanish court blocks Catalan parliament petition to abolish monarchy
Motion passed by majority of MPs called institution “outdated and anti-democratic”
Pro-independence parties clash over deal with Socialists
Esquerra party calls on government partner JxCat to break off deal with unionist PSC to run Barcelona's regional council
Socialists and JxCat agree coalition deal to govern the region of Barcelona
The agreement will see the region have a Socialist president and will be passed in the second round
The power struggle to appoint Catalan mayors is over, but it’s hard to tell who won
JxCat loses its local hegemony, the Socialists stay afloat, and ERC’s election results turn bittersweet after Ada Colau keeps hold of Barcelona
Socialists reject meeting pro-independence parties and threaten snap election
PSOE puts pressure on conservatives to abstain and help make Pedro Sánchez president
Jailed Catalan leader barred from meeting Spanish king
Supreme Court turns down Jordi Sànchez’s petition to leave jail to take part in post-electoral round of talks