Cs’ head to president: ‘Either accept the verdict or end up like jailed leaders’
Opposition parties speak out after the Catalan president’s talk in Madrid in which he affirmed a guilty verdict would mark a new era “culminating” in independence
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Unionist head will resume talking with pro-independence lobby if it abandons 'illegal means'
People's Party leader in Catalonia calls for renunciation of "unilateralism" as precondition for unblocking political stalemate
PP asks Pedro Sánchez to propose another presidential candidate
The right-wing party says nobody “trusts” the Socialist and he must allow for a "constitutionalist alternative"
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
Opposition accuses Sánchez of pro-independence alliances 'against the state'
PP leader Pablo Casado and Ciudadanos' Albert Rivera criticize Pedro Sánchez for avoiding pro-independence issue in his speech to remain president
Independence topic raised in European Commission president debate
European Free Alliance calls on candidate to be an “honest broker,” while People’s Party “sure” on unity
Ciutadans questioned for talks with far right
French president Macron's party warns unionist party amid negotiations to form local and regional governments
Opposition parties critical of president's first 12 months
Quim Torra accused of ignoring day-to-day concerns in plenary session to assess his first year at the head of the government
Socialists reject meeting pro-independence parties and threaten snap election
PSOE puts pressure on conservatives to abstain and help make Pedro Sánchez president
Decision to bar jailed Catalan MPs from congress splits political opinion
With pro-independence parties to petition parliamentary bureau to reconsider, unionist leaders welcome ban and vow to "remain vigilant"
'This is not a trial between equals,' says Welsh MP
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia chair, Hywel Williams, describes prosecution of Catalan leaders in Supreme Court as "highly politicized"
Junqueras and Sánchez express desire for dialogue in Spanish parliament exchange
Detained rebellion suspect tells head of Spain's government 'we need to talk'
Catalan Socialists Batet and Cruz confirmed as Spanish parliament speakers
Jailed pro-independence leaders took part in ballot in Congress and Senate chambers
How Europe will be the next battleground in the Catalan independence question
From "making voters’ voices heard", to "defending Spanish interests": how parties see their role on the independence question in Brussels
Battle for independence movement hegemony reemerges in European election
Catalan voters expected to express overwhelming support for EU despite rise of far-right Euroscepticism elsewhere on the continent