French National Rally party wins with 45% of votes in Northern Catalonia
Far-right Marine Le Pen's group obtains one MP with absolute majority
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'I'm looking into becoming French national' – Catalans in France 'dread' potential far right victory
Catalan government delegate 'concerned' about Le Pen's party pledge to limit rights of binational citizens
27,000 have right to vote in French presidential election from Catalonia
Camp Nou auditorium among four polling stations ready for ballots, while mail-in voting not possible
Literature group denounces detention of Cuixart and Sànchez
The two pro-independence leaders were incarcerated for “having peacefully expressed their political views,” writes Catalan charter of the PEN group
Spanish far-right party emerges with 10,000-strong event
Suspending Catalan self-rule, banning pro-independence parties, deporting migrants and abolishing gender violence law, among measures proposed
PEN International’s Girona Manifesto defends linguistic rights and diversity
PEN International has presented at the Catalan Government’s Palace in Barcelona the Girona Manifesto on Linguistic Rights. Catalonia’s President regretted that the Catalan language still “suffers from the intolerance or belligerence of some bodies of the [Spanish] State”. The manifesto, which had its origins in the World Conference on Linguistic Rights held in Girona in 1996, aims to defend linguistic diversity throughout the world. The Manifesto has already been approved by the PEN General Assembly. The 10 point document has already been translated into 18 languages.
Writers from around the world accuse the EU of being complicit in Tunisian repression
A newly approved Tunisian law prohibits citizens to criticise the Tunisian government in front of other countries and organisations. A band of writers met in Barcelona to take a stand against this action.