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The speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Roger Torrent, has formally convened the debate on investing Carles Puigdemont as president of Catalonia for Tuesday 30th January at 3pm (GMT+1). The announcement comes despite threats from the Spanish government that they would challenge a potential Puigdemont candidacy to Spain's Constitutional Court.

Torrent has signed the decree calling the session this afternoon with a single item on the agenda: "Debate on the program [of] and investiture vote on deputy Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, candidate proposed to the presidency [of Catalonia]".