Pro-independence parties agree with PSC and Comuns to allow remote voting in Catalan Parliament
PSC, Junts, ERC, Comuns and CUP agree to allow electronic voting and expand vote delegation via a change to the rules
Friday, 28 of june of 2024 - 19:00
Pedro Ruiz
Catalan Parliament activates its countdown: a president invested in 2 months, or a new election
Catalan chamber's "equivalent act" to an investiture puts on display the puzzle that PSC or Junts have 2 months to solve
Wednesday, 26 of june of 2024 - 23:10
Rull activates Catalan electoral clock and Parliament will meet on June 26th with no candidate
Speaker notes that no leader wants to stand for investiture at present and thus calls the house to meet without a candidate
Wednesday, 19 of june of 2024 - 19:21
Josep Rull's first round of party contacts is not yielding a candidate for Catalan investiture
Speaker of Parliament's Wednesday meetings with PSC, Junts and ERC should confirm there will be no investiture on June 25th
Tuesday, 18 of june of 2024 - 22:35
Catalan speaker Rull to meet parties next week and choose candidate for June 25th investiture
If neither Illa nor Puigdemont want to stand yet, Rull could call an "act equivalent to a failed investiture" on June 25th
Wednesday, 12 of june of 2024 - 19:52
The PSC wins the European elections in Catalonia as Junts stays ahead of ERC
The Socialists win in Catalonia with 30.6% of votes, ahead of Junts on 18%, with ERC third (14.8%) and the PP fourth (13.8%)
Monday, 10 of june of 2024 - 10:24
Comuns candidate Jaume Asens backs an ERC speaker and "progressive" Bureau in Catalan Parliament
Comuns candidate for European elections says that speaker's role in Parliament "doesn't need to be taken by the Socialists"
Friday, 7 of june of 2024 - 20:23
Salvador Illa tells PSC members that election victory opens a "phase of stability and dialogue"
The Socialist leader believes that the May 12th victory opens the door to a Catalonia "without factions or blocs"
Wednesday, 15 of may of 2024 - 20:51
Salvador Illa, clear winner of the Catalan election, as the independentist bloc falls short
Illa's Catalan Socialists prevail in the election and could govern through a leftist alliance with ERC and Comuns-Sumar
Sunday, 12 of may of 2024 - 23:22
Former CDC ministers Sàmper and Vila sign a manifesto in support of Salvador Illa
Miquel Sàmper and Santi Vila join the SI platform, a group supporting Salvador Illa's candidacy in the Catalan election
Thursday, 9 of may of 2024 - 01:09
Union leader's tirade at Puigdemont: "He left crying in a car trunk, did he shit his pants?"
UGT Catalunya trade union president attacks Puigdemont at PSC meeting while audience applauds and Illa listens
Friday, 3 of may of 2024 - 21:33
Illa situates himself as a counter to independentism and the right: "We are problem solvers"
Catalan Socialist candidate rails against the right and the independence movement and positions the PSC as a "problem solver"
Friday, 26 of april of 2024 - 22:14
Poll: Left-wing EH Bildu leads PNV for first time in election duel between Basque nationalists
For the first time, CIS agency awards victory by number of votes in 21st April election to pro-independence EH Bildu
Wednesday, 10 of april of 2024 - 20:52
The PSC attacks Puigdemont: "Catalonia has already overcome personalist logics"
The Catalan Socialists criticize Puigdemont's project and stress the need to "get past the lost decade" of independentism
Tuesday, 9 of april of 2024 - 19:44
Salvador Illa rejects Aragonès's proposal for a PSC-ERC-Junts election debate outside Catalonia
PSC rejects Pere Aragonès's idea of going outside Catalonia to make possible a debate between him, Illa and Puigdemont
Friday, 5 of april of 2024 - 20:33
Carles Puigdemont's list will run under the name of 'Junts+ Puigdemont per Catalunya'
The Catalan president-in-exile is designing a candidacy that goes beyond Junts and can incorporate independents
Wednesday, 27 of march of 2024 - 21:44
Puigdemont calls for pro-independence unity, warning: "Governments can't give in before they start"
The president-in-exile presents an agreement with seven parties for 12th May to "finish the job of October 2017"
Tuesday, 26 of march of 2024 - 23:20
Carles Puigdemont's arrival at Elna to announce whether he will stand for Catalan presidency | VIDEO
More than 1,000 people attend Puigdemont's conference in Northern Catalonia, greeting him with chants of "President!"
Thursday, 21 of march of 2024 - 19:34
51% of Catalans reject independence and six in every ten back the amnesty law, says CEO survey
Three out of every four Catalans are in favour of a self-determination referendum, according to the CEO
Thursday, 21 of march of 2024 - 19:00
Carles Puigdemont will "probably" announce candidacy for Catalan presidency next week
With May 12th snap election called in Catalonia, a key date for exiled leader's decision is the Junts primaries on March 23rd
Thursday, 14 of march of 2024 - 20:32
Junts puts focus on Puigdemont in Catalan snap election: "He could be here by investiture day"
Turull says that snap election call shows ERC government's "failure" and points to Puigdemont as Junts candidate
Wednesday, 13 of march of 2024 - 19:03
Three judges resign from committee set to study Catalan parliament's new proposal on independence
Three Catalan High Court judges resign from body with job of validating new proposal on a Catalan declaration of independence
Tuesday, 12 of march of 2024 - 19:09
Junts opens door to saving Catalan budget from rejection if inheritance tax is eliminated
With only the PSC currently open to voting with ERC on the budget, the executive will need support from Junts or the Comuns
Monday, 11 of march of 2024 - 22:44
The "Russia plot" causes ERC-Junts parliamentary tension, although discredited by both of them
Junts criticises Catalan foreign minister Serret for using the "tools of the Spanish judicial and media cavern"
Monday, 4 of march of 2024 - 22:22
The sense of identity in Catalonia's society: first Catalan, and then European before Spanish
Six out of 10 EU residents in Catalonia feel "Catalanist", with 55% saying they are "Europeanist" and 36% "Spain-ist"
Friday, 1 of march of 2024 - 16:15
200 Catalan cultural and media figures speak out against Tsunami terrorism accusations
Andreu Buenafuente, Jordi Basté and Ricard Ustrell, among 200 signatories against the "criminalization" of protest
Monday, 26 of february of 2024 - 21:01
Pere Aragonès defends handling of Catalonia's drought but opposition rejects his discourse
President speaks of the years of "investment drought" behind today's grave problems, but PSC and Junts won't have a bar of it
Tuesday, 20 of february of 2024 - 21:59
Tense European Parliament debate over "instrumentalized" mission against Catalan language
Socialists, Greens and Catalan independentists request postponement of debate due to delay in receiving the report
Wednesday, 14 of february of 2024 - 19:50
Junts executive agrees on expulsion of MP Cristina Casol from party's parliamentary group
Party executive votes to expel from the parliamentary group the MP who denounced gender-based harassment
Monday, 29 of january of 2024 - 23:23
Aragonès promotes Vilagrà to vice president and reinforces Sabrià as strategy undersecretary
Laura Vilagrà will fill the vacant role of Catalan vice-president; Sergi Sabrià, key advisor, will now enter the cabinet
Tuesday, 23 of january of 2024 - 21:43
What does the Junts-PSOE deal imply for the delegation of immigration matters to Catalonia?
Delegation of immigration powers to Catalonia can occur under Article 150.2 of the Constitution and will require a new law
Thursday, 11 of january of 2024 - 20:07
Junts's deal with the PSOE: protect amnesty, devolve immigration, tax transparency
Deal with the PSOE also includes a law change to facilitate the return of firms who changed business addresses in 2017
Wednesday, 10 of january of 2024 - 21:22
Catalan education ministry names team of 18 experts to improve standards after poor PISA results
The proposed committee includes educational sector voices with experience across the diversity of school types and levels
Tuesday, 2 of january of 2024 - 23:16
Puigdemont asks European Commission to act against its staff who wrote an anti-amnesty letter
Junts maintains that the Commission's Spanish officials campaigning against the amnesty "have not honoured their positions"
Thursday, 16 of november of 2023 - 23:20
The PSOE celebrates its "legislature" agreement with Junts: "It opens an historic new era"
Santos Cerdán say that the Junts deal, "for the whole legislature", opens an "historic opportunity to resolve the conflict"
Thursday, 9 of november of 2023 - 19:48
Aragonès asks MPs not to feed a "growing polarization" in Catalonia over Israel-Hamas conflict
Catalan president asks MPs "not to differentiate" among victims based on the side they are on, and calls for a ceasefire
Wednesday, 25 of october of 2023 - 20:09
With votes of PSC, Junts, Cs and PP, Catalan Parliament passes motion urging a ceasefire in Gaza
The text, condemning the Hamas attack and all attacks on civilian population, was not supported by ERC, Comuns and CUP
Wednesday, 25 of october of 2023 - 19:14
Junts withdraws motion on Israel and instead will work for joint declaration by Catalan Parliament
Junts withdraws a planned motion on Israel and Palestine and is now exploring a deal for a consensus statement in Parliament
Wednesday, 18 of october of 2023 - 18:45
Junts to ask Catalan Parliament to amend its 2022 accusation of "apartheid" against Israel
Junts proposes motion reaffirming the Catalan house's commitment to a "peaceful resolution" of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Monday, 9 of october of 2023 - 19:05
Junts tells the PSOE that it won't abstain on investiture: either 'yes' or 'no' to Pedro Sánchez
Junts deactivates the option proposed by the Canarian Coalition to reduce the Catalan party's kingmaker role
Thursday, 5 of october of 2023 - 19:37
Catalan Parliament gives broad support to the amnesty, despite the PSC's 'no'
ERC, Junts, CUP and Comuns vote to support an amnesty for pro-independence prosecutions; PSC, Vox and PP vote against it
Friday, 29 of september of 2023 - 23:16
ERC and Junts add pressure to talks with Sánchez: there must be progress towards a referendum
Joint ERC-Junts text says they won't support Sánchez's investiture without work to "make effective" the referendum conditions
Thursday, 28 of september of 2023 - 21:08
Carles Puigdemont receives Basque Nationalist president Andoni Ortuzar in Waterloo
Catalan president in exile and PNV leader discuss the Spanish state's post-election scenarios in their first public contact
Friday, 15 of september of 2023 - 20:08
Junts, reinforced in its view that the amnesty must be "paid in advance" after Buch sentence
Josep Rius says that jail sentence for the ex-minister makes it "easier to understand" Junts' investiture conditions
Thursday, 14 of september of 2023 - 22:29
The Catalan independence movement once again shows its strength at the Diada rally 2023
The ANC calculates that 800,000 attended the 2023 Diada demonstration, while the Barcelona police give the figure of 115,000
Monday, 11 of september of 2023 - 21:18
The accord between Puigdemont and Sánchez, an historic achievement for Catalan, Basque and Galician
The official EU recognition of Catalan, Euskera and Galician places them on the same level as English, French or German
Thursday, 17 of august of 2023 - 14:45
Spain registers request for Catalan to be an official EU language, in line with Junts-PSOE accord
After Carles Puigdemont's demand for "verifiable actions", acting Spanish minister lodges official EU language request
Thursday, 17 of august of 2023 - 11:34
