Catalonia’s COVID outbreaks muddle nationalist agenda
Nearly all of Catalonia 7.5 million residents will be required to wear facemasks both in enclosed public spaces and in most outdoor…
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Oxfam: Pandemic could push 700,000 more into poverty
Tenuous gains made in the fight against poverty over the last four years as Spain began easing out of its last economic…
Catalonia with more new COVID-19 cases than Madrid
Catalonia surpassed the regional community of Madrid on Tuesday in the number of new cases of coronavirus, with the Department of Health…
Surprise demand by Torra could scuttle Catalan talks
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez left a meeting Thursday in Barcelona with Catalan regional President Quim Torra thinking he had a deal with…
Andorra poll: PSOE still leads, but Left shy of majority
A voter-preference survey conducted by the GESOP polling organization and published Wednesday outside Spain in neighbouring Andorra shows the Socialist party (PSOE)…
Más País, Podemos positions on Catalonia diverge
► Más País rejects focus on Catalans’ ‘right to decide’ independence from Spain ► Policy shift away from Podemos, pro-independence parties prior…
Courts say fugitive Puigdemont can stand in EP election
► Madrid court rules Catalan leader, colleagues eligible in 26th May elections ► Ruling overturns elections board veto, but no guarantee of…
Torra defies Junta Electoral over banners in Catalonia
► Near-identical banner covers pro-independence symbols on gov’t building ► Catalan regional President Quim Torra on Thursday defied an order by Spain’s…
Sánchez calls early national elections for 28th April
President Pedro Sánchez on Friday announced he will dissolve Spain’s Congress as of 5th March to make way for new national elections…
Budget defeated, all eyes on Sánchez for early elections
The Spanish government’s 2019 federal budget proposal was defeated in Congress on Wednesday by a vote of 191 to 158 with one…
Sánchez gov’t opens door to early elections in 2019
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez has opened the door to the possibility of early general elections next year after saying Friday that his…
Pedro Sánchez: snap elections or play the long game?
Following the formal indictment of 22 Catalan independence leaders Friday on charges related to the northeast region’s October 2017 illegal independence referendum…
Podemos municipal branding survey nets scant response
A weekend survey of rank-and-file supporters of Podemos to decide whether the four-year-old anti-austerity party should modify its political branding in the…
Catalonia: CUP sinks Puigdemont substitute strategy
► UPDATE: CUP ABSTAINS, TURULL LOSES VOTE IN CATALAN PARLAMENT ► ► ANTI-CAPITALISTS HOLDING OUT FOR PUIGDEMONT OR NEW ELECTIONS ► In…
POLITIFILE :: Junts per Catalunya ~ Together for Catalonia
• Junts per Catalunya ~ Together for Catalonia • The Catalan regional political movement known as Junts per Catalunya (JxCAT, Together for…
Is Catalonia heading toward new regional elections?
After a strategy meeting Wednesday in Brussels with legislators of his Junts per Catalunya (JxCat) movement, former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has…
Catalonia: CUP torpedoes Puigdemont stand-in Sánchez
► Far-left party sends pro-independence coalition back to drawing board ► True to form, Catalonia’s far-left Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) party on…
Socialists call for injunction to break Catalonia deadlock
► Court asked to start clock on two-month deadline toward new election ► Catalonia’s regional Socialist party filed a request for an…
Catalonia anti-independence parties win popular vote, but lose parliamentary majority to ‘independentistas’
► Ciudadanos wins 1.1mn votes, 161,499 more than Puigdemont’s PDeCat party ► Pro-independence parties fail to win 50% of ballots in record…
What’s next for Catalonia following regional elections?
► Deputies must select a new President, or face a re-run of regional elections ► What happens now that Catalans have voted…
POLITIFILE: Catalunya en Comú-Podem ~ Catalonia Together-We Can
• Catalunya en Comú-Podem ~ Catalonia Together-We Can • Catalunya en Comú-Podem is a regional electoral coalition formed in Spain’s northern region…
Surveys show ‘dead heat’ in Catalan regional elections
► Failure of either bloc to win majority of seats could lead to hung parliament ► The four most recent surveys of…
Puigdemont suggests EU exit referendum for Catalonia
• ‘CATexit’ vote comments generate criticism from political Left and Right • Remarks appear to reflect shift toward Euro-sceptic parties’ positions on…
POLITIFILE: Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) ~ United People’s Candidacy
• Candidatura d’Unitat Popular, CUP ~ United People’s Candidacy ~ Candidatura de Unidad Popular The Candidatura d’Unitat Popular, or CUP (‘United People’s…
POLITIFILE :: Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya ~ Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)
• Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya ~ Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) • Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia), also known…
Catalonia: Just 21% favor fast-track independence
• Public opinion against Catalan Parlament’s fast-track independence roadmap • Artur Mas’s CDC party falls to fourth place, behind ERC, Ciudadanos, PSC-PSOE…
Embattled PSC avoids primary fight in Catalonia
• Former deputy & PSOE executive committee member to lead PSC election slate • PSOE gives nod to more autonomy, Catalan ‘nation’…
Socialists gird for fight of their lives in 26-J elections
• Socialists say campaign will focus on ousting conservative PP government • Spokesman raps Podemos for leftward shift, ‘obsession’ with surpassing PSOE…
PSOE’s Chacón faces primary challenge in Catalonia
• Ex-Senator Carles Martí throws hat into ring to lead PSC list on June ballot • Chacon-led PSC ticket won 335k fewer…
Socialists say Podemos’ decline in polls, unstable electoral alliances could deter new elections in June
• Ciudadanos increase favorable ratings following first investiture debates • The Socialist party (PSOE) believes declining poll numbers for Podemos combined with…
CUP refuses to vote for Artur Mas presidency, sets stage for new Catalan regional elections in March
• Anti-capitalist party leadership votes 36-30 against Mas bid for presidency • Independence momentum stalls, parliamentary elections rerun almost certain Catalonia’s small…