Tag: Carles Puigdemont

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 08:12 UTC

  Ex members of Catalonian government jailed by Spanish prosecution; Puigdemont remains in Belgium

  

  A Spanish judge has ordered nine ex-members of the government in Catalonia jailed while they are investigated on possible charges of sedition, rebellion and embezzlement.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2017 - 07:21 UTC

  Catalonia returns to normal; sacked president Puigdemont in Belgium

  

  Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has gone to Belgium, a lawyer he has hired there says. The lawyer, Paul Bekaert, did not comment on reports that Puigdemont could be preparing an asylum claim.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2017 - 09:54 UTC

  Catalan parliament convened for Thursday to respond to Madrid

  

  The ruling Catalan separatist coalition has said the regional parliament will hold a meeting on Thursday which many fear will become a cover for a vote on declaring independence from Spain.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2017 - 07:05 UTC

  Catalonia representatives anticipate civil disobedience against Madrid

  

  Representatives of the government and parliament in Catalonia have warned that civil disobedience may be possible if Madrid actually triggered the constitutional clause stopping the autonomous rights of the region.

• Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 18:32 UTC

  Rajoy asks Senate to remove Catalonia leadership and call regional elections

  

  The Spanish government moved decisively Saturday to use a previously untapped constitutional power so it can take control of Catalonia and derail the independence movement led by separatist politicians in the prosperous industrial region.

• Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 08:09 UTC

  King insists Catalonia “is and will remain” in Spain. Rajoy planning a general election next January

  

  In his second intervention in the secession crisis, Spain's King Felipe VI has said Catalonia “is and will remain” an essential part of the country. He told an awards ceremony in the northern city of Oviedo that the Catalan government was causing a rift and Spain would solve the problem through democratic institutions.

• Friday, October 20th 2017 - 07:49 UTC

  Spanish special cabinet meeting to take over powers of Catalonia

  

  Spain is to hold a special Cabinet meeting at the weekend to activate measures to take control of Catalonia’s semi-autonomous powers after the region’s leader said he would formally declare independence if no talks were offered.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 11:41 UTC

  Madrid tells Catalonia's leader he has until Thursday to comply with Spanish law

  

  Spain’s deputy prime minister has said that Catalonia’s leader did not give an adequate response in his letter about the region’s independence and has until Thursday to comply with the country’s laws. Carles Puigdemont’s letter, issued two hours before a Monday deadline, did not clarify whether he in fact declared Catalonia’s independence from Spain. He called for talks with Spain’s government.

• Monday, October 16th 2017 - 11:26 UTC

  Madrid open to dialogue but Catalonia must first reject independence: clock ticking on countdown

  

  The Spanish government will seize control of Catalonia if regional leader Carles Puigdemont gives an ambiguous reply to Madrid’s question about whether he has declared independence from Spain, the interior minister warned Saturday.

• Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:30 UTC

  Catalonia's leader under mounting pressure from separatist allies and Madrid

  

  Catalonia’s leader faced mounting pressure on Friday from all sides, with hardliners in the separatist movement demanding he declare independence from Spain once and for all. Spain’s government and the European Union, on the other hand, want him to abandon the secession plans altogether.