Tag: Catalonia referendum

• Monday, September 25th 2017 - 10:40 UTC

  Madrid and Barcelona clash over control of the Catalonia police force

  

  Spain’s central government and regional Catalan authorities argued this weekend over who controls the regional police force that is considered key to the success of a planned independence vote for the north-eastern region. The exchanges came as thousands of Catalan separatists rallied in public squares in Barcelona and other towns on Sunday in support of a disputed referendum on independence of from Spain.

• Monday, September 25th 2017 - 06:36 UTC

  Scottish lawmakers ask Madrid to allow Catalonia to decide its future democratically

  

  A cross-party group of Scottish politicians has asked the Spanish government to allow people in Catalonia to decide their future democratically. The move comes amid rising tensions in Spain, after the devolved Catalan administration decided to call an independence referendum next Sunday, which Madrid has described the move as illegal.

• Friday, September 22nd 2017 - 09:29 UTC

  Catalonia pro independence demonstrators fill streets of Barcelona wrapped in the “estelada” flag

  

  Thousands gathered on Thursday to demand the release of a dozen Catalan officials arrested in connection with a vote on independence that Spanish authorities are challenging as illegal. The demonstrators, who met at the gates of Catalonia’s judicial body in Barcelona, answered a call by pro-independence civic groups to stage long-term street protests against the police surprise crackdown one day earlier.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 08:24 UTC

  Catalonia referendum: 700 mayors under investigation by Spain's top prosecutor

  

  Spain’s top prosecutor is investigating more than 700 Catalan mayors for cooperating with a planned referendum on the region’s independence after the nation’s constitutional court ordered the vote put on hold. Catalonia’s regional police force is under orders to arrest the mayors if they refuse to appear for questioning, State Prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza’s office said.

• Thursday, September 29th 2016 - 12:33 UTC

  Catalonia challenges Madrid and will hold an independence referendum next year

  

  Catalonia is to hold a referendum on independence in a year’s time in a move that will infuriate Madrid but which should also return power to the pro-indy campaign in the regional assembly. President Carles Puigdemont told the Catalan Parliament yesterday: “We will look for an agreement (with central government) until the very end, we will at every moment work with the will to hold a referendum in agreement with the state.

• Thursday, December 31st 2015 - 08:35 UTC

  Spain's Socialists rules out any partner that supports Catalonia independence referendum

  

  Spain's Socialist party ruled out forming a new government with any party that supported a referendum on independence in Catalonia, a stand that prolongs political uncertainty after this month's inconclusive national election.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2015 - 05:56 UTC

  Rajoy says “Catalonia is not going anywhere, nothing is going to break”

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced on Monday his government would file an appeal with the Constitutional Court to ensure that an independence declaration backed by the Catalan regional parliament has “no consequences”, he told a news conference.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 05:27 UTC

  Catalonia challenges Madrid: calls elections for September, ahead of Spain's national ballot in November

  

  The leader of Spain's wealthy Catalonia region President signed a decree on Monday calling parliamentary elections for 27 September, a year earlier than necessary and according to political analysts, a proxy vote on the much debated controversial independence.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  Over two million Catalans vote in the “consultation of citizens” challenging Madrid

  

  Millions of Catalans voted on Sunday in a symbolic referendum on independence from Spain that supporters hope will propel the issue further despite opposition from Madrid.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2014 - 05:04 UTC

  Spain constitutional court freezes Catalonia referendum, but plans continue

  

  Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended an independence referendum called by Catalonia for November, although political forces in the wealthy north-east region forged ahead with a political campaign ahead of their planned vote.