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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      News in-depthSpanish politics
      Spain’s PM Sánchez weighs cost of amnesty for Catalan separatists

      Forgiving politicians and protesters would give caretaker premier the parliamentary support to stay in power

      A protester holds a Catalan flag shield during clashes with riot police
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Spanish politics
      Catalan fugitive Puigdemont demands amnesty to support Spanish leader

      Pro-independence politician sets high price as acting PM Pedro Sánchez explores coalition pacts

      Founder of the Together for Catalonia party Carles Puigdemont
    • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
      Spanish politics
      A victory for common sense in Spain Premium content

      Election losers include the hard-right Vox party and separatists in Catalonia

      People’s party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo celebrates the Galicia’s Day, Santiago de Compostela, Spain on July 25, 2023.
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Michael Reid
      Franco’s ghost fails to scare Spain away from the hard right

      Nationalist Vox party may enter government as a junior coalition partner after the snap July 23 election

    • Saturday, 15 April, 2023
      Europe Express
      Pro-independence movements struggle in Catalonia and Scotland Premium content

      The tide of separatism appears to be receding, but history shows that Europe’s state system isn’t fixed in stone

      Students protest during a demonstration in support of Catalan independence in Barcelona on October 17, 2019
    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Spanish politics
      Catalonia’s government breaks up over separatist divide

      Coalition partner quits amid anger that president is not doing enough to gain independence from Spain

      Catalonia’s president Pere Aragonès
    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      Catalonia
      Catalan government narrowly avoids collapse

      Junior coalition partner punts decision to members after vice-president sacked by regional chief Pere Aragonès

      Jordi Puigneró
    • Friday, 24 September, 2021
      Spain
      Former Catalan independence leader faces extradition case in Italy

      Carles Puigdemont to appear before court in Sardinia next month after Spanish legal request

      Carles Puigdemont prepares for an interview at the European parliament in Brussels in March
    • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
      Spanish politics
      Former Catalan leaders condemn Spain’s audit court ruling

      Demand to repay €5.4m in regional funds alleged to have been used to promote independence

      Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez, right, meets Catalonia’s regional government chief Pere Aragonès in Madrid on Tuesday
    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      Tony Barber
      Catalonia pardons are a gamble that Spain’s divisions can be settled

      Pedro Sánchez has stirred a rightwing outcry with his olive branch to jailed separatists

      A pro-independence demonstrator protests against Pedro Sánchez in Barcelona. A pardon is just as likely to infuriate opponents as to please supporters
    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      News in-depthSpanish politics
      Sánchez bet is ‘best opportunity’ in decade to defuse Catalan dispute

      Spanish prime minister’s decision to pardon separatists paves way for progress, analysts say

    • Monday, 21 June, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Catalan pardons offer a chance of reconciliation

      Pedro Sánchez is right to seek a way out of political paralysis and social division

    • Monday, 21 June, 2021
      Spanish politics
      Spain’s PM to issue pardons for 9 jailed Catalan separatists

      Pedro Sánchez says decision will pave way for reconciliation despite strong opposition to move

      Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez
    • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
      Spanish politics
      Spain’s top court warns against pardoning jailed Catalan leaders

      Supreme court opinion comes as Sánchez government signals possible move

    • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
      Spanish politics
      Regional government collapses in Madrid

      Move by capital’s leader to dissolve assembly underscores divisions among Spain’s centre-right

    • Tuesday, 9 March, 2021
      Spanish politics
      Vote by MEPs opens path for Carles Puigdemont’s extradition to Spain

      European Parliament lifts immunity of Catalan leader who faces trial over independence push

      Carles Puigdemont before the European parliament vote. The extradition of the Catalan leader and two other separatist MEPs remains far from certain
    • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      What independence movements teach us about belonging

      ‘People can feel Scottish and British, even Irish and British, as long as they are left in peace to muddy their identities’

    • Monday, 15 February, 2021
      Spanish politics
      Spanish centre right licks wounds after drubbing in Catalan poll

      Pro-independence camp comes out on top despite Socialists winning most single-party votes

    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
      Spanish politics
      Catalan separatists take leaf from Scottish nationalist playbook

      Pro-independence politicians look north for strategy ahead of Sunday’s regional polls

    • Monday, 28 September, 2020
      Spanish politics
      Spanish court bars Catalan leader from public office for 18 months

      Unanimous verdict against Quim Torra is set to bring forward elections in divided region

      The court found Quim Torra had disobeyed electoral rules by displaying political materials in public buildings during the run-up to elections in April last year
    • Friday, 7 August, 2020
      Tony Barber
      Juan Carlos, a troubled monarchy and the crisis of modern Spain

      Constitutional compromises are under pressure and the state structures need reform

      Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014 as corruption scandals surrounded the monarchy. Now he says he is going into exile
    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      Jonathan Parker
      Pandemic fuels the fires of European separatism

      Independence movements are on the offensive but suffer from disunity

      Barcelona: with an election tentatively scheduled for autumn, the nationalist space in Catalonia is splintering
    • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
      Spanish politics
      Catalan leader Quim Torra calls snap poll to break regional deadlock

      Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez will hope election brings gains for more moderate separatist force

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by QUIQUE GARCIA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10542333e) Catalan regional President, Quim Torra, arrives to give an official statement at the regional Government's headquarters in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, to announce new regional elections in Catalonia, 29 January 2020. According to Torra, leader of the PdeCat party, the Government is not viable for the 'lack of loyalty' of their coalition partners ERC party. Nevertheless, the date for new elections will not be announce until the regional government's 2020 budget is approved. Torra announces new elections in Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain - 29 Jan 2020
    • Friday, 3 January, 2020
      Spanish politics
      Spain electoral commission seeks to remove Catalan president from office

      Quim Torra defiant ahead of crucial votes on forming new Madrid government

      CORRECTION - Catalan regional president, Quim Torra holds a press conference following an extraordinary meeting with his cabinet at the Generalitat (government headquarters) in Barcelona on January 3, 2020. - Spain's electoral board ordered today that Catalan president Quim Torra be disqualified from being a member of Catalonia's regional parliament, meaning he would lose his post. The decision comes after a Spanish court last month convicted him of disobedience for failing to remove separatist symbols from public buildings during an election campaign and banned him from holding public office for 18 months. (Photo by Pau Barrena / AFP) / The erroneous mention [FILES] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Pau Barrena has been REMOVED in AFP systems. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
      Spanish politics
      Catalan separatist party agrees to abstain in vote on new Madrid government

      Deal with Socialists should give Sánchez breathing space to take power

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by ALBERTO ESTEVEZ/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10516941b) Coordinator General of Catalan pro-independence party Esquerra Repulicana (ERC) and regional Vice President Pere Aragones delivers a speech during the ERC's Consell Nacional meeting held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 02 January 2020. Spain's Catalan Separatists ERC party agreed to abstain in acting Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez investiture. ERC will abstain during the vote after reaching an agreement for the creation of a table of debate to discuss the situation in Catalonia in a maximum period of fifteen days after the formation of the government. ERC party will abstain in Pedro Sanchez investiture, Barcelona, Spain - 02 Jan 2020
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