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    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      Jonathan Parker
      Pandemic fuels the fires of European separatism

      Independence movements are on the offensive but suffer from disunity

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Friday, 20 December, 2019
      Catalonia
      Carles Puigdemont prepares to take seat as MEP after court win

      Catalan politicians secure new legal victory at European Court of Justice

    • Thursday, 19 December, 2019
      Spain
      EU’s top court casts doubt over Spain’s jailing of Catalan leader

      Verdict adds to difficulties facing Spanish caretaker prime minister Pedro Sánchez

    • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
      Spanish politics
      Spanish government at stake in talks between Sánchez and separatists

      Tension high as caretaker prime minister seeks Catalan help to end electoral impasse

    • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
      David Gardner
      Spain has a new coalition but the deadlock is not yet broken

      Centrists have paid heavily for missing a historic opportunity in April

    • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
      Spain
      Ex-Catalan leader’s immunity bid boosted by ECJ legal adviser

      Opinion finds no need for MEPs to have sworn oath on Spain’s constitution

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