21.05.2021
Pere Aragonès becomes 132nd Catalan president
Pro-independence majority in parliament appoints the first head of government of the ERC party since the return to democracy
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21.05.2021
Opposition accuses Aragonès of unattainable promises in presidency bid debate
The ERC candidate will be the new head of the Catalan government following deal with JxCat
20.05.2021
Pere Aragonès: 'We will advance towards the Catalan Republic'
Presidential frontrunner says he wants Spain to accept a referendum as UK did in 2014 in a clearly left-leaning speech
20.05.2021
Catalan exiled MEPs appeal to European justice against their immunity withdrawal
They defend that the decision taken by the European Parliament in March is a consequence of Spain's political persecution
19.05.2021
Will the new Catalan government continue the path to independence?
Esquerra and Junts agree to launch talks with Spain for an agreed referendum without a set time limit, but also vow to work on "peaceful confrontation"
18.05.2021
Independence movements in Catalonia and Scotland: differences and similarities
Movements share similar aims and electoral successes but face very different constitutional and political realities
17.05.2021
Catalonia's new pro-independence government includes Feminism and Climate Action departments
The 14 ministries will be gender-balanced and each party (Esquerra and Junts) will manage seven
17.05.2021
Catalonia will have a pro-independence coalition government
Esquerra and Junts expected to share cabinet again and avoid snap election at the last minute
14.05.2021
Madrid keeps name of street honouring pro-nazi Spanish division who fought in Russia
Madrid's Superior Court of Justice argues that the name may be an exaltation of nazism, but not Francoism
13.05.2021
Court rejects investigating heads of Spanish riot police for violence against Catalan voters
1.066 people required medical attention following police charges that were carried out in an attempt to stop the 2017 referendum vote
