Shorouk Express Spain’s minority leftist government on Tuesday approved measures aimed at winning back Catalan separatists whose withdrawal of support threatens its survival. Junts per Catalunya, led by exiled separatist figurehead Carles Puigdemont, proved decisive when its votes allowed Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to serve another term after inconclusive 2023 elections produced a hung…
Shorouk Express Spain’s top criminal court on Monday opened a trial on corruption charges against ailing Catalan nationalist figurehead Jordi Pujol, a titan of Spanish politics following dictator General Francisco Franco’s death. The trial of Pujol, 95, and his seven children for alleged criminal association and money laundering centres on the origin of the fortune…
Shorouk Express Spain’s minority government on Tuesday downplayed the loss of support of a Catalan separatist party which has heightened doubts about the fragile leftist coalition’s survival. Junts per Catalunya’s seven MPs proved decisive when their votes allowed Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to serve another term after inconclusive 2023 elections produced a hung parliament….
Shorouk Express Exiled Catalan separatist figurehead Carles Puigdemont on Monday said his party had decided to withdraw its crucial support for Spain’s minority left-wing government, throwing its future into doubt. After an inconclusive 2023 election in which the Socialists finished second, the support of Junts per Catalunya’s seven MPs proved decisive to allow Prime Minister…
Shorouk Express Making Catalan an official EU language is one of the key promises Sánchez gave to nationalist leader Carles Puigdemont, whose party, Junts, and their seven seats in the Spanish parliament hold the key to Sánchez’s mandate stability, as he needs their votes to reach a majority. Germany was the largest country to oppose…
Shorouk Express But documents summarizing this week’s meeting of the bloc’s ambassadors, seen by POLITICO, indicate serious doubts regarding Madrid’s bid. While Belgium, Cyprus, Portugal, the Netherlands, Romania and Slovakia supported granting EU recognition to the Spain’s additional official languages, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and Sweden backed Italy’s demands for “further clarity…
