Catalan separatist party to withdraw backing for Spain’s government

Catalan separatist party to withdraw backing for Spain’s government

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…

Read More
Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM

Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM

Shorouk Express Coalition talks between De Wever’s right-wing New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the Francophone center-right Reformist Movement (MR), the Francophone centrist Les Engagés, the centrist Christian Democrat and Flemish Party and the center-left Flemish Vooruit party — dubbed the “Arizona” coalition after the colors of the American state’s flag — hit multiple bumps in the…

Read More