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☆ Catalan separatist Puigdemont leaves Spain after avoiding arrest, ally says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The charge against Puigdemont is related to a 2017 independence referendum that was ruled illegal by the Spanish courts. “They are the police force responsible for carrying out the orders of the Supreme Court,” he said. Police set up roadblocks to find Puigdemont following his return to Spain. Puigdemont’s lawyer, Gonzalo Boye, confirmed in a RAC1 radio interview that Puigdemont had left Spain and said he would make a public statement “in the coming days”. On Friday, the Supreme Court judge leading the investigation against Puigdemont for his role in the 2017 secession bid called on the Mossos to explain the spectacular failure.

Persons: Carles Puigdemont, Jordi Turull, Puigdemont, Pedro Sanchez’s, Sanchez, Turull, Junts, ” Turull, Lorena Sopena, Reuters Sanchez, Felix Bolanos, ”, Puigdemont ‘, ’ Turull, Socialist Salvador Illa, “, Gonzalo Boye, Judge Pablo Llarena Organizations: Reuters, Socialist, Puigdemont, police, Police, Interior Ministry Locations: Belgium, Barcelona, Spain, Waterloo, Madrid, Paris

☆ Spanish parliament approves controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Al Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Spanish parliament has approved a controversial amnesty law Thursday that could benefit hundreds of people facing prosecution for their roles in the failed independence bid in Catalonia, in and around Barcelona, in 2017. The vote for the bill, introduced last year by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s ruling Socialist Party, was 177 to 172, the speaker of Spain’s lower house of parliament announced. Crucial support came from two Catalan separatist parties, Junts (Together) and Esquerra Republicana (Republican Left), each with seven seats in Spanish parliament. Spain’s main opposition conservative Popular Party and the far-right Vox party voted against the measure. Just before the vote, the Madrid regional government president Isabel Diaz Ayuso, of the Popular Party, vowed to appeal against the new law to Spain’s Constitutional Court, the highest in the land.

Persons: Pedro Sánchez’s, Esquerra Republicana, Isabel Diaz Ayuso Organizations: CNN, Socialist Party, Republican Left, Popular Party, Vox, Constitutional Locations: Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain’s, Madrid

☆ Catalonia: Spain’s socialists hail ‘new era’ as Catalan separatist support dims in elections
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Barcelona, Spain — Spain’s Socialists won the biggest share of the vote in Sunday’s Catalan elections, dealing a serious blow to more than a decade of separatist governance and the independence dreams still nursed by some in the wealthy northeastern region. Spain’s largest opposition party, the conservative People’s Party, also had a good night, seeing the biggest increase since the last vote in 2021 from three seats to 15 on Sunday. Socialist candidate Salvador Illa makes a toast with members of his team and party colleagues after the announcement of the results of the elections. Emilio Morenatti/APSpeaking as the voting count concluded, Illa hailed a “new era” for the region. Illa’s Socialists will also need to forge an agreement - most likely with the ERC - but separatist parties until now have rejected any suggestion of helping the national ruling party govern in Catalonia.

Persons: Spain —, Salvador Illa, Junts, Esquerra, Pedro Sanchez’s, Emilio Morenatti, Illa, Pere Aragones, Carles Puigdemont, Joan Esculies, ” Organizations: Spain — Spain’s Socialists, Socialists, People’s Party, Socialist, restive, ERC, CUP, Illa’s Socialists, AC Locations: Barcelona, Spain, Sunday’s, Catalonia, restive Catalonia, Junts

☆ Spain’s Socialists Win Catalan Vote Dominated by Amnesty for Separatists
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Rachel Chaundler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Spain’s governing Socialist party emerged on Sunday as the winner of regional elections in Catalonia that had been widely seen as a litmus test for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s polarizing amnesty measure for separatists. The Socialists are celebrating what they claim is a momentous victory, though they did not clinch enough seats to govern on their own. They most likely face weeks of bargaining, and possibly a repeat election if no agreement is reached. But for the first time in over a decade, they may be able to form a regional government led by an anti-independence party. On Sunday, his party got only 42, meaning he will have to seek support from the pro-independence party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Catalan Republican Left) and the left-wing Comuns.

Persons: Pedro Sánchez’s, Salvador Illa, Illa, Esquerra Organizations: Socialist, Socialists, Catalans, Republican Left Locations: Catalonia, Barcelona

The upstart far-right Vox party, a possible coalition partner to PP, is forecast to win 33 seats. Supporters outside the PP headquarters waiting for election results. Despite a party-like atmosphere at the PP headquarters, supporters of the opposition party told CNN they had expected a clearer victory. Outside the Socialist party headquarters, meanwhile, supporters were upbeat. Several smaller regional parties are also set to win seats, of which several have previously lent support to Sanchez’s government.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez’s, Sumar, Oscar del Pozo, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, ”, Mercedes Gónzalez, Fernando del Rio, Agustin Saludes, Sanchez, “, ” Saludes, Sunday’s, Andres Villena, outmaneuver, King Felipe VI of Spain Organizations: CNN, Partido Popular, Vox, Socialist, Getty, “, Basque Country, Madrid’s Complutense University Locations: Spain, AFP, Madrid, Catalonia, Basque

☆ Once Scorned, Far Right Secures Foothold in Spanish Cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Spain’s far right took office in a string of Spanish cities and in a powerful region over the weekend by forging coalition agreements with the moderate right, in a move that may foreshadow a broader alliance to govern the country after next month’s general elections. The agreements came about three weeks after the center-right Popular Party crushed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s left-wing coalition in regional and local elections. To secure control of dozens of cities, the Popular Party struck coalition deals with the far-right Vox, which also performed well, embracing part of the party’s nationalist, anti-migrant agenda. Both parties will now govern together in some 25 cities of more than 30,000 residents, including five regional capitals, giving Vox, a party once considered anathema by most voters, crucial political leverage. They have also teamed up to run the wealthy Valencia region, which accounts for 10 percent of Spain’s population.

Persons: Spain’s, Pedro Sánchez’s, Vox, Sandra León, ” Organizations: Popular Party, Carlos III University Locations: Valencia, Madrid

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