Madrid. After seven years living outside the country, former president Carles Puigdemont returned to Catalonia, gave a speech outside Parliament despite having a warrant for his arrest and after a police operation had been activated for his arrest, and disappeared again. Puigdemont’s presence in Catalonia was public, announced in advance and with dozens of cameras … Read more
In one of the most atypical parliamentary sessions of recent decades, the socialist Salvador Illa was sworn in as the new president of Catalonia thanks to the votes of three parties, the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC), En Comu Podem and the pro-independence Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC). However, the debate was marked by the … Read more
The new president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illahas put together a Government this Sunday that expands the number of departments and preserves parity – with a slight majority of women – in a mix of profiles ranging from socialists loyal to the leader of the PSC to technicians, experts and two former ministers of CiU. … Read more
The delicate negotiation of the new system of regional financing by the Generalitat will fall to one of the most trusted people of the new president, Salvador Illa. Alícia Romero (Caldes d’Estrac, Barcelona, 1976), current spokesperson for the PSC group in the Parliament and right-hand man of the president, will be the new Minister of … Read more
Madrid. Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont posted his first message on social media from Belgium last night after starring, with his surprise appearance at a rally in Barcelona and then his escape, in the parliamentary debate on the investiture of socialist Salvador Illa as president of the Generalitat, who will govern the region for the … Read more
Madrid. The rank and file of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) decided to support its leadership in appointing the socialist Salvador Illa as president of the Generalitat, after a referendum in which 6,349 members of the Catalan left-wing pro-independence party voted. The “pre-agreement” signed between the secessionist party and the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC) … Read more
The president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, has rejected the agreement between the PSC and ERC for the investiture of the socialist, Salvador Illa, in which a Catalan “agreement” in the Basque style was established, as announced by Esquerra last Monday. “I cannot endorse it and I fully trust that my party will not tolerate … Read more
Madrid. The regional elections subsequent Sunday in Catalonia can be, in keeping with the polls printed thus far, a combat to the top between the 2 events that emerge because the favorites: the Socialist Social gathering of Catalonia (PSC), which might attain as much as 40 seats and be essentially the most voted, and Junts … Read more
Madrid. Political events closed the electoral marketing campaign in Catalonia, the place regional elections might be held this Sunday to resume the regional Parliament and elect a brand new Government. The 2 favorites to win the elections symbolize diametrically opposed proposals: the candidate of the Socialist Get together of Catalonia (PSC), Salvador Illa, advocates burying … Read more