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In Spain 9th January 2026

Sánchez Abandons Socialism to Strike Regional Financing Deal with Catalan Separatist Junqueras: The More You Put In, The More You Take Out

Astonishment, nonsense, absurdity… the Spanish press is running out of adjectives to describe the sensation caused by the announcement from Catalan pro-independence leader Oriol Junqueras (who was pardoned by the Government). Junqueras claims to have reached an agreement with Pedro Sánchez to launch a new regional financing system that would mean nearly €5 billion more for Catalonia. Upon leaving his meeting with Sánchez, the separatist leader boasted of having persuaded…

In Spain 30th May 2024

Amnesty negotiated by Sánchez with prosecuted Catalan pro-independence supporters to obtain their votes and become president to be approved today

Today, the Congress of Deputies is expected to approve the amnesty that Pedro Sánchez had branded as “unconstitutional” but which he finally negotiated with Carles Puigdemont to obtain in exchange the seven votes of Junts that he needed to be able to go to the presidential investiture after losing the elections on 23 July 2023. It is very possible that any of the judges who are forced to apply it…

Spanish Politics 14th May 2024

Puigdemont wants to go for investiture in Catalonia and replicate model by which Sánchez governs Spain after losing elections

Despite the poor results of the pro-independence parties, far short of an absolute majority in Parliament, Junts believes it has a chance of governing. If this Sunday, former president Carles Puigdemont already suggested that he would make Pedro Sánchez’s dependence on JxCat’s seven deputies in Congress count, this Monday he has gone a step further and announced that he will try to opt for the investiture. “I can articulate a…

Spanish Politics 12th May 2024

Socialists win elections in Catalonia, pro-independence parties fail to add up… A difficult victory to manage

Salvador Illa, the candidate of the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC), with 27.9% of the vote and 42 seats, has won the elections in Catalonia. Carles Puigdemont and Junts obtained 21.5% of the votes and 35 seats, but their great partner in the “procés”, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), which until now had been in charge of the government of the Generalitat, has suffered a debacle and has been left…

Spanish Politics 28th August 2023

Dual-use votes in Catalonia

Fernando González Urbaneja | The “alcaldada” of the Congress that must be approved this Monday to allow ERC and Junts to form their own parliamentary group, with the economic and parliamentary advantages it entails, will use on this occasion a cruder formula than the previous ones. On other occasions, the number of deputies of the pretender was completed in order to reach the number of deputies foreseen in the regulations…

Spanish Politics 13th December 2022

After eliminating the crime of sedition, the PSOE agrees with ERC to leave the embezzlement of pro-independence supporters unpunished

The reform of embezzlement agreed on Monday between the PSOE and ERC leaves a way open for some pro-independence leaders to avoid prison. Specifically, around 30 defendants accused of the pro-Crime, still awaiting trial, could avoid prison with the new text. These are the group of ex-officials and businessmen close to pro-independence supporters prosecuted by the 13th Court of Instruction of Barcelona for the preparations for the illegal referendum of…

Spanish Politics 9th May 2022

Espionage By The CNI And The Dealings Between Catalan Nationalists And Putin’s Collaborators

Luis Alcaide | Espionage and misunderstandings between Catalan supporters of Esquerra and Spanish supporters of the PSOE. The Spanish state, like any other, is doing its duty in the face of possible aggressions against its integrity and the liberty of its citizens. The director of the CNI, Paz Esteban, explains herself in the Congress of Deputies. The pro-independence parties and the most left-wing leftists do not quite accept the arguments…

Spanish economy 27th January 2022

Almost A Thousand Companies Left Catalonia In 2021

Last year, 5,403 companies moved their headquarters from one Spanish region to another, almost 20% more than in 2020. More than 40% chose Madrid as their destination. Catalonia recorded the largest negative balance with the loss of 348 companies. The exodus of companies from Catalonia to other autonomous communities began in 2012 as a slow trickle. This was the result of the decision of former president Artur Mas to open…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 14th January 2022

Living in Catalonia (I&II)

Clemente Polo | Living in Catalonia is becoming increasingly oppressive. Even for those of us who decided one day to pack our bags and move to an Autonomous Community that stood out from the rest for its social and cultural dynamism and its cosmopolitan vocation. When I was offered a place at the Autonomous University of Barcelona after giving a seminar in June 1984, nobody thought to ask me where…

Spanish economy 13th January 2022

Living in Catalonia (I)

Clemente Polo | Living in Catalonia is becoming increasingly oppressive. Even for those of us who decided one day to pack our bags and move to an Autonomous Community that stood out from the rest for its social and cultural dynamism and its cosmopolitan vocation. When I was offered a place at the Autonomous University of Barcelona after giving a seminar in June 1984, nobody thought to ask me where…