More than 750,000 people turned out on the streets of Barcelona, on April 15th, to protest the Spanish government’s treatment of Catalan political prisoners, and demand their freedom.
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Anna Gabriel remains in Switzerland and will not attend her declaration at the Supreme Court
The leader of the Popular Unity Candidacy tells Swiss media that she wouldn’t have a fair trial, and doesn’t not rule out formally requesting political asylum.
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Catalan Government’s 2015 budget finally approved after modifying state structures programmes
The final budget approval follows the agreement that the CiU and ERC reached on 26 January, after months of negotiations.
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Catalan Government wants to have a network of “about 50 delegations” abroad in “a few years”
The Catalan Government’s Deputy Minister for External Affairs, Roger Albinyana, announced the Executive’s aim to have a network of “about 50 delegations” throughout the world, representing Catalonia’s political, business and cultural interests abroad. The Catalan Government currently has 7 delegations abroad.
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Agreement on Catalan Government’s 2015 budget after increasing social spending by €100 million
The governing centre-right pro-Catalan State coalition CiU and the opposition left-wing Catalan independence party ERC reached an agreement on Monday on the Catalan Government’s budget for the current year, which should be definitively approved in the first week of February.
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1.4 million Catalans signed international complaint against Rajoy for banning self-determination vote
The Spanish Government “violates the Catalan people’s right to decide its own political future and bans the exercise of democracy through a referendum or an internationally standardised consultation vote”, reads the document signed by 1,386,628 citizens and 3,703 elected representatives such as mayors and MPs.
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Catalans to have ‘de facto’ referendum on independence via early elections on 27 September
The governing centre-right pro-Catalan State coalition CiU and the opposition left-wing pro-independence party ERC have now “rebuilt” their parliamentary stability pact for the current term after weeks of public disagreements and confusion over the next steps of the self-determination process.
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Amadeu Altafaj to represent Catalan Government in the European Union
The former European Commission’s Spokesperson for Economic Affairs during the Eurozone crisis, Amadeu Altafaj, will become Catalonia’s Permanent Representative to the EU institutions.This position has been created as a way to increase the political weight of the already existing Catalan Government Delegation in Brussels.
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Catalan Socialist leader would support an independence referendum if citizens reject Constitutional Reform
Miquel Iceta is currently rejecting a vote on independence and is proposing a broad Constitutional Reform to grant Catalonia a better fitting within a truly federal Spain.
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