Catalan parliamentarians elected pro-independence politician Roger Torrent as speaker in a gesture of determination to pursue the declared last year plans to achieve de facto independence, already proclaimed de jure in a highly symbolic procedure after weeks of waiting for a dialogue with Madrid. Unlike his predecessor, who was a grassroots activist, the new Catalan Parliament president has…
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Puigdemont asks Rajoy if he assumes outcome of elections
The President of the self-proclaimed Catalan Republic in exile after the Spanish government evoked an Article 155 of the Spanish constitution, said during the presentation of the candidacy Together for Catalonia (Junts per Catalunya) that the Catalan people “will ratify” that they want independence in the upcoming elections. Puigdemont and candidates of 'Together for Catalonia' present their…
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