Tag: Spain

Madrid ultimatum tactics failed

A final deadline of prime minister Mariano Rajoy ultimatum to Catalonia to renounce de independence aspirations has passed at 10:00 (local time) on Thursday, 19 October. Madrid wowed to suspend the region’s autonomy in case president Carles Puigdemont does not provide clear proof of alignment to Constitution of Kingdom of Spain, which does not foresee…

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Rajoy prepares to impose direct rule on Catalonia

The Kingdom of Spain is anticipating to enter uncharted political territory as the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, prepares to realise his threat to halt the regional Catalan government’s aspiration of independence by imposing direct rule from Madrid. #SesiónControl @Congreso_Es @marianorajoy pide a @KRLS que "ponga por delante los intereses de todos los ciudadanos" https://t.co/6vcwd6i90e pic.twitter.com/04TWSIw9kf…

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Rajoy engineering direct rule over Catalans

Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, and leader of the conservative Popular Party (PP), launched an attack on the actions of the Catalan regional government in a speech to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid (Cortes), claiming it was no legal is neither democratic. DIRECTO https://t.co/g2Wiy8lCIc Rajoy: "¿A usted le parece normal?" pic.twitter.com/GNY7LJUGae — EL PAÍS…

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Juncker in Barcelona to persuade Catalans renounce independence

The historic session of Catalan Parliament is postponed for one hour, reportedly president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker tries his powers to persuade president Carles Puigdemont to renounce the unilateral declaration of independence. LIVE VIDEO: Catalan president @KRLS expected to declare independence (some form) in mins https://t.co/pquTPI0nW7 #10ODeclaració #Catalunya — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 10,…

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Swiss mediate Spain-Catalonia

Neutral Switzerland is in touch with Spain and Catalonia about resolving a row over the region’s moves towards independence but conditions for promoting talks are not yet ripe, the foreign ministry in Bern said. #Switzerland prepared to build a platform for dialogue between #Catalonia and #Spain ➡️https://t.co/IXxPeJOslo . — Catalan News (@catalannews) October 6, 2017…

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Catalonia holds breath before declaration

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is facing growing pressure to drop plans to break from Spain ahead of a key address to the regional parliament. From the early hours of Tuesday morning the Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, closed the Ciutadella Park in Barcelona and positioned several police vans near the entrances and alongside parliament….

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Council of Europe urges to investigate Spanish police violence

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Nils Muiznieks, urged Spanish home affairs minister, José Ignacio Zoido, to investigate Spain’s police actions during the October 1 referendum. In a letter sent on October 4 to the Spanish home affairs minister, Muiznieks called for an “independent and effective” investigation into Spain’s police violence which aimed…

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Europarliament split on #Catalonia independence

Anna van Densky, Strasbourg.  The hearing on #Catalonia, October 4, could not be qualified as ‘debate’ in a proper sense of this word: the leaders of the European Parliament political groups, and  1st vice-president of the European Commission, articulated their positions vis-à-vis dramatic events, without an opportunity to debate it with fellow MEPs. However even…

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Catalans exercise self-determination

Catalonia will move on Monday, October 9, declaring independence from Spain after holding a referendum upon the decision of Catalan Parliament, consistently rejected by the authorities in Madrid as ‘illegal’ according to Kingdom’s Constitution. Catalonia to move on Monday to declare independence from Spain https://t.co/tjqjQVMU5b via @ReutersSonyaD @AABerwick pic.twitter.com/MwN05DXwHx — Reuters (@Reuters) October 5, 2017…

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