Supporters of the Catalan separatist movement protested outside of the European Parliament in Strasbourg because pro-independence Members of European Parliament have been barred from taking their seats.
BERLIN (AP) — Catalonia’s former president, Carles Puigdemont, is to be brought before a court in Germany to determine whether he stays in custody pending further decisions on extradition proceedings.
Nigel Farage has urged Hungary and Poland to keep criticising and “rebelling” against the European Union (EU), as the bloc’s unelected leaders use authoritarian sanctions to suppress elected governments and their policies.
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister said Friday he intends to convene Catalonia’s new parliament on Jan. 17 and hopes the restive region’s next government won’t renew the push for independence that fueled a serious political crisis.
Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has said Catalans should decide if they still want to remain part of the European Union if independence is achieved, and slammed the bloc for ignoring abuses to democracy.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says his government will announce on Saturday the specific measures it plans to take control of the Catalonia region now that an agreement has been reached with the country’s main opposition parties.
The best thing about Brexit will be the fact Nigel Farage will never speak in the European Parliament again, a Spanish MEP blasted in the chamber.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered a suspension of Catalonia’s parliamentary session next week during which the region has said it might declare independence and further fuel Spain’s worst crisis in decades.
As Catalonian leaders signal they could declare independence from Spain within a week, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is reportedly pitching himself as a mediator between the two sides.
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has slammed the European Union (EU) over its silence on violence in Catalonia carried out by military and police sent by Brussels-backed Madrid.
The EU has broken its silence on the violent suppression of Catalonia independence referendum, with the Commission backing Madrid and the Vice-president of the European Parliament branding the vote a “nationalistic coup against Europe”.
