Medium
The Rule of Lawfare
When former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and former Catalan health minister Toní Comin finally took up their seats in the European Parliament on Monday, more than seven months after they …
Medium
Politico
20 MEPs to watch in 2020
The European Parliament is younger, more diverse — and more divided — than ever. It has also increasingly been flexing its muscles in EU decision-making, and many MEPs are expected …
Politico
Carles Puigdemont allowed to enter EU Parliament after court ruling
The former president of the northeast Spanish region, Carles Puigdemont, and his former health minister Toni Comín were elected to the assembly in May, but have been unable to take …
Euronews
EU top court rules Catalan separatist Junqueras was MEP with immunity when jailed in Spain
The European Union’s top court has ruled that Catalan separatist leader Oriol Junqueras was covered by immunity as an MEP when he was jailed by the Spanish Supreme Court in …
Telegraph
Catalonia accuses Spain of spying on its UK mission as order revealed to ‘get closer to Nicola Sturgeon’
Catalonia’s pro-independence government has accused Spain of spying on its internal communications with its UK diplomatic mission, after foreign ministry documents revealed Catalan plans to “get closer to Nicola Sturgeon”.
Catalan News
UN calls for release of four jailed Catalan politicians
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the “immediate” release of four Catalan politicians, with some having already spent up to 20 months in preventive detention.
Euronews
Catalan protesters demonstrate in front of EU parliament against exclusion of MEPs
“Where do our votes go if after what we choose, they (elected members) cannot exercise their role? To the river,” said Santiago Solsona, pointing to the riverbed in Strasbourg.
Nieman Reports
Breaking the silence about corruption in Spain’s press
After 18 years as a war reporter and correspondent, David Jiménez was appointed editor-in-chief of El Mundo, one of Spain’s biggest dailies, at the end of his Nieman fellowship at …
Vilaweb
Court of Justice admits appeal of Puigdemont and Comín to be recognised as MEPs
The European Court of Justice, based in Luxembourg, has accepted the procedure only four hours after the lawyer of exiled president Carles Puigdemont and his former minister Toni Comín presented …
The Guardian
Spanish parties enlist support of far-right Vox to control Madrid
Madrid’s city council has swung sharply to the right after the conservative People’s party (PP) and the centre-right Citizens party enlisted the controversial support of the far-right Vox to take …