El Nacional
European Commission: “National security” claims don’t give carte blanche to state espionage
EU commissioner answers the Catalan MEPs questions, noting that the EC is “closely following” the Pegasus inquiry committee
El Nacional
Catalan News
Prosecutors request prison sentences for former senior pro-independence officials
Ex vice president’s right-hand-men face up to seven years behind bars while current culture minister could be disqualified
Catalan News
Catalan parliament summons Spanish PM and ministers to Pegasus spyware inquiry commission
Madrid confirms Pedro Sánchez will not testify as he is “accountable to congress and senate” only
Iridia
Statement on police infiltration in social movements in recent years in Barcelona
88 organisations declare their support for the five activists bringing legal action over the infiltration of social and labour movements by a police officer from the Spanish National Police Corps in …
Vilaweb
New Bank of Spain board member resigns after accusation of supporting Catalan professor and exiled minister Clara Ponsatí
Antonio Cabrales was appointed with the support of the PP. He resigned six hours later after a media campaign by Spanish nationalists.
El Nacional
Spanish government celebrates that Catalonia’s referendum is still punished by justice
Spokesperson Isabel Rodríguez considers that Supreme Court ruling responds to a will to “penalize” the events of October 2017
Catalan News
Supreme Court lifts bans from public office for half of pardoned referendum leaders
Heads of mainstream pro-independence parties Turull and Junqueras still disqualified until 2030 and 2031
Vilaweb
Llarena’s Boomerang: The Constitutional Turn of the CJEU’s Decision
This is a first step –now national courts must make use of the space provided by Luxembourg. But it is an important step, and certainly not the one Pablo Llarena …
El Nacional
Spanish Constitutional Court consummates its challenge to Sánchez and halts judicial reform
A divided Court agrees on the interim measures demanded by the opposition PP and halts judicial reform bill in upper house
El Nacional
Saskia Bricmont, MEP: “Spain tried to silence the victims of Catalangate”
Greens MEP on the Pegasus committee criticizes Spain for its refusal to explain the espionage on Catalan independentism