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
El Nacional
Vilaweb
Amnesty International concerned by Spain’s proposal of public order crime redifinition
Amnesty International has issued a statement criticizing some aspects of the reform of the Spanish penal code agreed between the Spanish government and ERC.
Catalan News
‘Scotland and Catalonia have inalienable right to self-determination’
Catalonia’s pro-independence camp voices support for Scottish counterparts after UK supreme court rules against new referendum
Vilaweb
Spain to replace crime of sedition with aggravated public disorder
Catalonia’s pro-independence camp is far away from convinced by the reform, except for ERC
Vilaweb
Marcel Kolaja: “The main political groups are doing all they can to thwart a fact-finding mission to Spain”
An interview with Marcel Kolaja, a Czech MEP, a member of the Bureau of the European Parliament and the Pegasus Commission, on Catalangate’s impact in Brussels
El Nacional
Spain’s PSOE and PP veto giving official EU status to Catalan, Basque and Galician
Despite Spain’s claim that it supports EU use of these 3 languages, the major parties don’t want to make them official
Catalan News
Independence activists denounce ‘mass political espionage’ in Brussels
Former Catalan National Assembly president says scandal shouldn’t have “paralyzing” effect on movement.
El Nacional
Spanish authorities carried out mass phone tapping of Catalan pro-independence left
The Spanish Civil Guard and National Police tapped the phones of around 40 CDR and left-wing pro-independence activists
Vilaweb
Trial of Catalonia’s former Parliament speaker for disobedience begins
Three other chamber bureau members also face fines and disqualification.
El Nacional
ANC warns of Spain’s “grave menace to democracy” before the OSCE in Warsaw
Spain misrepresents its democratic credentials, says pro-independence body, asking OSCE to visit Catalonia and see the facts