58 posts
14 March 2004
In these general elections, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s PSOE has prevailed over the PP, now led by Mariano Rajoy, which has lost its absolute majority.
16 April 2004
The PSOE, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Izquierda Unida, BNG, Coalición Canaria and Chunta Aragonesista vote in Congress in favour of the investiture of José Luis […]
19 October 2005
The Bureau of the Congress of Deputies (PSOE, CiU, Izquierda Unida) accepts the proposal to amend the Statute submitted by the Parliament of Catalonia and […]
2 November 2005
The proposal is submitted by a delegation of three speakers from the Parliament of Catalonia: Artur Mas (CiU), Manuela de Madre (PSC) and Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira […]
2 November 2005
The Partido Popular’s parliamentary group in Congress, led by Mariano Rajoy, submits an appeal for protection to the Constitutional Court against the agreements of the […]
15 March 2006
The Constitutional Court did not accept the appeal of the Partido Popular group in Congress against the decisions of the Bureau to admit the proposal […]
30 March 2006
The new text of the Statute is approved with the votes of PSOE, CiU, IU- ICV, PNB, BNG and CC-NC. The PP, ERC and EA […]
25 April 2006
The motion in Congress is accompanied by more than 4 million signatures. The question that Mariano Rajoy’s PP is proposing for the referendum on the […]
10 May 2006
The Statute is approved by the Senate with votes in favour from the PSOE, CiU, ICV, PNB, CC, Izquierda Unida and BNG. The PP voted […]
16 May 2006
All the other parties in Congress vote against the proposal submitted by the PP, led by Mariano Rajoy, to hold a referendum on the Statute […]
31 July 2006
This is the first appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The PP’s group in Congress, led by Mariano Rajoy, is arguing that the Statute is […]
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Catalan languagePoliticised Constitutional Court9 March 2008
The PSOE prevails again over Mariano Rajoy’s PP in the general elections. On 11 April, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is sworn in as president of […]
20 November 2011
The PP led by Mariano Rajoy wins the elections by an absolute majority with 186 seats. The PSOE led by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba wins 110 […]
20 December 2011
Mariano Rajoy (PP) replaces Rodríguez Zapatero as president of the Spanish Government. Aside from the PP, which has an absolute majority in Congress, only the […]
16 November 2012
El Mundo publishes this draft nine days before the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia. According to the report, Jordi Pujol, Artur Mas and members […]
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Right to political representation12 December 2013
They were announced by President Artur Mas in an appearance at the Palau de la Generalitat with the leaders of the parties that support him, […]
16 January 2014
In theParliament’s request to the Congressfor the government of Catalonia to be able to organise a referendum, the following vote in favour: CiU, ERC, ICV […]
8 April 2014
The Parliament’s proposal is rejected by the Congress of Deputies
20 March 2015
The PP led by Mariano Rajoy wins the elections but loses the absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies. The PSOE led by Pedro Sánchez […]
30 March 2015
The text is approved only with the votes of the PP, which has an absolute majority in the chamber. The crime of embezzlement is amended […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly17 October 2015
The reform approved by the Spanish Congress will allow the Constitutional Court to hand down its own resolutions and impose sanctions for non-compliance by suspension […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court18 March 2016
The case is initiated in the Supreme Court upon referral from the High Court of Justice of Catalonia given Homs’ status as a member of […]
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Politicisation of justice26 June 2016
After the failure of the investiture of Pedro Sánchez in March, with the support of Albert Rivera (Ciudadanos) and the opposition of practically all the […]
29 October 2016
After the repeat of elections and the failure of the first investiture attempt in September, Mariano Rajoy is invested as president of the Spanish government […]
22 November 2016
The petition approved by Congress allows Francesc Homs to be tried for his role in organising the 9 November consultation
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Politicisation of justice29 March 2017
As a result of the the Supreme Court conviction for organising the 9 November consultation, the former minister Homs is no longer a member of […]
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Right to political representation27 December 2017
The Joint Commission by the Congress of Deputies and the Senate for matters concerning the Court of Auditors asks this body to investigate the Government […]
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Court of Auditors1 June 2018
Pedro Sánchez, who once again became secretary-general of the PSOE in July 2017, is sworn in as president of the Spanish government after the vote […]
8 October 2018
The Bureau of the Parliament meets before resuming the suspended general policy debate on 4 October and definitively rejects the delegation of votes by the […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation15 February 2019
Unable to pass a new budget, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez of the PSOE party, announces general elections will be held on […]
10 March 2019
The lists of candidates that JxCat and ERC will field in the general elections are announced, and include most of the prisoners being held in […]
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Prison regime11 March 2019
Following the complaint presented by Ciudadanos, the Central Electoral Board gives President Quim Torra 48 hours to remove pro-independence flags and yellow ribbons from public […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly29 March 2019
The plenary session of the Court of Auditors approves an audit report finding indications of criminal and accounting misconduct in relation to the Government of […]
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Court of AuditorsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office28 April 2019
PSOE wins by simple majority and for the first time VOX wins representation in the Spanish Parliament with 24 seats. ERC wins 15 seats in […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representation7 May 2019
Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull and Josep Rull, having won seats in the general elections, ask the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme […]
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Prison regime14 May 2019
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court refuses to halt the prosecution of the leaders of the 1 October referendum who won seats in the […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representation24 May 2019
The Bureau of Congress, chaired by Meritxell Batet, agrees to suspend as members of Congress the prisoners in the case against the leaders of the […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representation13 June 2019
The Central Electoral Board officially announces the results of the European elections and summons the MEP-elects, including Carles Puigdemont, Antoni Comín (Junts per Catalunya-Lliures per […]
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Central Electoral BoardPrison regimeRight to political representation2 July 2019
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court upholds the application of Article 155 in Catalonia on 27 October 2017, including the dismissal of the government […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy24 September 2019
After the failed investiture of Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) as president of the Spanish government in July, the Spanish legislature is dissolved and new general elections […]
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Prison regime14 October 2019
The Supreme Court convicts nine pro-independence leaders of sedition in the case against the 1 October referendum sentences them to prison terms ranging from nine […]
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Politicisation of justice10 November 2019
The PSOE, led by Pedro Sánchez, wins by a simple majority with almost twice as many seats as Pablo Casado’s PP (123 and 66, respectively). […]
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Prison regime20 November 2019
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia suspends the hearing in the trial for disobedience and criminal organisation against Lluís Corominas, Lluís Guinó, Anna Simó, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice17 December 2019
In accordance with Spanish laws on parliamentary immunity, the Ninth Examining Magistrate’s Court of Barcelona refers the proceedings against Laura Borràs, a member of Congress […]
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Politicisation of justice7 January 2020
He is elected in the second round of voting and by a simple majority, with 167 votes in favour (the PSOE, Unidas Podemos, the PNV, […]
19 February 2020
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia had referred the case to the Supreme Court because Nuet was elected as a member of Congress in […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trial2 June 2020
In a letter addressed to the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez; the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet; the Prosecutor General; the president of […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly21 July 2020
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court unanimously endorses the decision of the Bureau of the Congress of Deputies of 24 May 2019 to suspend […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation19 October 2020
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia convicts the former members of the Bureau Lluís Corominas, Anna Simó, Ramona Barrufet and Lluís Guinó for the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice11 November 2020
The representatives of PSOE, PP and VOX on the Bureau argue that the Civil Guard acted as judicial police. A few days later, Marlaska states […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly18 March 2021
The full Constitutional Court unanimously endorses the decision of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of 14 May, 2019, not to suspend the trial […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court21 October 2021
The agreement consists in the renewal of four members of the Constitutional Court, the twelve members of the Court of Auditors, the Ombudsman and the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial7 September 2022
The 2022 State Attorney General Report, Álvaro García Ortiz, classifies the ‘violent’ Catalan independence movement under this subheading, alongside ETA and GRAPO. Therefore, it also […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly10 October 2022
The previous day, Carlos Lesmes had explained in a statement that he was resigning after having asked the legislative branch, during his speech at the […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial15 December 2022
The PSOE, Unidas Podemos, ERC, PDECat, PNB and EH Bildu vote in favour of the reform, while Junts, the CUP and VOX vote against it, […]
19 December 2022
The Spanish government (PSOE and Unidas-Podemos) had taken advantage of proceedings of the amendment of the Criminal Code to introduce a proposal to change the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court17 August 2023
The Bureau of the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish General Courts is established, presided by Francina Armengol (PSOE), who is elected by absolute majority. […]
26 January 2024
Barcelona Investigating Court number 1 Joaquín Aguirre declared the extension arguing that there are pending proceedings and plenty of documents to review and analyse, as […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly