38 posts
13 November 2003
The president of Spain, Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE), in the heat of the campaigns for the Catalan elections, promises to support the Statute approved by the […]
16 November 2003
The results are as follows: CiU (Mas) 46 seats, PSC (Maragall) 42 seats, ERC (Carod-Rovira) 23 seats, PP (Piqué) 15 seats, ICV – EUiA (Saura) […]
11 May 2006
The President of the Government of Catalonia, Pasqual Maragall (PSC), dismisses the ERC ministers because of the party’s position against the reform of the Statute […]
1 November 2006
First Catalan elections since the approval of the Statute of Catalonia. Artur Mas’s CiU wins with 48 seats, but fails to form a government and […]
17 May 2010
Promoted by around 60 personalities from different spheres of Catalan society, the manifesto calls for a united pro-independence candidacy in the upcoming Parliament of Catalonia […]
28 November 2010
Artur Mas’ CiU wins the elections with 62 seats, while the three government parties, namely the PSC headed again by José Montilla, the ERC headed […]
25 September 2012
President Mas calls elections for 25 November, just two years after the investiture, due to the failure of the draft tax pact.
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 representation25 November 2012
The CiU led by president Artur Mas wins the elections again with 50 MPs, but loses 12 seats and is far from having an absolute […]
21 December 2012
Artur Mas is sworn in as president of the government of Catalonia with the votes of the CiU and ERC, led by Oriol Junqueras. The […]
14 January 2015
The President calls them for 27 September as part of a global agreement with ERC, led by Oriol Junqueras, which also includes the creation of […]
30 March 2015
The signatory organisations were: ANC, Òmnium Cultural, AMI, CDC, ERC and Reagrupament. The agreement includes holding plebiscites on 27 September 2015 and implementing independence within […]
27 September 2015
President Artur Mas had proposed the elections as a plebiscite on independence. Participation was 74.9% of the census, and the results gave the absolute majority […]
10 March 2016
The First Examining Magistrate’s Court of Berga summons the mayor of Berga (CUP) to testify as she is being investigated for an electoral crime. The […]
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Central Electoral BoardPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly7 September 2017
This law establishes a transitional legal framework for the case of a yes vote in the referendum and until constituent elections are called. The debates […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court27 October 2017
The application of Article 155 of the Constitution is approved with votes in favour by the PP, PSOE, Ciudadanos, and Coalición Canaria. This means that […]
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Violation of autonomy21 November 2017
As part of the electoral process for the parliamentary elections, the Barcelona Provincial Electoral Board prohibits TV3 from using the terms ‘government in exile’ and […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly24 November 2017
The Central Electoral Board bans members of the Board, the proxies or the financial controllers at the Parliament of Catalonia elections from wearing the yellow […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly26 November 2017
Barcelona Provincial Electoral Board orders Barcelona Town Hall to remove the ‘Free political prisoners’ banner from the balcony, following an appeal by Ciudadanos in the […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly29 November 2017
Barcelona Provincial Electoral Board prohibits Barcelona Town Hall from lighting up fountains and public buildings in yellow following an appeal from the PP in the […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly14 December 2017
Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena denies Jordi Sànchez a temporary prison permit to leave Soto del Real prison and be able to campaign, ahead of […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly21 December 2017
Voter turnout amounted to 79.1%, the highest ever in a parliamentary election. Ciudadanos come in first place, followed by Junts per Catalunya -the party led […]
17 January 2018
The constitution of the twelfth Parliament is held following the result of the elections called by Mariano Rajoy under the application of Article 155. None […]
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Right to political representation1 February 2018
The Disciplinary Commission of Soto del Real imposes a sanction on Jordi Sànchez prohibiting him from going outside for 30 days for the telephone messages […]
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Prison regimeRight to political representation7 February 2018
Magistrate Francisco Monterde, vice-president of the Asociación Profesional de la Magistratura (a conservative association of judges) is appointed speaker forJordi Sànchez’s appeal against permission being […]
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Politicisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trialRight to political representation20 June 2018
The Second Criminal Court of Manresa sentences the town mayor of Berga Montserrat Venturós (CUP) to a penalty of six months of disqualification and a […]
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Central Electoral BoardNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly17 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 February 2020
On 28 January it dismissed Oriol Junqueras’s appeal against the decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to political representation21 December 2020
The vice-president of the Catalan Government, Pere Aragonès, signs the decree calling for Catalan elections for 14 February 2021, after the expiry of the two-month […]
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Central Electoral BoardJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation15 January 2021
The Catalan Government reaches an agreement with all the parties of Parliament except the PSC to postpone the elections until 30 May due to the […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officials20 January 2021
The Civil and Criminal Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemns Bernat Solé, minister of Foreign Affairs, Institutional Relations and Transparency of […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice28 January 2021
The Provincial Electoral Board of Barcelona does not authorise the rallies in favour of the political prisoners and exiles called for 1 and 8 February, […]
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Central Electoral BoardRights to free expression and assembly28 January 2021
The Catalan Government has once again agreed to grant the third degree status to the prisoners in the 1 October referendum case. The third degree […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePrison regime14 February 2021
Following the disqualification of President Quim Torra and the failure to reach an agreement regarding the election of a new president, the elections were finally […]
20 May 2021
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest seven anti-fascist demonstrators for alleged crimes of public disturbance and an attack on the enforcement officers at a VOX event held […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly19 September 2022
He made these and other comments on the El Matí de Catalunya Ràdio programme two days after the 14 February 2021 Parliament of Catalonia elections, […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly15 May 2023
The former president had resorted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee pleading a violation of his political rights under Article 25 of the UN […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation15 May 2023
The former president had resorted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee pleading a violation of his political rights under Article 25 of the UN […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation