- 4h ago
Puigdemont says he is preparing his return to Catalonia and will not lead the opposition
Carles Puigdemont says the Amnesty Law has reached an irreversible point and that he is preparing his return from Belgium. He also said he would not take up the post of opposition leader in the Parlament once back in Catalonia.
- 2d ago
Catalan CEO poll: PSC falls to 33-35 seats as Aliança Catalana closes in on ERC
The CEO barometer puts Salvador Illa's PSC first with 33 to 35 seats, down from 42, while Aliança Catalana would rise to 23 to 25 and press ERC for second place. Combined, PSC, ERC and the Comuns fall short of the 68 seats needed for a majority.
- 2d ago
Puigdemont asks Supreme Court to apply amnesty to him without further delay
Puigdemont's defence asked judge Pablo Llarena to close the case and lift his arrest warrants, the same day the Tribunal de Cuentas applied the amnesty to him and about thirty co-defendants.
- 3d ago
Toni Comín plans to walk back into Catalonia from France on 24 October
Former Catalan health counsellor Toni Comín, now an MEP-elect for Junts, plans to cross the border on foot on Saturday, 24 October, nine years after leaving for Belgium. Friends and family have been invited to join the walk.
- Oct 5
Puigdemont prepares Catalonia return after court backs amnesty and lifts warrant
Carles Puigdemont has relocated his official office in Barcelona and secured police protection guarantees after Spain's Constitutional Court upheld amnesty for embezzlement.
- Oct 4
Catalan poll projects Aliança Catalana to surge to 30 seats and tie with PSC
An Ipsos survey for La Vanguardia shows Aliança Catalana rising from two to 30 seats, matching the governing PSC and leaving the regional parliament without a clear majority path.
- Oct 1
Catalan leaders mark ninth 1-O anniversary with demands for full amnesty
Pro-independence figures in Catalonia marked nine years since the 2017 referendum by demanding the immediate application of the 2024 Amnesty Law as legal battles and political divisions persist.
- Oct 1
Conde-Pumpido demands renewal of four expired Spanish Constitutional Court seats
Constitutional Court President Cándido Conde-Pumpido has urged political parties to renew four Senate-appointed magistrate positions whose terms expired in December 2025, while announcing final rulings on the Catalan amnesty law for 6 October.
- Sep 22
Spanish Constitutional Court moves to apply amnesty law to Catalan embezzlement cases
Spain's Constitutional Court rejected a draft ruling against amnestying Catalan separatists on 22 September 2026, scheduling a formal plenary vote for 6 October 2026 to resolve pending embezzlement cases.
- Sep 12
Spanish Constitutional Court rapporteur backs Supreme Court rejection of amnesty for Catalan leaders
Constitutional Court magistrate José María Macías circulated a draft rejecting Jordi Turull's appeal, arguing public funds spared Catalan officials personal costs during the 2017 independence vote.
- Aug 8
Illa reaches midterm with budgets approved but financing, education and Rodalies unresolved
Salvador Illa reaches the midpoint of his mandate as Catalan president with first budgets in three years approved, but financing reform, tax transfers, Rodalies and education crises remain unresolved.
- Aug 4
Junts joins the European Democratic Party, ending seven years of political isolation in Brussels
The Catalan pro-independence party led by Carles Puigdemont has been accepted into the European Democratic Party, a centrist, federalist group chaired by former French prime minister François Bayrou, restoring a European political home it lost in 2018.
- Jul 28
Fiscal council delayed to Sept 4, giving PP regions five weeks to weigh 20.975 billion euro funding reform
The Spanish Finance Ministry postponed the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council from July 29 to September 4 at the request of PP-governed regions, while Catalonia and the Canary Islands are expected to back a reform that would inject an extra 20.975 billion euros into regional coffers.
- Jul 28
Spanish Supreme Court applies amnesty law to former Catalan official Meritxell Serret
The Supreme Court has extinguished criminal responsibility for Meritxell Serret, the first member of Carles Puigdemont’s 2017 government to benefit from the amnesty law, weeks after the EU Court of Justice validated the legislation.
- Jul 27
Barcelona judge processes three Mossos agents for aiding Puigdemont flight in 2024
The decision follows a provincial court order to reopen the case, with evidence that the off-duty officers used protective techniques to shield the former Catalan president from arrest.
- Jul 27
Spain’s government shelves flagship housing decree until September after Junts and Podemos balk
The Spanish government postponed the approval of its sweeping real decree-law on housing from the final cabinet session before the summer break to September, after failing to win over key parliamentary allies Junts, Podemos and the PNV.
- Jul 23
Spanish Congress lowers thresholds for parliamentary groups, easing path for ERC and Junts
The reform, approved with votes from PSOE, Sumar and nationalist allies, reduces the national vote requirement from 5% to 3% and the provincial threshold from 15% to 10%, while keeping the five-seat minimum.
- Jul 14
Spain's Congress rejects 2027 budget deficit path as PP, Vox and Junts vote together, raising early election stakes
A coalition of PP, Vox, and Junts, with UPN, voted 178 to 167 on 14 July 2026 to reject the government's stability objectives for 2027–2029, the mandatory step before presenting the state budget. The government plans to resubmit the same targets on 23 July.
- Jul 9
Aliança Catalana surges to third place in Catalan poll, threatening governing majority
A new Catalan government poll shows the far-right Aliança Catalana leaping from two seats to 23-25, overtaking Junts and competing with ERC for second place, while the PSC-led coalition risks losing its majority.
- Jul 8
Podemos threatens to block Spain's housing decree over landlord tax breaks demanded by Junts
Podemos leader Ione Belarra says her party will not back the government's new housing decree if it includes tax incentives for landlords, a demand from Junts to secure its support.
