Junts entrusts Puigdemont with neutralizing the dispersion of its political strategy | News from Catalonia

The calendar has begun to count down the days left for the Catalan elections on May 12. He president Pere Aragonès officially signed the decree calling the elections this Monday and each party takes positions for the electoral fight. At the start, Junts per Catalunya has managed to attract attention with an advertisement by its … Read more

Feijóo hides behind the negotiation with Ciudadanos to avoid naming a candidate in Catalonia | Spain

The pressure is increasing in the pressure cooker that the Catalan PP has become since the president Pere Aragonès announced the early call for elections for next May 12. Nervousness is growing over the possible agreement with Ciudadanos and the positions for and against Alejandro Fernández, leader of the PP in Catalonia, repeating as head … Read more

Jordi Turull: “I would do October 1 again, and I would do it better” | Elections in Catalonia 12-M

The general secretary of Junts per Catalunya, Jordi Turull, faces the elections from the bench, because until the amnesty law comes into force he remains disqualified for his participation in the illegal 1-O referendum. Turull (Parets del Vallès, 57 years old) is recovering from a heart attack, but the pace of his activity has barely … Read more

Jordi Turull: “I would do October 1 again, and I would do it better” | Elections in Catalonia 12-M

The general secretary of Junts per Catalunya, Jordi Turull, faces the elections from the bench, because until the amnesty law comes into force he remains disqualified for his participation in the illegal 1-O referendum. Turull (Parets del Vallès, 57 years old) is recovering from a heart attack, but the pace of his activity has barely … Read more

Common front of Junts and ERC against Illa to try to close the gap with the PSC | Elections in Catalonia 12-M

This weekend, Pedro Sánchez endorsed Illa as the candidate to achieve the “unity” of Catalonia and overcome the process. During the PSC congress, Illa himself presented the May 12 elections as an opportunity to “turn the page without vetoes or exclusions.” There is a lot of game left to play, but in the warm-up Illa’s … Read more

All against Illa | Elections in Catalonia 12-M

All against Salvador Illa. The surprise electoral call in Catalonia, by the work and will of the president of the Generalitat, the Republican Pere Aragonès, and without evidence of the collusion between ERC and PSC that Junts per Catalunya denounces, will place the socialist candidate as a stark target of the independentists. The former Minister … Read more

Tenants relieved after rent regulation in Catalonia: “The landlord has called me every week pressing to raise the price” | News from Catalonia

The regulation of rental prices in 140 Catalan municipalities comes into force this Saturday. Good news for tenants, who will see rents go down or at least slow down, at a time of housing crisis, with the market at historic highs and a gap between salary increases and rents that continues to widen. . The … Read more

Prison officials challenge the Catalan Government after the murder of a worker | News from Catalonia

Prison officials are carrying out an unprecedented mobilization in Catalonia in the face of an unprecedented event: the murder, at the hands of a prisoner, of Nuria López, cook at the Mas d’Enric prison (Tarragona). “We are all Nuria,” repeat the workers, who have been warning for months about an increase in attacks and insecurity … Read more