The Latest Breaking News from Carles Puigdemont

Spain is losing trust in politics. This backroom Catalan deal won’t restore it

Pedro Sánchez’s amnesty for separatists will see him return as prime minister, but he faces mounting public discontent, says journalist María Ramírez

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

Carles Puigdemont: from self-exile to unlikely kingmaker of Spanish politics

Architect of Catalonia’s illegal referendum of 2017 has signed deal to support Spain’s socialists in return for amnesty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2023

Founder of Spain’s far-right Vox party shot in face by motorbike gunman

Alejo Vidal-Quadras – who had also led the conservative Popular Party in Catalonia – was shot in Madrid hours after Spain’s acting prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, agreed a controversial deal between his Socialist Party and a Catalan separatist party that is set to give him another term in office

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Socialist party members in Spain back deal to secure PM new term

Members of Pedro Sánchez’s party vote 87% in favour of proposal to form government backed by smaller parties

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2023

Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power

Thousands of ordinary citizens got into legal trouble for their parts in Catalonia’s illegal independence bid that brought Spain to the brink of rupture six years ago

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Mass protest in Barcelona against possible amnesty for Catalan separatists

Tens of thousands demonstrate in Spanish region’s capital as Pedro Sánchez weighs move in attempt to form government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2023

Spain is becoming harder to govern. Is this the future of our divided politics?

Three months after a general election, attempts to form a government have so far failed – and hostility between parties is mounting, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023

A compromise too far? Spain’s Sanchez has ‘little wiggle room’ to stay in power

Spain’s conservative leader saw his final bid to become prime minister rejected by parliament on Friday, paving the way for Socialist incumbent Pedro Sanchez to have another shot at cobbling together a majority – with the backing of separatist parties whose support could cost him dearly.

France 24 · Sep 29, 2023

Spanish People’s party leader fails in bid to become prime minister – as it happened

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of right-leaning party, fails to gain enough votes from MPs to become PM

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

Alberto Núñez Feijóo fails to win Spanish MPs’ backing to become PM

Feijóo’s defeat had been expected and gives acting PM Pedro Sánchez chance to try to form government

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023