Politics
On Sunday, a large group of individuals and civil society organizations, including pro-European and youth groups like "Equipo Europa," trade unions, universities, and cultural institutions such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes, have organized a major demonstration in Madrid to affirm the......
Next week, Catalan President Salvador Illa will meet with senior European officials to discuss enhancing Catalunya’s contribution to Europe. Illa will host European Council President António Costa on Tuesday at noon. This marks their second meeting, following a previous encounter in Brussels......
A fierce debate has erupted in Spain regarding the potential role of renewable energy in the recent blackout that disrupted millions of lives. While officials attempt to downplay any connection, the discourse surrounding the country's energy policies has intensified. The conservative newspaper ABC......
The Comuns party has proposed to the Catalan government the allocation of €20 million from a new credit supplement to the public renewable energy company, l'Energètica, as confirmed by party sources to Europa Press. According to Catalunya Ràdio, the additional funding would be......
In his institutional address on Sant Jordi's Day, Catalan President Salvador Illa emphasized the importance of dialogue, understanding, and fraternity, calling for a ceasefire in both Gaza and Ukraine. In his first speech on April 23 as president, Illa appealed to the international community to end......
The Catalan government remains cautiously optimistic about the eventual recognition of Catalan as an official language within European Union institutions. Jaume Duch, the Minister for European Union and External Action, described the move as a matter of "linguistic justice." However, he refrained......
Since the Popular Party (PP) secured an absolute majority in the Senate following the 2023 general elections, under the leadership of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the party has successfully passed 22 laws, most of which received support from government partners. However, the majority of......
Five members of Spain's Council of Ministers, who will urgently address a reform to tighten the criteria for establishing private universities, have received their education in various private institutions across the country. These ministers have specialized in different fields, holding degrees,......
Spain, home to the largest British population in the European Union, has witnessed a surprising trend since the Brexit vote: a minimal number of Britons have sought Spanish citizenship. Despite the allure of EU citizenship, only 2,363 UK nationals living in Spain have naturalized since the referendum,......
Podemos has issued a firm refusal to support the proposed Organic Law for the Delegation of Immigration Competences, which would allow Catalonia to manage immigration within its territory. Speaking on RNE’s Las mañanas de RNE, Pablo Fernández, spokesperson for the left-wing party,......
Junts aims to propose the mandatory use of Catalan for individuals applying for residence permits in Catalonia. The party interprets the agreement with the PSOE to delegate certain immigration-related powers as a potential avenue for the Generalitat of Catalonia to alter residency requirements, should......
The Spanish Ministry of Finance and ERC have caused a rift in the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council (CPFF) scheduled for this Wednesday, where the central government and regional governments were set to discuss the details of the proposed regional debt forgiveness. This initiative, designed as a bargaining......
The leader of Esquerra Republicana (ERC), Oriol Junqueras, announced on Monday that his party has reached an agreement with the Spanish government to forgive 22% of Catalonia’s debt from the Autonomous Liquidity Fund (FLA). According to Junqueras, this debt relief amounts to €17.1 billion,......
