Puigdemont and four of his ministers have fled to Belgium, where they are challenging Spain's arrest and extradition orders.Įight of Puigdemont's former ministers and two activists were jailed while the Spanish court considers possible charges of rebellion against them.Ĭatalonia and its population of 7.5 million people generate one fifth of Spain's gross domestic product. Ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont's center-right PDeCAt and the leftist ERC of former regional vice president Oriol Junqueras jointly ran Catalonia for two years until Spain sacked the government. Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy fiercely opposes Catalan independence, which he has described as nonsense. The strike was called as leaders of the Catalonian secessionist movement attempt to regain political momentum after failing to agree on a joint ticket to contest the election. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy predicted Wednesday the elections would "open a new political era" in the region with a return to normalcy and respect for Spanish law. 14, 2019 - Spain's Supreme Court sentences nine separatist leaders to prison. Spain dismissed the regional government, disbanded its parliament and called for a new regional election next month. 23, 2019 - Spanish police arrest nine pro-independence activists on suspicion of planning acts of violence. Spain's official gazette on Wednesday published the government decree pardoning them. They had spent between three-and-a-half and four years behind bars. Vox, the far-right party, enters the Catalan parliament for the first time.
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The Spanish government took the unprecedented step of taking control of the autonomous region of Catalonia after the regional government disregarded Constitutional Court mandates and approved a declaration of independence on October 27. Former Catalan vice president Oriol Junqueras, five fellow Cabinet members, the former regional parliament's speaker and two pro-independence activists walked free shortly after noon. Elections in Catalonia: The pro-independence parties add up to 51 of the votes, surpassing the parties that want to maintain the current Status Quo. Spain's two primary unions did not support the strike, which did not appear to have a significant effect on businesses and the area's thriving tourism industry. National railway operator Renfe said service was stopped on dozens of lines, including several high-speed lines.
Grassroots group Omnium Cultural brought together in Barcelona leading figures from pro-independence parties and the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) to celebrate the results of what some speakers called the democratic party, held four years ago. The blockades caused disruptions on more than 60 sections of railroad and highway, including roads leading to the regional capital of Barcelona, according to the Catalan Transit Service. The vote was declared illegal by Spain and led to the imposition of direct rule on Catalonia. Pro-independence protesters obstructed major highways, roads and railway lines Wednesday in Spain's Catalonia region as part of a general strike in protest of the detention of expelled Catalan government officials and secessionist activists.
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