The Parliament of Catalonia

Campaign for internationalization of Catalan institutions: Parliament  In line with the internationalisation of the situation in Catalonia which we have so far carried out for over 3 years, Help Catalonia has launched a new campaign to publicise our institution The first focuses on the Parliament of Catalonia. Help Catalonia first contacted the members of the Presiding Committee of the Parliament to ask them...

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Jordi Turull: "The people of Catalonia are not sheep, they are not militarised people to whom you can just say: Go here, go there!' It's not like that"

The Catalan Minister Jordi Turull begun his intervention in the trial of the process at the High Court rejecting the formulation of many of the questions of the prosecutor Jaime Moreno, and has added that in the written accusation of the Prosecutor the pro-independence process appeared suddenly: "This process, in its written accusation,...

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Former Spanish PM Felipe González takes into consideration the suspension of Catalan autonomy

  Felipe González. Foto: Europa Press. The Catalan political process has experienced a though path today as words between Catalan sovereigns and the supporters of the unity of Spain became stronger. The constitutional possibility of the separation of a territory has been regarded as a suicide by the former Spanish socialist...

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You Can't Argue with the Facts

Spain is strongly limiting growth and development opportunities for the people living in Catalonia, both at the individual and collective level. We will try to summarize the most relevant issues involved in this situation. Here are the facts ad the figures.   Taxation deficit A taxation deficit occurs in a particular territory...

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Bill for abolition of the monarchy to be taken to Catalan town councils

The Association of Municipalities for Independence (AMI) has agreed to turn the Catalan Parliament's resolution calling for the abolition of the Spanish monarchy into a motion for town councils to give their support for the proposal. This was announced by AMI's president, Josep Maria Cervera, after this Friday's executive committee meeting...

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Former Catalan President Jordi Pujol gives up all his benefits and will face a parliamentary committee

The historical leader of conservative and moderate Catalan nationalism, Jordi Pujol, who chaired the Catalan Government for 23 years (1980-2003) and led the governing CiU for three decades, has been forced to renounce all of his honorary titles and posts, to give up his pension and to shut down his office as former President due to the...

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Unfair Play Against Catalonia

The retired Spanish army officer Francisco Alamán reiterated and elaborated his threats against Catalans in a new interview to Alerta Digital. This time he went even further and demanded that the Catalan MPs who have placed charges against him (Joan Tardà, Alfred Bosch, and Uriel Bertran) be detained “for wanting...

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60,000 mark the fifth anniversary of the 1-O, the self-determination referendum held on 2017 and deepens the ERc's sinking

The event organized in Barcelona this Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the 1-O, the self-determination referendum held on October 1st, 2017 was attended by 60,000 people. What was most evident was the vast divide separating the thousands of people who gathered in front of the Arc de Triomf in defence of the validity of the referendum,...

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Carles Puigdemont: “Our commitment is to join other peoples to fight for freedom, and specifically the right to self-determination”

The Catalan president Carles Puigdemont clarified today, in a press conference, from Waterloo that “In the European rule of law there is no doubt about my immunity and my right to [become] a MEP, not only in my case, but also for ministers Comín and Ponsatí. I hope the Spanish authorities respect the European rule of law,” he said....

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Jailed Ministers Quim Forn and Josep Rull join the hunger strike

There are now four politicians in pre-trial prison taking part in protest. Jailed former ministers Quim Forn and Josep Rull have joined a hunger strike to protest the judicial process against pro-independence leaders, due to start in early 2019. Forn and Rull joined former minister Jordi Turull and former activist and now MP Jordi Sànchez,...

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The Spanish Constitution no longer belongs to everyone

The 1978 Constitution was designed to allow flexibility and room for political compromise. But its interpretation has now been taken over by the two main political parties in Spain, which have insisted on taking a very restrictive view of devolution and multiculturalism. Such an interpretation might represent the opinion of a majority...

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Help Catalonia's campaign to discipline Mr. Vidal-Quadras

European Parliament vice-president, Spanish nationalist Alejo Vidal Quadras, asked to put a stop to Catalonia's independence process though the use of the military. “Besides fighting the resolution in the courts, we must take over the autonomous region. The Spanish government needs to get in contact with Mas and tell him that what...

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