Also on rt.com Fierce clashes in Barcelona as pro-independence demonstrators & police face off (VIDEOS) The voting comes at the background of a standoff in Catalonia, the country’s economic powerhouse, where Madrid is trying to stifle pro-independence movement. ..…
What has made the party successful is the crisis with Catalonia and the fact that the mainstream parties were unable to address it.. - ETA and Smith & Wesson -. ..…
The debate over Catalonia, meanwhile, promises to fester. . The three Catalan separatist parties won a combined 23 seats on Sunday. . ... The ruling has triggered massive daily protests in Catalonia that left more than 500 people injured, roughly half of them police officers, and dozens..…
He then repeated his pledge to end Catalan crisis by suspending Catalonia's autonomy, banning separatist parties and arresting its president, Quim Torra. At the rally, Ana Escobedo has voted for PP in the past and was drawn to Vox because of its hard line on Catalonia and illegal..…
The debate over Catalonia, however, promises to fester. . . The three Catalan separatist parties won a combined 23 seats on Sunday. ... Some of Catalonia's 5.5 million voters said they wanted their vote to deliver a message that politicians had to resolve the situation. . . ..…
But anger with political gridlock and with secessionist unrest in Catalonia appeared to have significantly boosted Vox’s popularity. . ... But that would require Catalan separatist lawmakers to back Sanchez, which would be hard to imagine at a time of such tensions with Catalonia. . ..…
By jail sentences for separatist leaders last month, One of Vox's founding aims was recentralisation rewriting the constitution to abolish autonomy and parliaments, theme that has struck chord with many after independence bid by Catalonia in 2017 and in the northeast triggered.. Positioning it..…