Catalan European Democratic Party
Catalan separatist aims to form minority regional gov’t
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said on Monday that he would seek to form a pro-independence minority government in the Spanish region despite a weekend electoral setback.
Spain's governing Socialist Party won a regional election in Catalonia on May 12, snatching away separatist parties' majority.
A major crisis in Spain? The Catalans are setting conditions, the tension is growing
The Catalan Republican Left (ERC), the party of regional Prime Minister Pere Aragons, wrote a letter on Monday to the centre-right Together for Catalonia (JxCAT) party, led by former exiled Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont.
Madrid Prepared to Halt Article 155 if Catalan Premier Calls Early Elections
The Spanish government will not take the unprecedented step of activating Article 155 of the Constitution - which would allow it to take control of certain autonomous powers in Catalonia - should the regional premier, Carles Puigdemont, call early elections in the northeastern Spanish region, El Pais reports.