Opinion Studies News Today

How forgiving separatists would strengthen Spanish democracy.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain in recent weeks to protest against the pledge of an amnesty for Catalan separatists in return for their votes for a new socialist government. But in the Catalan capital Barcelona, street graffiti and placards about the war in Gaza have been much more ubiquitous in than any new referencing of the amnesty or independence. The region's separatist parties see the amnesty as a foot in the door to press further their goals for self-de...

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain in recent weeks to protest against the pledge of an am...

The socialist leader’s pact with separatist activists has returned him to power for now, but it’s a strategy fraught with political uncertainty

Proposed deal has alarmed Spanish right, traditional socialist voters and the EU justice commissioner

Architect of Catalonia’s illegal referendum of 2017 has signed deal to support Spain’s socialists in return for amnesty

Members of Pedro Sánchez’s party vote 87% in favour of proposal to form government backed by smaller parties

Junts party demands amnesty for leader and officials as price for support of acting PM Pedro Sánchez

Analysts say a right-wing victory may bolster the Catalan independence movement in the north-eastern corner of the country when voters go to the polls in Spain this month. Several recent polls suggest the opposition conservative People's Party (PP) will get more votes than the ruling Socialists in the election on July 23 but will fall…

But separatist parties hope upcoming elections will revitalize the independence movement.