2021年9月15日 · MADRID — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain on Wednesday held a long-awaited meeting with his regional counterpart in Catalonia to seek an end to Spain’s territorial conflict, four years...

2020年9月16日 · Such a change would reassure Catalans after Spain, for the first time in its democratic history, suspended their autonomy in 2017. Separatists voted that year in what Spain considered to be an illegal independence referendum. Hardline separatists in Catalonia are unconvinced. Whatever Sánchez offers will be too little, too late for them.

Though Catalonia has formed part of Spain for nearly 300 years, Catalans only grudgingly admit the fact. Current relations with distant Madrid are as good as I can remember. However, Jose Maria Aznar, who was Spanish President until 2004, was a different matter altogether.

2020年2月12日 · In other words, the Catalonia-Spain territorial conflict has only two realistic resolutions: independence or status quo. 1. The Catalan consensus in favor of more Catalan self-government In terms of the degree of self-government, a large majority of Catalans are opposed to the status quo.

2022年10月28日 · Catalonia has been an integral part of Spain since the 15th century. Catalan pride and identity gained steam over the 19th century, bringing in a fresh push for separation from the state. That was until the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939 when Barcelona fell to General Francisco Franco ‘s right-wing army.

2022年11月28日 · The Spanish parliament has approved the reform of the penal code that would abolish the offense, of which nine pro-independence leaders were convicted in 2019. Crime of sedition for Catalan ...

Catalonia has called on the Spanish government to use billions of euros in EU recovery funds to reverse deindustrialisation, arguing it risks squandering a chance to boost growth by putting too...