My Europe Series

State of the Union: Merkel's better week

This is State of the Union, euronews' weekly roundup of the big stories and the big issues facing the EU-28 over the past seven days.

26/01/2018

Europe News

Brief: Catalan leaders pow wow in Brussels and the EU explores new opportunities in space

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from the EU's de facto political capital.

24/01/2018

Europe News

Catalan leaders meet in Brussels

Catalonia's former leader says he will stand for re-election as regional president, despite risking arrest if he returns to Spain.

24/01/2018

World News

Carles Puigdemont's trip sparks Spanish anger

Catalonia's fugitive ex-president Carles Puigdemont avoids arrest but sparks Spanish anger on a trip to Denmark.

22/01/2018

Denmark

Spanish frenzy as Puigdemont arrives in Denmark.

The Spanish State Prosecutor has asked for Puigdemont's arrest warrant to be reactivated.

22/01/2018

Spain

Catalonia's pro-independence parties regain control of parliament

Catalonia's pro-independence parties regain control of the region’s parliament, but attempts to re elect ousted leader Carles Puigdemont look set to be more difficult.

17/01/2018

Spain

Catalan parliament holds first meeting, voting in separatist MP as spe

The vote for a pro-secession speaker virtually guarantees the chamber's push for independence from Spain.

17/01/2018

Spain

Fictional Tabarnia is officially a movement

The satire group that seeks to secede the fictional region of Tabarnia from Catalonia is now pushing for real action

17/01/2018

Spain

Doubts over what direction the Catalan Parliament will take

The parliament has met for the first time since the December elections

17/01/2018

Spain

Spanish court says Catalan separatist Junqueras must stay in jail

Oriol Junqueras has spent two months in prison while Spanish authorities investigate his role in Catalonia's independence movement.

05/01/2018

World News

Mariano Rajoy: new Catalan parliament will convene in new year

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, making his year-end address at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, says he hopes Catalan's new parliament will usher in a period of stability

29/12/2017

Spain

Tabarnia: The new Catalan secessionist movement boosted by Twitter

Tabarnia may seem like an anomaly: the sub-region wants to secede from Catalonia, but remain in Spain.

27/12/2017

World News

Catalonia: Carles Puigdemont demands to return home

"Let me come back", Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont tells Spain.

23/12/2017

Spain

Difficult talks are starting after Catalonia's election

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has said he will discuss the issue of Catalan independence with whoever becomes the new leader of the Catalan government.

23/12/2017

World News

What now for Catalonia?

Catalans give their reaction to the region's inconclusive election result.

22/12/2017

World News

Your week in 60 seconds

How switched on were you to the news this week? Watch our video below to see if you can identify the news story.

22/12/2017

Spain

Watch live: Spain's PM Rajoy speaks about Catalan election results

The prime minister also ruled out a national election as he addressed the country a day after separatist parties won the Catalan regional vote

22/12/2017

Belgium

Time to go home? Exiled Catalan separatists celebrate

From self-exile in Brussels, ousted Catalan leaders say the victory of pro-independence parties in Thursday's snap election gives them the right to be heard.

22/12/2017

Spain

Catalonia election: a dramatic day in pictures

Separatist parties and the pro-unity Ciudadanos all found reason to celebrate in a vote that deepened Catalonia's divisions and reopened Spain's political crisis.

22/12/2017

Spain

What we learned from the Catalan election

From victories for Puigdemont and Ciudadanos, to a record voter turnout and defeat for Rajoy

22/12/2017