Junts per Catalunya

World News

How did Puigdemont manage to flee?

Euronews offers a reconstruction of the Catalan separatist's flight after his speech at the Arc de Triomf in Barcelona, as described by members of the Mossos d'Esquadra and the National Police Corps.

8 August 2024

Europe News

Police search for Puigdemont after leading Barcelona rally

The separatist former president of Catalonia returned to his home country in a bid to prevent the Catalan parliament from voting in a new socialist government, in what he described as "the only way to return to normality".

8 August 2024

Europe News

Catalan separatist leader Puigdemont vows to sneak back into Spain

The former MEP faces immediate arrest if he returns to the country he fled in October 2017 to avoid prison, three days after the failed Catalan declaration of independence.

7 August 2024

Spain

Puigdemont eyes Catalan presidency 7 years after fleeing Spain

The former president has run in Catalonia's elections from abroad before, appearing at the top of his party's list in both 2017 and 2021.

21 March 2024

Europe News

Catalan President calls for 'responsibility' to approve amnesty law

The President of the Catalan government Pere Aragonès on Wednesday pleaded on political parties to take "responsibility" and approve the amnesty law in an interview with Euronews.

31 January 2024

Europe News

Spain’s socialists, Catalan Junts reach deal for government support

Spain’s socialist party (PSOE) has struck a deal with Catalan separatist party Junts per Catalunya that could pave the way for acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez to form a coalition government as early as next week.

9 November 2023

Europe

Can Basque, Catalan and Galician really become EU languages?

Having an additional official EU language can result in a hefty price tag for the union's institutions.

24 August 2023

Spain

Catalan separatist MEP Clara Ponsatí released after arrest in Spain

Ponsatí returned to Catalonia after five years of exile in Scotland and Belgium, despite an outstanding arrest warrant.

29 March 2023

Spain

Exiled ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to run in EU elections

"It is the moment to make another step to internationalise the self-determination right of Catalonia from Europe's heart to all the world," Puigdemont wrote on Twitter.

10 March 2019