Katalonien

Barcelona's court has acquitted humorist Jaïr Domínguez of the hate crime charge brought by Vox over a 2021 radio comment. Judges ruled his words fell under freedom of expression and posed no real danger.

11 maj 2026 Rapporterad av AI

The government of Salvador Illa and the central government are preparing a bilateral commission next week to address pending transfers that could help approve the Catalan budgets after the March setback.

The Catalan government and Comuns have restarted talks to pave the way for a budget agreement, focusing on housing policies. Comuns demands the creation of a General Directorate of Housing Discipline to centralize inspectors for fining rental fraud. Negotiations are informal so far, pending a prior deal with Esquerra Republicana.

26 april 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Catalan activist María Campuzano, spokesperson for the Alianza contra la Pobreza Energética and member of Enginyeria Sense Fronteres, died on Sunday at age 44. The organizations praised her legacy in defending energy and decent housing rights. Sources say she had been suffering from an illness for some time.

PSC councilors in Ripoll, Enric Pérez and Anna Belén Avilés, have offered their positions to the party after abstaining in the plenary that allowed Mayor Sílvia Orriols to approve the 2026 budgets. The PSC federation in Girona expressed absolute disagreement and summoned them for explanations. The move avoided a confidence vote like last year's.

9 april 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Gabriel Rufián of ERC and Irene Montero of Podemos proposed in Barcelona that ERC lead a left-wing coalition in Catalonia and Podemos elsewhere in Spain to avoid "dying separately" against the right. The event, moderated by Xavier Domènech, has sparked tensions within ERC and rejection from Sumar. Rufián urges his party to inspire the unification of Spain's left.