Chris Bambery, co-author of new book Catalonia Reborn, analyses the decision of the Spanish Supreme Court to drop the European Arrest Warrant’s for exiled Catalan Ministers, and says campaigning efforts must now be stepped up to get the political prisoners out of jail and let the exiles go home

CLARA PONSATI and the other exiled Catalan leaders, including the former President of Catalunya, Carles Puigdemont, have won a notable victory after Spain withdrew its European Arrest Warrant on charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public money.

Spain’s new government has pledged to exhume General Franco’s remains from their infamous tomb, describing it as a “divisive symbol”

PLANS by Spain’s new government to exhume the body of fascist dictator General Francisco Franco from its state-funded mausoleum have been protested by over 1,000 Francoist sympathisers, who rallied outside of Franco’s tomb over the weekend.

Following their meeting at Bute House, both leaders agreed that in “21st century Europe issues of self-determination must ultimately be addressed through democratic referendums”

CATALAN ACTIVISTS have welcomed the outcome of the historic meeting between First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Catalan President Quim Torra yesterday [11 June], characterising the symbolic strengthening of ties between the two nations as “a great achievement.”

Call from Scottish activists follows meeting between the Catalan President Quim Torra and new Spanish Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

THE CATALAN DEFENCE COMMITTEE (CDC) SCOTLAND has called on the Scottish and UK Governments, as well as opposition parties, to apply political pressure to the Spanish Government to endorse a recognised referendum on Catalan independence, on the even of new Catalan President Quim Torra meeting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh.

Meeting will be first between Catalan president and first minister of Scotland since 2014

THE president of Catalonia, Quim Torra, will visit the former Catalan government minister and exile Clara Ponsati and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland next week.

"President Quim Torra has confirmed that he will meet with Spanish President Pedro Sánchez on 9 July 9 and then arrive in Scotland on 10 July to meet with Professor Clara Ponsatí," Aamer Anwar, Ponsati’s lawyer, said in a statement quoted in La Vanguardia.

Bestselling book reveals that charges against Catalan politicians for misappropriation of funds could be based on a falsehood

CATALAN JOURNALISTS Laia Vicens and Xavi Tedó, the authors behind a bestselling investigation into the planning of Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, have told CommonSpace that their findings demonstrate charges regarding misappropriation of funds against Catalan politicians like Clara Ponsati are groundless.