Horribilis week of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

On Friday will announce elections

Responsible Author: Jose A. Martin | Madrid, 02/15/2019, 00:25 Time

USPA NEWS - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will announce on Friday his decision on a possible electoral advance, after Parliament rejected his draft budget for this year on Wednesday. The parliamentary vote yielded 191 votes against the project, 158 in favor and one abstention. Only the Socialist Party, which supports the Government, and the far left populist coalition Podemos (We Can) voted in favor. On the contrary, all the other parties of the parliamentary arc, including the Catalan separatists and the Basque nationalists.

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The trial against the Catalan independence movement begins

Twelve independence leaders in the dock

Responsible Author: Jose A. Martin | Madrid, 02/13/2019, 10:20 Time

USPA NEWS - Twelve Catalan separatist leaders have been sitting on the defendant's bench of the Spanish Supreme Court since Tuesday, which judges them for their presumed responsibility and their participation in the illegal referendum on the independence of Catalonia that was held on October 1, 2017. The process will last for three months and the sentence will be known next July.

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