Separatist Parties Agree to Form New Government in Catalonia
Talks with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez would be given two years.
Analysis and commentary about the independence crisis in Catalonia by Nick Ottens (based in Barcelona) and Ainslie Noble (an expert in Basque and Catalan identity issues).
Talks with Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez would be given two years.
Salvador Illa refuses to play second fiddle to the pro-independence Republican Left.
Talks with the rival Together for Catalonia remain stalled after three months.
Separatist parties have yet to form a new government.
Pro-independence parties split the seats on the new parliament’s presidium.
Another separatist coalition is the most likely outcome.
The outcome allows for another separatist coalition or a government of the left.
The Catalan electoral system, the parties, the polls and possible coalitions.
The Socialists are neck and neck with the two largest independence parties.
One seeks confrontation with Madrid, the other dialogue with the government.
They’re hardly more credible now than they were at the time of the 2017 referendum.
Far from reining in the independence movement, Spanish lawfare has made secession more likely.
Spain is unwilling to give Catalonia more self-government. Separatists are determined to break away.
Delaying talks risks disappointing moderates.
Talks about more autonomy and early elections have been postponed.