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Added on the 14/05/2018 14:51:00 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets Catalan President Joaquim Torra to discuss ways of resolving the separatist conflict. The talks come just days after Torra said the wealthy northeastern Spanish region would hold a snap election this year following a major dispute between its two ruling parties, Together for Catalonia (JxC) and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), both staunchly pro-independence. IMAGES
Catalonia's separatist leader Quim Torra arrives at the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid for the final hearings in the trial of 12 Catalan leaders charged over an independence bid. IMAGES
Spain's Supreme Court considered an appeal by Catalan separatist president Quim Torra against a conviction for disobedience that saw him disqualified from holding public office for 18 months. IMAGES of Torra leaving court
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain over a failed 2017 independence bid, draws vast crowds of supporters to a rally in southern France near the Catalan border. It is the first time the former Catalan president has ventured so close to the Spanish frontier since he fled to Brussels to escape prosecution following the failed secession bid that sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades. IMAGES
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez meets Catalan leader Quim Torra to try to renew dialogue with separatists on the eve of a cabinet meeting in the Catalan capital. IMAGES
Catalonia's lawmakers arrive in parliament to vote on whether to appoint hardline independence supporter Quim Torra as regional president, after deposed leader Carles Puigdemont stepped aside from the running. IMAGES