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Separatist parties in Spain's Catalonia region set 9 November next year as the date for a proposed independence referendum yesterday (12 December) and agreed the wording, but the Spanish government immediately poured cold water on the plan. Catalan...

The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has not ruled out the possibility of holding the Spanish General Elections – which should normally be held in late November or early December – at the same time as the Catalan Elections, which are to take place...

Elections should be called within the next 6 months, during which time Mas also insisted that parties have to better explain what the independent state will be like. The President of the Catalan Government, Artur Mas, gave a solemn speech on Tuesday...

Danish PM calls for “peaceful” Brexit but warns UK must not get “competitive advantages” Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in an interview with Bloomberg, “We need to be extremely careful that the side that leaves [the EU] doesn’t get...

Date: 29-01-2017 Source: The New York Times Europe is facing multiple tribulations in 2017, engulfed in uncertainties over terrorism, borders, migration, economics and President Trump’s new America First message booming from across the Atlantic. ...