Carles Puigdemont promises loyalty to the people of Catalonia and not to the King or to the Spanish constitution

With a promise of charge unheard of in the last three decades

Mas will call elections if the CUP makes no change

CUP leader resign 'unable to defend' the CUP position on Mas

Pro-independence forces present their agreed proposal for CUP assembly to validate

Pablo Iglesias defends Catalan referendum as essential

The leader of Podemos says its regional affiliates should have their own parliamentary groups

20 December election: Must we now accept a negotiated referendum?

Pro-independence parties could hold key to governability in Spain

Election results show there is no clear winner • ERC and Democracy and Freedom could be decisive in a potential partnership between Podemos and PSOE

Seven post-election scenarios and their implications for the independence process

Francesc Homs: ‘We are offering Spain a straightforward, mature, and logical way of solving the issue of separation’

Gabriel Rufián: ‘In Madrid, we will explain our vision of the Catalan republic’

Interview with the head of the party list for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya in the upcoming 20 December elections in Spain

Mas: ‘Without a president the process is at a standstill’

CUP not expected to support Artur Mas in first voting round to elect new Catalan president

Junts pel Sí and the CUP agree to start the independence process

Rajoy threatens the Parliament with using ‘all the legal and juridical mechanisms’ with regard to the independentist declaration

Ciudadanos, not a so liberal surprise in Spanish politics

Voting-intention polls project Ciudadanos will be the third most-voted party in the upcoming 20 December election in Spain • It bills itself as a liberal party, but the policies it espouses are actually right-leaning