{"id":93627,"date":"2018-01-19T19:09:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=93627"},"modified":"2018-10-23T04:09:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T02:09:06","slug":"political-parties-catalonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/political-parties-catalonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Parties of Catalonia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The past three months in Barcelona have been politically heated due to Catalonia’s declaration of independence<\/strong> and the Spanish government’s refusal to recognize it. Instead, under their constitution, the Spanish government\u00a0dissolved the Catalan parliament<\/strong> and forced new elections, which were won by pro-independence parties<\/strong>. There continues to be a stalemate over the crisis, with the Catalan parliament rejecting a ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court to suspend pro-independence politicians from government positions on October 2, 2018, according to Reuters. For those who want to learn a bit more about the politics<\/strong> involved, here’s a brief guide to the political parties of Catalonia<\/strong>, particularly those that hold seats in Catalonia’s parliament.<\/p>\n

Related article: Why Some Catalans Want Independence<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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