France will not recognize Catalonia if it declares independence from Spain, according to Nathalie Loiseau, the country's minister of European affairs.

Spain faces a week of political uncertainty as the standoff between Catalonia’s independence-minded leader and the central government shows no sign of easing. CNN values your feedback 1.

If Catalonia is the richest part of Spain, the Pyrenees-Orientales remains among France's poorest departments. Separatists are "very much a minority" in the French region, said Pujol.

Madrid has voted to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy, as a crisis over the wealthy Spanish region’s independence bid deepens.

Wildfires have killed two people in Spain and two others have died in France because of a heatwave that has gripped Europe and forced the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant. With ...

This is one of the poorest parts of France - Catalonia is one of the richest parts of Spain. Vera asks me how I think the Scottish will vote in their referendum in 2014, ...

The French region of Pyrenees-Orientales -- known to some as "Northern Catalonia" -- is keeping an anxious eye on the crisis just across the border. Taken over by France in the 17th century, many ...

Catalonia’s parliament voted for independence after an Oct. 1 referendum with about 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted choosing independence, according to Catalan officials.

Two people are found dead by firefighters in Spain's Catalonia region, with heat-related fatalities in France and Italy.