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The Catalunya Conundrum, Part 1: How Could Things Come to Such a Pass?
Catalan democratic institutions (both Parliament and Government) have called for a popular vote on whether Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain of almost eight million inhabitants,...
View ArticleThe Catalunya Conundrum, Part 2: A Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis for Spain
In Part 1, I have explained the rigidity of the constitutional doctrine of our Constitutional Court on the matter of regional independence movements. There are some evident conclusions that swiftly...
View ArticleThe Catalunya Conundrum, Part 3: Protecting the Constitution by Violating the...
Article 155 CE, if activated, would have offered to the Spanish government a legal tool to take control of Catalan institutions on the terms decided by the Senate after a public debate. Article 116 CE,...
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