... approaches to the country’s territorial and political integrity
The Catalan Independence Referendum held on October 1, 2017, and the subsequent declaration of independence approved... ... by Catalonia’s Parliament provoked a major political and constitutional crisis in Spain, the worst since the country transitioned to democracy forty years ago. Madrid’s... ... success for the Citizens party with its Catalan roots and consistent stance against separatism (it proposed invoking Article 155 much earlier than Rajoy did). At the same...
... the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, and the Spanish Constitutional Court, which prohibited Catalonia from holding this referendum. Nevertheless, the regional authorities continue to try and achieve this goal. The currently acute situation is quite dangerous, particularly with regards to the unpredictability of both sides.
Roots of Modern Separatism
Modern Catalonia is one of the most developed and richest autonomous communities in the Kingdom of Spain. It is home to 7.5 million people, making up approximately
16 percent of the population
.
But the total area where Catalan-speaking ...