Tag: Spain Contitution Article 155

• Friday, October 27th 2017 - 17:13 UTC

  Catalonia and Madrid double the stakes and move into unchartered waters

  

  Spain's Senate on Friday authorized the government to apply constitutional measures to take control of the government of Catalonia. A majority of senators gave Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy the go-ahead through Article 155 of the constitution to apply unprecedented measures, including sacking Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont and his cabinet. It also authorized him to curtail Catalan parliamentary powers.

• Friday, October 27th 2017 - 15:28 UTC

  Spain:“Article 155 will mark the beginning of the end of disobedience of the law”

  

  The Spanish Senate is poised to activate Article 155 of the country’s constitution on Friday, giving Madrid the power to take over Catalonia’s institutions and police and remove its regional leader from office.

• Monday, October 23rd 2017 - 05:05 UTC

  Catalonia parties meet to decide how to react to Rajoy's announced measures

  

  Catalonia’s separatists weighed their options Sunday ahead of a week that will see Spain take the drastic step of sacking the region’s government as well as calling fresh elections to try and stop the country breaking up.

• Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 18:32 UTC

  Rajoy asks Senate to remove Catalonia leadership and call regional elections

  

  The Spanish government moved decisively Saturday to use a previously untapped constitutional power so it can take control of Catalonia and derail the independence movement led by separatist politicians in the prosperous industrial region.