86 posts
21 January 2008
The Supreme Court convicts the former president of the Basque Parliament Juan María Atutxa and the former members of the Kontxi Bilbao and Gorka Knorr […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trialRight to political representation8 March 2013
On 7 May, the Constitutional Court agrees to hear the appeal. This is the first time since the democratic restoration that a declaration by a […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court5 December 2013
The Constitutional Court dismisses the appeal against the Supreme Court ruling, which condemned them for a crime of disobedience for not having dissolved the Sozialista […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trialRight to political representation25 March 2014
The Parliament’s declaration is nullified by the Constitutional Court
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court4 November 2015
The Spanish parties Ciudadans, PSC and PP submit appeals to the Constitutional Court against the Bureau of Parliament’s decision to proceed with the proposed resolution […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court9 November 2015
In Parliament the following vote in favour: Junts pel Sí and CUP. Against: C’s, PSC, Catalunya Sí que es Pot and PP. On the same […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court1 February 2016
The executive asks the Constitutional Court to declare the creation of the Constituent Process Study Commission approved by Parliament null and void.
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court1 March 2016
These speakerships, which the Bureau of Parliament agreed to hear, will be responsible for drafting three laws: the law on a Catalan legal system, the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court7 June 2016
The Constitutional Court rules on the appeals submitted by C’s, PSC and PP against the agreements of the Bureauof Parliament in October 2015 which agreed […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court19 July 2016
The Constitutional Court also warns the Bureau that the Parliament cannot start a constituent process in Catalonia aimed at creating an independent Catalan state. On […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court27 July 2016
A heated debate takes place with the opposition forces, which believe that the vote violates the Constitutional Court resolution. Finally, the plenary session of theParliament […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court29 July 2016
The Spanish government asks the Constitutional Court to suspend and nullify the conclusions of the Commission for the Study of the Constituent Process (Resolution 263/XI) […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court6 October 2016
The Parliament approves the referendum to be held in the autumn of 2017, even if there is no agreement with the Spanish State (Resolution 306/XI). […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court6 October 2016
In addition to annulling the conclusions of the Commission, the Constitutional Court refers Forcadell’s actions to the Prosecutor’s Office for having allowed the debate and […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court19 October 2016
In addition to asking the Constitutional Court to nullify the Parliament’s resolution, the Spanish government asks it to specify whether Carme Forcadell and the members […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court19 December 2016
The court nullifies them by ruling on the protection appeals submitted by PSC, C’s and PP against the speakerships of the three disconnection laws approved […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court14 February 2017
The Constitutional Court also sends the cases of Carme Forcadell and the other members of the Bureau (Lluís Corominas, Anna Simó, Josep Nuet and Ramona […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court23 February 2017
The Prosecutor’s Office is filing a complaint to the High Court of Justice of Catalonia against Carme Forcadell and three other members of the Parliament […]
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Court of AuditorsFree parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office3 March 2017
The Council of Statutory Guarantees is opposed to including additional provision 31, which foresees the holding of the referendum. In response to the appeals of […]
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Free parliamentary debate22 March 2017
A few minutes before the start of voting, the general secretary and the senior lawyer of the Parliament warn that approval of additional provision 31 […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court13 June 2017
The former president of the Basque Parliament Juan María Atutxa and the former members of the Bureau, Gorka Knörr and Kontxi Bilbao, were convicted for […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trialRight to political representation8 September 2017
The complaint to the government is against President Carles Puigdemont, Vice President Oriol Junqueras and the 12 Ministers of the Government (Joaquim Forn, Jordi Turull, […]
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Court of AuditorsFree parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office4 October 2017
The Bureau of Parliament accepts the request of JxSí and CUP to hold an ordinary plenary session on 9 October, with the appearance of President […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court6 October 2017
Faced with the the Constitutional Court’s precautionary suspension of the 9 October plenary session, President Carles Puigdemont submit a request to appear for the following […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court27 October 2017
JxSí and the CUP register two motions for resolution: the first of these sets out the declaration of independence that the pro-independence MPs signed on […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court30 October 2017
Just as Mariano Rajoy announced on the day of the declaration of independence, the Spanish government is asking the Constitutional Court to void the declaration […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court31 October 2017
The Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional the decree calling for the referendum, the decree on complementary measures regarding the organisation of the referendum and the Parliament’s […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court31 October 2017
The Prosecutor’s Office files charges against Carme Forcadell and five former members of Parliament (Lluís Corominas, Lluís Guinó, Anna Simó, Ramona Barrufet and Josep Nuet). […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial7 November 2017
Supreme Court magistrate Pablo Llarena, takes on the ongoing case in the High Court of Justice of Catalonia against Carme Forcadell and the former members […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justicePrison regimeRight to a fair trial8 November 2017
The actions taken by Carme Forcadell and the members of Parliament who authorised the votes by the pro-independence parties to approve these laws is also […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court24 November 2017
Supreme Court magistrate Pablo Llarena takes over the National High Court case against President Puigdemont and the other MPs (Oriol Junqueras, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Turull, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial27 January 2018
The Constitutional Court holds an urgent meeting on Saturday ruling that it cannot accept the Spanish government’s appeal against putting Carles Puigdemont’s name forward as […]
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Free parliamentary debateJudicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation5 February 2018
The Constitutional Court grants protection to the PSC MPs who appealed the Bureau of Parliament’s decision not to request an opinion from the Council of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court23 February 2018
The President of Parliament Roger Torrent convenes the plenary session in order to discuss various motion for resolutions on the political situation, including a proposal […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation20 March 2018
The hearing of the appeals by JxCat MPs Jordi Sànchez and Joaquim Forn against the decision by Supreme Court magistrate Pablo Llarena to keep them […]
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Free parliamentary debatePrison regimeRight to political representation13 April 2018
The Parliament Bureau approves, with votes by JxCat and ERC, to sue judge Pablo Llarena and other magistrates from the Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber for […]
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Free parliamentary debateJudicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representation24 April 2018
Comín requested this the day before, given that he is subject to precautionary measures in Belgium. This means that JxCat and ERC have a total […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation8 May 2018
The Constitutional Court admits the appeals for protection of Ciudadanos and the PP against delegating the votes of President Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comínin Parliament, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation9 May 2018
The Spanish government submits an appeal of unconstitutionality against the amendment of the Presidency Law to allow for remote investiture. This was admitted in the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation15 June 2018
Executing the agreements reached by the Bureau of Parliament, Roger Torrent submits a complaint against Pablo Llarena and three other judges at the Supreme Court […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation5 July 2018
The Parliament of Catalonia approves with favourable votes from JxCat, ERC and CUP the resolution on the regulations of Parliament revoked by the Constitutional Court, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court18 July 2018
The Bureau of Parliament has not come to any agreement on how to deal with the effects of suspending the leaders prosecuted for rebellion for […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation25 September 2018
JxCat and ERC reach an agreement on the suspension of the ministers prosecuted for rebellion in the 1 October referendum case (Carles Puigdemont, Oriol Junqueras, […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation2 October 2018
The Parliament of Catalonia’s plenary session votes on a compromise regarding the effects of the ministers’ suspension for rebellion related to their prosecution for involvement […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation4 October 2018
JxCat spokesman Albert Batet submits a letter to the Bureau of Parliament indicating that the JxCat deputies suspended due to the 1 October case (Carles […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation8 October 2018
The Bureau of the Parliament meets before resuming the suspended general policy debate on 4 October and definitively rejects the delegation of votes by the […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation11 October 2018
The Parliament of Catalonia approves a resolution condemning King Felipe VI for his actions after the 1 October referendum in which it also calls for […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court15 October 2018
About thirty people submit an appeal for protection, promoted by the Assemblea Nacional Catalana, to the Constitutional Court against suspending members of Parliament prosecuted for […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation13 December 2018
The Spanish Government presented an appeal of unconstitutionality against the resolution, which reiterated the objectives of the resolution on the start of the independence process […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court21 February 2019
The Chamber High Court of Justice of Catalonia is established to try the former members of the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia Lluís Corominas, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice7 March 2019
The Parliament of Catalonia votes to create a commission to investigate the monarchy, specifically the criminal or irregular activities of individuals linked to the Spanish […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court27 March 2019
The Constitutional Court overturns the amendment of the Presidency Law allowing for the investiture of a president of Government of Catalonia to take place remotely […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation28 May 2019
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejects the complaint presented by Carme Forcadell and the rest of the pro-independence MPs against the Constitutional Court’s […]
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Free parliamentary debate17 July 2019
The motion that condemned Felipe VI, brought by Catalunya en Comú-Podem, was passed in the Parlament of Catalonia, with Catalunya en Comú-Podem, JxCat and ERC […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court25 July 2019
The Parliament of Catalonia, in a single-topic plenary session on ‘the real Catalonia’ requested by Ciudadanos, passes a resolution that once again censures the monarchy […]
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Free parliamentary debate26 September 2019
During the General Policy Debate in Parliament, JxCat, ERC and the CUP pass a resolution reaffirming Catalonia’s right to self-determination, defending civil and institutional disobedience […]
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Free parliamentary debate2 October 2019
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court overturns the creation of a commission of inquiry into the Spanish monarchy passed by theParliament of Catalonia on […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court7 October 2019
The Spanish Government is challenging the resolution passed by Parliament on 25 July once again censuring the Spanish monarchy and reaffirming the right to self-determination. […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court14 October 2019
The Spanish government challenges the resolution passed by the Parliament on 26 September defending civil and institutional disobedience as a response to the Supreme Court’s […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court22 October 2019
The Bureau of Parliament admits a motion put forth by JxCat, ERC and the CUP, condemning the Supreme Court ruling against the pro-independence leaders and […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court29 October 2019
The Bureau of Parliament allows debate on a motion presented by the CUP calling on Parliament to reiterate its will to exercise the right of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court12 November 2019
With the goal of avoiding the Constitutional Court’s foreseeable ban, the president of Parliament, Roger Torrent, calls an early start to the plenary session that […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court20 November 2019
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia suspends the hearing in the trial for disobedience and criminal organisation against Lluís Corominas, Lluís Guinó, Anna Simó, […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice26 November 2019
The plenary session of the Parliament of Catalonia passes the resolution presented by JxCat, ERC and the CUP condemning the Supreme Court’s ruling against the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court18 December 2019
The Constitutional Court overturns the resolutions passed by the Parliament of Catalonia on 25 July and 26 September that once again censured the monarchy and […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court28 January 2020
The Constitutional Court decides to overturn the Bureau of Parliament’s 22 October 2019 decision to allow a vote on sections censuring the monarchy and asserting […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court11 February 2020
The Constitutional Court overturns the Bureau’s 29 October 2019 decision to allow a resolution presented by the CUP reaffirming Parliament’s commitment to the right to […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court19 February 2020
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia had referred the case to the Supreme Court because Nuet was elected as a member of Congress in […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to a fair trial10 July 2020
The first vice-president of the Bureau of the CatalanParliament, Josep Costa, together with the secretary of the Bureau, Eusebi Campdepadrós, of the JxCat party, have […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court10 August 2020
The Secretary-General of Parliament, Xavier Muro, instructs that the resolutions passed by the plenary session on the monarchy be published without the parts that he […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court19 October 2020
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia convicts the former members of the Bureau Lluís Corominas, Anna Simó, Ramona Barrufet and Lluís Guinó for the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice17 December 2020
The Constitutional Court has finally rejected the appeal, which was lodged by around thirty people in opposition to the Supreme Court’s ruling in July 2018, […]
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Free parliamentary debateRight to political representation1 March 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office files a complaint before the High Court of Justice of Catalonia against former president of the Bureau of Parliament Roger Torrent (ERC) […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticised Constitutional Court16 March 2021
The Prosecutor’s Office had filed the action on the grounds of an alleged crime of disobedience against the former president of Parliament, Roger Torrent (ERC) […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial8 April 2021
The former member of the Bureau of Parliament and member of Congress Joan Josep Nuet is sentenced for a crime of disobedience to pay 8,000 […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice26 July 2021
The investigating magistrate of the case against former president of the Parliament Roger Torrent (current Minister of Business and Labour) and the former members of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice15 September 2021
The former president of the Bureau of Parliament Roger Torrent and the two former members of the Bureau Eusebi Campdepadrós and Adriana Delgado appear before […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice27 October 2021
The Mossos d’Esquadra arrest the former vice-president of the Bureau of the Parliament Josep Costa by order of the magistrate of the High Court of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justiceRight to a fair trial10 November 2021
The magistrate of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia Maria Eugènia Alegret agrees that there are reasons to try for crimes of disobedience the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justice8 February 2022
The Constitutional Court annuls the agreements of the Bureau of Parliament of 25 September 2019 that initiated the procedure of the draft resolutions ‘For an […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court7 April 2022
The Constitutional Court considers that the former vice-president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Costa , did not have his rights violated, given that the […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial27 June 2022
The Constitutional Court annuls the agreements taken on 25 and 26 March 2021 by the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia on the acceptance of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court12 July 2022
The Constitutional Court also declares unconstitutional the agreements of the plenary session and the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia that authorised the delegation of […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation5 October 2022
Various former members of the Bureau of the Parliament of Catalonia – the former president, Roger Torrent (ERC); the former first vice-president, Josep Costa (JxCat); […]
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Free parliamentary debateNeutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justice19 December 2022
The Spanish government (PSOE and Unidas-Podemos) had taken advantage of proceedings of the amendment of the Criminal Code to introduce a proposal to change the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court27 December 2022
Although the reform on the appointment of Constitutional Court judges appointed by the General Council of the Judiciary could not be passed due to the […]
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional Court