33 posts
15 March 2006
The Constitutional Court did not accept the appeal of the Partido Popular group in Congress against the decisions of the Bureau to admit the proposal […]
28 June 2010
Fourteen articles on language, the Catalan legal system, banking and savings banks, civil law, financing and local tax regulation are declared unconstitutional. In this ruling […]
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Catalan languagePoliticised Constitutional Court10 July 2010
Demonstration against the Constitutional Court ruling that cut the Statute under the slogan ‘We are a nation. We decide.’ According to the City Police, 1.1 […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court8 September 2010
On 29 September, the Constitutional Court dismissed the appealon the reform of the Statute submitted by the government of Murcia.
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Politicised Constitutional Court16 December 2010
The Constitutional Court refers on most points in the ruling on the Statute dated 28 June and dismisses the appeals on the other points.
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Politicised Constitutional Court22 December 2010
The Supreme Court does so in application of the sentence of the Constitutional Court on the Statute. The Catalan Government is appealing the sentence.
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Catalan language27 December 2010
The Spanish government believes that the State has the exclusive competence to call referendums and that the appeal is in line with theConstitutional Court ruling […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court9 June 2011
Right after the consultations on independence were held, the Constitutional Court lifts the suspension of the contested articles of the law on consultations of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court25 February 2015
The Constitutional Court declares the decree convening the 9 November consultation (Decree 129/2014) and two precepts of the Law on non-referendum consultations of the people […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court17 October 2015
The reform approved by the Spanish Congress will allow the Constitutional Court to hand down its own resolutions and impose sanctions for non-compliance by suspension […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court22 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 Court21 June 2017
The Constitutional Court nullifies the name of the Department of Foreign Affairsbecause it states that it mimics the same department of the State, potentially causing […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy5 July 2017
The Constitutional Court declares that the government of Catalonia’s budget items intended for electoral processes are unconstitutional if they are used to finance the referendum.
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Politicised Constitutional Court20 September 2017
The Constitutional Court (CC) imposes coercive fines on the members of the Electoral Commission (Marc Marsal, Jordi Matas, Marta Alsina, Tània Verge and Josep Pagès) […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court17 October 2017
The Constitutional Court argues that the Referendum Law invades state powers and violates constitutional principles, national sovereignty and the indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation.
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Politicised Constitutional Court8 November 2017
In a Plenary Session, the Constitutional Court agrees to lift the coercive fines against the Secretary General for the Economy, Josep Maria Jové, because he […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court14 November 2017
The Constitutional Court agrees to lift the coercive fines for the members of the Electoral Commission and the territorial electoral trustees after having verified that […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court29 November 2017
The Constitutional Court rules that the modification of the Parliamentary Regulation enabling legislative proposals to be processed through one single reading at the request of […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court27 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 representation29 January 2018
After the Constitutional Court’s ruling that MPs with an arrest warrant cannot delegate their vote, exiled MPs Clara Ponsatí, Meritxell Serret and Lluís Puig give […]
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European Arrest WarrantsRight to political representation1 March 2018
The plenary session of Parliament approves the ruling on the restitution of Catalan institutions with favourable votes by JxCat, ERC and CUP MPs (not including […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation1 December 2018
Sànchez and Turull initiate this action in protest against the the fact that their appeals for protection lodged in connection with the 1 October referendum […]
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Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticised Constitutional CourtPrison regimeRight to a fair trial28 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 Court28 January 2020
The Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court upholds the March 2018 decision of Pablo Llarena, the investigating judge in the case against the leaders of […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation17 February 2021
Borràs was sentenced by the Supreme Court to one year in prison, eight months of disqualification and issued with a fine of 60,000 euros for […]
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Politicisation of justicePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial8 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 Court23 March 2022
The Constitutional Court considers that the sentence of the Supreme Court against the leaders of 1 October was issued following procedural guarantees and imposed a […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtRight to a fair trial4 April 2022
The representation of the minor who was run over by a Mossos d’Esquadra van during the protests against the sentence of 1 October filed an […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial7 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 representation15 November 2022
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia acquits several former members of the Bureau of Parliament, namely the former president, Roger Torrent; the former first […]
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Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly25 April 2023
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia sentences her to 1 year of disqualification for her role as Minister of Agriculture during the 1 October […]
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Politicisation of justice