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1 April 2003
The Mossos d’Esquadra and the Spanish police arrest activist Jordi Vilaseca, by orders of Baltasar Garzón, judge of the Central Investigating Courts number 5 of […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly13 November 2003
The president of Spain, Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE), in the heat of the campaigns for the Catalan elections, promises to support the Statute approved by the […]
16 November 2003
The results are as follows: CiU (Mas) 46 seats, PSC (Maragall) 42 seats, ERC (Carod-Rovira) 23 seats, PP (Piqué) 15 seats, ICV – EUiA (Saura) […]
16 December 2003
Pasqual Maragall is invested as the 127th President of the Government of Catalonia thanks to the Tinell Pact between the PSC, ERC and ICV – […]
9 February 2004
There will be representatives from the CiU, PSC, ERC, ICV and EUiA.
11 March 2004
A series of explosions in Madrid commuter trains take place that result in 193 deaths and around two thousand wounded. The jihadist attacks take place […]
14 March 2004
In these general elections, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s PSOE has prevailed over the PP, now led by Mariano Rajoy, which has lost its absolute majority.
16 April 2004
The PSOE, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Izquierda Unida, BNG, Coalición Canaria and Chunta Aragonesista vote in Congress in favour of the investiture of José Luis […]
2 November 2004
The European Court of Human Rights sentences Spain to pay damages to the 15 applicants, victims of mistreatment during the arrests of the Garzón Operation. […]
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Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly30 September 2005
The Parliament approves the text with all the parties in favour except the PP. The text is approved with 120 votes in favour and 15 […]
19 October 2005
The Bureau of the Congress of Deputies (PSOE, CiU, Izquierda Unida) accepts the proposal to amend the Statute submitted by the Parliament of Catalonia and […]
24 October 2005
Mariano Rajoy’s PPis presenting the reform of the Statute of Catalonia as a covert constitutional reform and are claiming that all citizens of the Spanish […]
2 November 2005
The proposal is submitted by a delegation of three speakers from the Parliament of Catalonia: Artur Mas (CiU), Manuela de Madre (PSC) and Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira […]
2 November 2005
The Partido Popular’s parliamentary group in Congress, led by Mariano Rajoy, submits an appeal for protection to the Constitutional Court against the agreements of the […]
21 January 2006
Zapatero and Mas reach an agreement on the amendments to the text of the Statute drawn up by the State – Government of Catalonia Joint […]
31 January 2006
Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular starts to collect signatures to demand a statewide referendum on the reform of the Statute of Catalonia.
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 […]
30 March 2006
The new text of the Statute is approved with the votes of PSOE, CiU, IU- ICV, PNB, BNG and CC-NC. The PP, ERC and EA […]
25 April 2006
The motion in Congress is accompanied by more than 4 million signatures. The question that Mariano Rajoy’s PP is proposing for the referendum on the […]
10 May 2006
The Statute is approved by the Senate with votes in favour from the PSOE, CiU, ICV, PNB, CC, Izquierda Unida and BNG. The PP voted […]
11 May 2006
The President of the Government of Catalonia, Pasqual Maragall (PSC), dismisses the ERC ministers because of the party’s position against the reform of the Statute […]
16 May 2006
All the other parties in Congress vote against the proposal submitted by the PP, led by Mariano Rajoy, to hold a referendum on the Statute […]
18 May 2006
The president of the Catalan Government, Pasqual Maragall, signs the decree calling for the referendum on the reform of the Statute, which is set for […]
18 June 2006
CiU, PSC and ICV are campaigning in favour. The PP and ERC are campaigning against it. The results are: 72.9% of the votes in favour […]
31 July 2006
This is the first appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The PP’s group in Congress, led by Mariano Rajoy, is arguing that the Statute is […]
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Catalan languagePoliticised Constitutional Court9 August 2006
The Statute enters into force after being sanctioned by the King on 19 July.
19 September 2006
Second appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The Ombudsman, Enrique Múgica (a PSOE member), submits appeals against 112 articles and four additional provisions of the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court25 September 2006
Third appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The government of Murcia, led by the PP, is reviewing the article that gives full powers to the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court11 October 2006
Fourth appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The government of La Rioja, led by the PP, submits the appeal on the articles referring to financing, […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court19 October 2006
Fifth appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The government of Aragón, led by PSOE, submits the appeal in relation to the Archives of the Crown […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court19 October 2006
Sixth appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The government of the Valencian Community, led by the PP, also submits an appeal in relation to the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court20 October 2006
Seventh appeal of unconstitutionality against the Statute. The Balearic Islands government, led by the PP, is also appealing the third additional provision referring to the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court1 November 2006
First Catalan elections since the approval of the Statute of Catalonia. Artur Mas’s CiU wins with 48 seats, but fails to form a government and […]
23 November 2006
Entesa Nacional pel Progrés, a tripartite government made up of the PSC, ERC and ICV. José Montilla is invested as president of the Government of […]
9 May 2007
The young man had filed a lawsuit against the Mossos d’Esquadra and the Policía Nacional for torture in the course of his arrest on April […]
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Prison regimeRights to free expression and assembly21 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 representation9 March 2008
The PSOE prevails again over Mariano Rajoy’s PP in the general elections. On 11 April, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is sworn in as president of […]
10 July 2008
The prison sentence that the National High Court issued for Roura and Stern for the crime of lèse majesté is eventually replaced by a fine […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly4 June 2009
It is being promoted by the Arenys Movement for self-determination and scheduled for 13 September 2009. The plenary session agrees to allow the Town Hall’s […]
23 August 2009
The Department of the Interior postpones the demonstration for a week after the consultation for fear of confrontations. The Falange does not accept the ban […]
31 August 2009
Cs submits a request to the Ministry of Governance and the Government Delegation of Catalonia. It believes that the consultation would open the door to […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly2 September 2009
Jorge Buxadé, the lawyer in charge of appealing the consultation of Arenys on behalf of the State, had been a candidate for the fascist Falange […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly3 September 2009
With the suspension requested by Jorge Buxadé on behalf of the State’s Attorney Office, the court nullifies the the Town Hall’s decision to allow municipal […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly9 September 2009
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia argues that postponing the Falange’s demonstration until a week after the consultation of Arenys, as intended by the […]
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Politicisation of justice13 September 2009
The question of the consultation is ‘Do you agree with Catalonia becoming an independent, democratic and social state of law that is part of the […]
26 November 2009
They defend the constitutionality of the Statute and criticise the fact that the Constitutional Court intends to decide on a text already voted on by […]
13 December 2009
Results: 94.9% in favour; 3.2% against. Voter turnout: 27.4% of the census. The State Attorney’s Office chose not to appeal the use of public spaces […]
28 February 2010
Results of the second wave of municipal consultations on independence: 92% in favour; 4.9% against. Voter turnout: 21.1%.
10 March 2010
The Parliament of Catalonia approves Law 4/2010 on consultations of the people by referendum with the PSC, ERC and ICV voting in favour and the […]
25 April 2010
Results of the third wave of municipal consultations on independence: 92.1% in favour; 5% against. Voter turnout: 17.5%.
29 April 2010
Through a resolution of the Parliament of Catalonia, President Montillaasks Zapatero and Rajoy to renew the four members of the Constitutional Court whose mandate expired […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court17 May 2010
Promoted by around 60 personalities from different spheres of Catalan society, the manifesto calls for a united pro-independence candidacy in the upcoming Parliament of Catalonia […]
20 June 2010
Results: 88.8% in favour; 8% against. Voter turnout: 14.1%.
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 Court28 November 2010
Artur Mas’ CiU wins the elections with 62 seats, while the three government parties, namely the PSC headed again by José Montilla, the ERC headed […]
16 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 language23 December 2010
Artur Mas is sworn in as president of the Government of Catalonia with the votes of the CiU, while the PSC abstained. The other groups […]
27 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 Court10 April 2011
Since the Arenys de Munt consultation, several municipalities in Catalonia have held consultations on independence between 2009 and 2011. The one in the capital, Barcelona, […]
9 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 July 2011
The plenary session’s agreement was suspended due to the appeal of the State Attorney’s Office since September 2009, and it prevented the consultation from being […]
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Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly20 November 2011
The PP led by Mariano Rajoy wins the elections by an absolute majority with 186 seats. The PSOE led by Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba wins 110 […]
14 December 2011
This organisation, founded in the wake of the municipal consultations on independence, brings together different local entities with the aim of promoting Catalonia’s right to […]
20 December 2011
Mariano Rajoy (PP) replaces Rodríguez Zapatero as president of the Spanish Government. Aside from the PP, which has an absolute majority in Congress, only the […]
9 March 2012
The High Court of Justice of Catalonia decides that immersion can be maintained if exceptions are made for families who refuse schooling in Catalan.
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Catalan language10 March 2012
This organisation is defined as grassroots, unitary, plural and democratic. The objective of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana is Catalonia’s independence. In April, Carme Forcadell is […]
29 March 2012
Citizens’ campaign against amortised tolls on the roads in Catalonia. Between April and June, there are several calls to go through the toll areas without […]
26 June 2012
The articles were included in a decree on the second cycle of early childhood education approved by the Government of the Catalonia in 2008. The […]
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Catalan language25 July 2012
The bulk of the resolution is approved in the plenary session with the votes of the CiU, PSC, ERC, ICV – EUiA and Joan Laporta, […]
11 September 2012
Mass demonstration for independence, organised by the ANC. 1.5 million people attended the demonstration, according to the City Police.
20 September 2012
Meeting focused on the demands of President Mas in relation to financing and the tax pact for Catalonia. Rajoy refuses to take any steps in […]
25 September 2012
President Mas calls elections for 25 November, just two years after the investiture, due to the failure of the draft tax pact.
27 September 2012
The plenary session resolution calls for a consultation on Catalonia’s independence to be held during the next legislature. The CiU, ERC, ICV – EUiA, Solidaritat […]
16 November 2012
El Mundo publishes this draft nine days before the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia. According to the report, Jordi Pujol, Artur Mas and members […]
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Right to political representation25 November 2012
The CiU led by president Artur Mas wins the elections again with 50 MPs, but loses 12 seats and is far from having an absolute […]
19 December 2012
To guarantee the stability of the government, this agreement between CiU and ERC, led by Oriol Junqueras, stipulates the investiture of Mas, governability during the […]
21 December 2012
Artur Mas is sworn in as president of the government of Catalonia with the votes of the CiU and ERC, led by Oriol Junqueras. The […]
23 January 2013
The CiU, ERC, ICV – EUiA and a deputy from the CUP vote in favour of Parliament’s resolution from 5 October. The PP, Cs and […]
12 February 2013
This body, created by the government of Catalonia, is tasked with advising the government on ‘the national transition process’ and on the organisation of the […]
8 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 Court26 June 2013
This consultative body is comprised of members of civil society, prominent institutions, the local world and political parties.
11 September 2013
According to the Department of the Interior, 1,600,000 people participated in the the demonstration.
11 September 2013
They were members of La Falange and Alianza Nacional.
5 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 representation12 December 2013
They were announced by President Artur Mas in an appearance at the Palau de la Generalitat with the leaders of the parties that support him, […]
16 January 2014
In theParliament’s request to the Congressfor the government of Catalonia to be able to organise a referendum, the following vote in favour: CiU, ERC, ICV […]
3 March 2014
The newspaper publishes this article with the personal data obtained from police databases (names and surnames, photographs, courts where they worked and comments on their […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly10 March 2014
The singer is on trial at the National HIgh Court for the alleged crime of glorification of terrorism following his songs about the actions and […]
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Rights to free expression and assembly25 March 2014
The Parliament’s declaration is nullified by the Constitutional Court
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Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court8 April 2014
The Parliament’s proposal is rejected by the Congress of Deputies
11 September 2014
According to data from the City Police, the demonstration attracted 1,800,000 demonstrators
19 September 2014
Law 10/2014 fleshes out article 122 of the Statute. The CiU, ERC, PSC, ICV – EUiA and CUP vote in favour. The PP and Cs […]
27 September 2014
President Mas begins preparations for the consultation
29 September 2014
Collection of the reports from the National Transition Advisory Council, the government of Catalonia body chaired by Carles Viver i Pi-Sunyer, where the most important […]
29 September 2014
The Constitutional Court meets in an extraordinary session that same night, agrees to hear the appeals of the Spanish government and Law 10/2014 and the […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court1 October 2014
The complaint lodged by the extreme right-wing association Manos Limpias against President Mas is for prevarication, disobedience, rebellion, provocation to sedition and embezzlement, and it […]
14 October 2014
President Mas seeks to avoid the Constitutional Court’s suspension, so he does not issue a formal call for the consultation.