13 posts in 2016
1 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 Court5 February 2016
The Spanish government, citing a positive conflict of competences, is appealing to the Constitutional Court over the name and powers of the Department of Foreign […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy1 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 Court7 July 2016
The Constitutional Court nullifies Law 3/2015 on fiscal, financial and administrative measures, also called ‘state structures.’
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy19 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
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
The Prosecutor’s Office believes that Forcadell disobeyed the Constitutional Court when she allowed the debate and vote on of the conclusions of the Constituent Process […]
19 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 Court22 December 2016
In addition to nullifying some articles, the court also fixes the interpretation of others. Among the nullified points is the recognition of the people’s right […]
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Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy