117 posts
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
9 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 […]
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 […]
Breaches:
Rights to free expression and assembly10 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 […]
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 […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court20 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Breaches:
Right 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court29 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 […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court31 October 2014
The Spanish government’s appeal seeks to stop the 9 November public participation process initiated by the government of Catalonia.
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court4 November 2014
In addition to admitting the Spanish government’s appeal, the Constitutional Court agrees to suspend the contested decrees and any action to prepare the consultation. Despite […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court30 November 2014
The Spanish National Police has allegedly kept operative since 2012 a group of agents whose pracatically sole purpose is to look into signs of corruption […]
Breaches:
Right to political representation18 December 2014
Attorney General Torres-Dulce resigns due to political pressure and poor relations with the Spanish government due to its slowness and poor management of the 9 […]
Breaches:
Neutrality of the Prosecutor's Office11 March 2015
The Spanish government submits an appeal of unconstitutionality to the Constitutional Court against the Foreign Affairs Law of Catalonia and relations with the European Union […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court11 June 2015
The Court had already provisionally suspended any administrative act related to the 9 November consultation after the Spanish government ‘s appeal.
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy12 June 2015
The law provided for the creation of a Catalan Tax Administration, one of the most important elements of the ‘State structures.’ With the Constitutional Court’s […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court26 June 2015
The Spanish government cites a conflict of powers and denounces the fact that the Commissioner intends to ‘advance a process of building state structures.’ With […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy9 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court11 November 2015
The Spanish government submits an appeal of unconstitutionality against the declaration of the start of the independence process approved by the Parliament of Catalonia. The […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtRights to free expression and assembly20 November 2015
The control that the executive had over government of Catalonia’s finances until now was limited to the expenses of the regional liquidity fund, while the […]
Breaches:
Violation of autonomy2 December 2015
Constitutional Court ruling 259/2015 against the declaration will be used by the Spanish government to appeal the transitory law and the referendum law approved on […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtRights to free expression and assembly1 February 2016
The executive asks the Constitutional Court to declare the creation of the Constituent Process Study Commission approved by Parliament null and void.
Breaches:
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 […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy24 June 2016
The newspaper Público reveals some audio recordings of a conversation held 11 days before the publication of the article about the alleged existence of a […]
Breaches:
Right to political representation29 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) […]
Breaches:
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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court29 October 2016
After the repeat of elections and the failure of the first investiture attempt in September, Mariano Rajoy is invested as president of the Spanish government […]
4 January 2017
The mayor of Torredembarra Eduard Rovira (ERC) removes the pro-independence flag from the Town Hall and hangs the Spanish flag there after the first administrative […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly31 March 2017
The executive submits an appeal of unconstitutionality against the additional provision in the government of Catalonia’s budget that provides for holding the referendum and the […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court19 July 2017
Following the complaint by Societat Civil Catalana and Abogados por la Constitución, the Court of Auditors decides to initiate an investigation into the government of […]
Breaches:
Court of Auditors28 July 2017
Parliament’s amendment allows the processing of draft laws by the single reading procedure at the request of only two groups. With its admission to be […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court7 September 2017
The Constitutional Council meets urgently in an extraordinary plenary session and accepts the appeals, leaving in abeyance all the contested provisions. The Constitutional Court (TC) […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court8 September 2017
The appeal of the Spanish government against some of the articles of the Law on the Tax Code, one of the ‘disconnection laws,’ which should […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court12 September 2017
The Legal Transition Law is suspended. The plenary session of the Constitutional Court also agrees to hear the appeal of the Spanish government against some […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court14 September 2017
The Spanish government delegation in Catalonia had warned the managers of the bullring that the event was ‘illegal.’ The Prosecutor’s Office of Tarragona opens proceedings […]
Breaches:
Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly15 September 2017
The expenses of the fundamental basic services are taken over directly by the State, while other expenses are controlled by the Catalan Treasury, which has […]
Breaches:
Violation of autonomy15 September 2017
The event, which was held on municipal premises, is suspended by order of a Police Court. The Spanish government delegation had filed an appeal against […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly20 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) […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court29 September 2017
The Spanish executive announces an appeal of unconstitutionality against the Law of the Catalan Social Protection Agency, one of the three ‘ disconnection laws.’ On […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional Court6 October 2017
The Council of Ministers approves a decree-law on urgent measures that allows companies to move their headquarters to another municipality by decision of the board […]
10 October 2017
President Carles Puigdemont addresses the plenary session to present the results of the referendum on Catalonia’s self-determination and explain the political consequences stemming from it. […]
11 October 2017
The Spanish government sends a request to President Carles Puigdemont to clarify whether he has declared Catalonia’s independence and, if so, to revoke it in […]
Breaches:
Violation of autonomy21 October 2017
Following the exchange in communications between the President of the Government of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont and Spanish president Mariano Rajoy in an extraordinary meeting of […]
Breaches:
Violation of autonomy27 October 2017
The application of Article 155 of the Constitution is approved with votes in favour by the PP, PSOE, Ciudadanos, and Coalición Canaria. This means that […]
Breaches:
Violation of autonomy30 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court18 December 2017
The Ministry of the Interior confirms that disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against Sànchez and Junqueras for recording messages from prison that were later broadcasted […]
Breaches:
Prison regimeRight to political representationRights to free expression and assembly17 January 2018
The constitution of the twelfth Parliament is held following the result of the elections called by Mariano Rajoy under the application of Article 155. None […]
Breaches:
Right to political representation22 January 2018
The President of the Parliament, Roger Torrent, proposes Carles Puigdemont, currently in exile, as a candidate for presidency of the Government of Catalonia. Torrent also […]
Breaches:
Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPrison regimeRight to political representation26 January 2018
The Spanish government presents an appeal of unconstitutionality against the proposal of Carles Puigdemont as president of the Catalan Government and against convening the plenary […]
Breaches:
Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation1 February 2018
The Minister of Justice, a member of the PP, is referring to the suspension of public functions of the accused, provided for in article 384 […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justiceRight to political representation27 February 2018
The Civil Guard and the CNI arrest computer activist Joel Muñoz (Xelj on Twitter) at his home on the charges of cyber damage and disclosure […]
Breaches:
Rights to free expression and assembly25 March 2018
Puigdemont was returning to Brussels from Finland after visiting the Finnish Parliament and giving a lecture at the University of Helsinki. The arrest comes after […]
Breaches:
European Arrest WarrantsRights to free expression and assembly9 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional CourtRight to political representation16 May 2018
On 25 March, a rally was held outside the sub-delegation of the Spanish government in Lleida in protest against the arrest of President Puigdemont in […]
Breaches:
European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly19 May 2018
The Secretary to the Spanish Government asks the Ministry of the Presidency to publish the appointment of the ministers in the Official Gazette of the […]
Breaches:
Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representation25 May 2018
President Quim Torra sends a letter to Mariano Rajoy requesting him to authorise the publication of the decree appointing ministers, after the Government of Catalonia’s […]
Breaches:
Judicial vetoes of elected officialsRight to political representation1 June 2018
Pedro Sánchez, who once again became secretary-general of the PSOE in July 2017, is sworn in as president of the Spanish government after the vote […]
12 June 2018
The Government of Catalonia agrees to prevent the liquidation of DIPLOCAT which had been commenced by the Spanish Government under Article 155.
Breaches:
Violation of autonomy14 June 2018
Following the investiture of Pedro Sánchez with the support of pro-independence parties, the debate on the transfer of the political prisoners involved in the 1 […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justicePrison regime18 June 2018
The Supreme Court files the complaint made by President Quim Torra against the leaders of the Spanish government , Mariano Rajoy and Soraya Sáenz de […]
Breaches:
Judicial vetoes of elected officialsPoliticisation of justiceRight to political representation28 June 2018
In response to requests from the polical leaders held in Soto del Real prison (Jordi Cuixart and Jordi Sànchez) and Alcalá Meco (Carme Forcadell and […]
Breaches:
Prison regime13 July 2018
The Spanish government lodges an appeals to the Constitutional Court against a resolution approved on 5 July on Parliament regulations which was revoked by the […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtRights to free expression and assembly11 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court6 November 2018
On 25 March, a rally was held outside the Sub-delegation of the Spanish Government in Lleida in protest against the arrest of President Puigdemont in […]
Breaches:
Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficePoliticisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly13 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court18 December 2018
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Auditors, together with Societat Civil Catalana and Abogados Catalanes por la Constitución, file briefs before the Court of […]
Breaches:
Court of AuditorsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office21 December 2018
On 12 November, Pedro Sánchez announced that a meeting of the Council of Ministers would be held in Barcelona. This is the first such meeting […]
Breaches:
Rights to free expression and assemblyViolation of autonomy25 January 2019
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, presided over by Manuel Marchena, denies the new requests for release submitted by Oriol Junqueras, Raül Romeva, Jordi […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justicePrison regime15 February 2019
Unable to pass a new budget, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez of the PSOE party, announces general elections will be held on […]
29 March 2019
The plenary session of the Court of Auditors approves an audit report finding indications of criminal and accounting misconduct in relation to the Government of […]
Breaches:
Court of AuditorsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office4 April 2019
The Central Electoral Board receives several requests from JxCat and ERC for it to authorise the participation of Jordi Sànchez and Oriol Junqueras, their respective […]
Breaches:
Central Electoral BoardPrison regimeRights to free expression and assembly23 May 2019
The councilor of the Court of Auditors Margarita Mariscal de Gante Mirón (former Minister of Justice in PP’s administration from 1996 to 2000), who authored […]
Breaches:
Court of Auditors2 July 2019
The plenary session of the Constitutional Court upholds the application of Article 155 in Catalonia on 27 October 2017, including the dismissal of the government […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy17 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court17 July 2019
They present an extension of the complaint originally filed in 2017 and, after a first extension, against the former commanders of the National Police and […]
Breaches:
Right to political representation2 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 […]
Breaches:
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. […]
Breaches:
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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court15 October 2019
Most of the protests are called by Tsunami Democràtic and the Committees for the Defence of the Republic (CDRs). The week of protests begins the […]
Breaches:
Rights to free expression and assembly22 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court28 October 2019
The ‘Strategic Plan for Foreign Affairs and Relations with the European Union 2019-2022’ adopted by the Government of Catalonia on 25 June is challengedbefore the […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy29 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court5 November 2019
During a debate in the run-up to the 10 November general elections, the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, commits to bringing Carles Puigdemont […]
Breaches:
European Arrest WarrantsNeutrality of the Prosecutor's Office12 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 […]
Breaches:
Free parliamentary debatePoliticised Constitutional Court25 November 2019
Court of Auditors councilors Margarita Mariscal de Gante Mirón (former PP Justice Minister from 1996 to 2000) and author of the judgment on the organization […]
Breaches:
Court of Auditors23 December 2019
Lawyer Francesc Jufresa sends the Ministry of Justice a pardon request for the 12 individuals convicted in the ruling against the independence process, both those […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justiceRight to a fair trial7 January 2020
He is elected in the second round of voting and by a simple majority, with 167 votes in favour (the PSOE, Unidas Podemos, the PNV, […]
14 March 2020
Faced with the wave of coronavirus infections, the Spanish government orders a state of emergency and activates a series of measures to limit the spread […]
Breaches:
Violation of autonomy2 June 2020
In a letter addressed to the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez; the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet; the Prosecutor General; the president of […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly13 July 2020
The investigation, carried out jointly by The Guardian and El País as well as in cooperation with the University of Toronto research group CitizenLab has […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justice23 September 2020
The Constitutional Court partially upholds the Spanish Government’s appeal against the ’Strategic foreign affairs plan and relations with the European Union 2019-2022,’ annulling some sections […]
Breaches:
Politicised Constitutional CourtViolation of autonomy6 October 2020
The Criminal Court of Barcelona no. 25 acquits the CDR activist Tamara Carrasco. In its ruling, the court criticizes the lack of solidity of the […]
Breaches:
Neutrality of the Prosecutor's OfficeRights to free expression and assembly16 December 2020
The State Attorney, representing the Spanish Ministry of Education, alleges that the Government of Catalonia is not complying with the regulations regarding the use of […]
Breaches:
Catalan languagePoliticisation of justice29 December 2020
The CUP councillor in the Tarragona Town Hall and three other people have been accused of the alleged crime of public disturbance due to their […]
Breaches:
Politicisation of justiceRights to free expression and assembly13 May 2021
The arrest warrant is issued after the CUP parliament member Laia Estrada, under investigation for an alleged crime of public disturbance, did not appear in […]
Breaches:
Right to a fair trialRights to free expression and assembly21 June 2021
The resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe encourages Spain to, among other things, reform the crimes of rebellion and sedition, consider […]
Breaches:
European Arrest WarrantsPoliticisation of justice14 October 2021
The Court of Auditors rejects the guarantee offered by the Institut Català de Finances for the bonds of former members of the Catalan Government and […]
Breaches:
Court of Auditors