29 posts during 2009 - 2011: Municipal consultations on independence
4 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 […]