19 posts
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 […]
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%.
20 June 2010
Results: 88.8% in favour; 8% against. Voter turnout: 14.1%.
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 assembly14 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 […]
9 May 2017
The Department of Government, led by Meritxell Borràs, publishes an announcement in the DOGC to purchase ballot boxes based on Law 4/2010 on consultations of […]
10 May 2017
The Constitutional Court had yet to rule on Law 4/2010 on consultations of the people by referendum since 2010. It issues this ruling the day […]
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Politicised Constitutional Court