Yesterday Catalonia’s government was preparing to declare independence, as we discussed. Just hours after Puigdemont snubbed Madrid, canceling his visit to The Senate to discuss their imposition of Article 155, Catalan Deputy First Minister Oriol Junqueras told AP that the Spanish government had left Catalonia “no other option” but to proclaim a new republic. Mr. […]
Spain To Activate Article 155 Process, Suspending Catalonia Autonomy…
Spain announced it will trigger the so-called “nuclear option” of Article 155 under the Spanish Constitution, and move ahead with the process of suspending Catalan autonomy and the powers of the local government, after Regional President Carles Puigdemont for the second time in four days refused to comply with a Spanish ultimatum to clearly drop […]
Spanish High Court Jails Two Catalan Separatist Leaders…
Marking the first time senior figures in the secessionist camp have been imprisoned since Catalonia’s Oct. 1 independence referendum, the court ordered the heads of the Catalan National Assembly and the grassroots Omnium movement held without bail pending an investigation for alleged sedition. Prosecutors allege that the ANC’s Jordi Sanchez and Omnium’s Jordi Cuixart played […]
Catalonia’s President Says Region Will Declare Independence ‘Within Days’…
He told the BBC the region would declare its independence by the end of this week or the beginning of next week. The announcement comes after Catalonia held a referendum on Sunday, which Madrid deemed as illegal. This evening the King of Spain attacked the Catalonia independence referendum organisers for their “lack of loyalty to […]