After pro-independence parties won a majority of seats in the Catalan election on 27 September 2015, the Declaration of the Initiation of the Process of Independence of Catalonia ( Catalan: Declaració d'inici del procés d'independència de Catalunya) was issued on 9 November 2015. The declaration declares the start of the process to create an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic and proclaims the start of a participative, open, integrating and active citizens' constituent process to lay the foundation for the future Catalan Constitution. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The declaration was passed with 72 votes in favor, 63 against and 0 abstentions in the Parliament of Catalonia.
On 9 June 2017, the Catalan government announced the date of the independence referendum. It was declared illegal on 6 September 2017 and suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain because it breached the Spanish Constitution of 1978. [5] [6] It was held on 1 October the same year, using a disputed voting process, [7] [8] [9] resulting in a 90% majority of votes favouring independence with a turnout of 42.58%. [10] Subsequently, the European Commission agreed that the referendum was illegal. [8]
See also
- Catalan independence
- 2014 Catalan self-determination referendum
- 2015 Catalan regional election
- Catalan Declaration of Sovereignty
- History of Catalonia
- Ibarretxe Plan
References
- ^ "The Parliament declares the start of the independence process". Catalan News Agency. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Catalonia launches process of separation from Spain". VilaWeb. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Catalonia's parliament votes to begin setting up an independent state". The Telegraph. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "In Catalonia, the Independence Process Begins". Stratfor. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Recurso de inconstitucionalidad n.º 4334-2017, contra la Ley del Parlamento de Cataluña 19/2017, de 6 de septiembre, del Referéndum de Autodeterminación" (PDF) (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Duarte, Esteban (11 September 2017). "Catalan Separatists Plot Show of Force in Battle With Madrid". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Did the referendum comply with basic voting regulations?". El País. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ a b "The EU Commission just said the Catalan referendum was illegal". `[The Independent]]. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Epatko, Larisa (4 October 2017). "What happened with Catalonia's vote for independence -- and what's next". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ The Guardian, Catalan referendum: preliminary results show 90% in favour of independence, 2 October 2017
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