User:Vanilla Wizard/Catalan Archive
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The Catalan Republic (Catalan: República Catalana, Spanish: República Catalana, Occitan: Republica Catalana) was a proposed secessionist unrecognized state that was declared in Catalonia on 27 October 2017.[1][2][3] The Parliament of Catalonia unilaterally declared independence from Spain amid a constitutional crisis over the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.[4] Shortly thereafter, the Spanish Senate triggered Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.[5] Under Spanish law this granted the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, authority to dismiss the Executive Council of Catalonia, dissolve the Parliament of Catalonia and call a snap regional election for 21 December 2017.[6] In response, Carles Puigdemont, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, stated that only parliaments could elect or remove governments in a democratic society and asked Catalans to "democratically oppose" the enforcement of Article 155, without clarifying what his response would be to the Spanish government's orders.[7][8]
Catalan Republic | |
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2017–2017 | |
Anthem: Els Segadors (Catalan) "The Reapers" | |
Status | Unrecognized state |
Capital | Barcelona |
Common languages | |
Demonym(s) | Catalan |
Government | Republic |
History | |
1 October 2017 | |
• Declared | 27 October 2017 |
30 October 2017 | |
• Declaration annulled | 8 November 2017 |
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By 30 October, work had resumed as normal throughout Catalonia as the Spanish government's takeover met with little resistance from Catalan authorities.[9] Puigdemont and part of his cabinet fled to Belgium to escape action from the Spanish judiciary,[10][11][12] having been formally accused of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement by the Spanish Attorney General.[13][14] The independence declaration was suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain on the next day.[15] Eight members of the deposed Catalan government—including Puigdemont's deputy and ERC leader, Oriol Junqueras—were ordered to be remanded to custody without bail on 2 November for posing a flight risk, with a ninth being granted a bail, with Spanish prosecutors seeking a European Arrest Warrant for Puigdemont and four other members refusing to attend the hearing.[16][17]