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The Catalunya Conundrum, Part 2: A Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis for Spain

Andrés Boix Palop

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340ddc:340articleIndependènciaEuroparechtComunitats autònomesReferèndum

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In Part 1, we have explained the rigidity of the constitutional doctrine of our Constitutional Court on the matter of regional independence movements. There are some evident conclusions that swiftly appear – most of all that the only legal way for a hypothetical majority of Catalan citizens to express their wish to secede or at least to consult with the population on the issue, would presuppose a constitutional reform. This is a tremendously complicated matter in itself, though.

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