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The Catalunya Conundrum, Part 2: A Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis for Spain
2017
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.
Las independencias iberoamericanas a debate: reflexiones sobre revoluciones y liberalismos en la década de 1820
2022
The Ibero-American independences have provoked important historiographi- cal debates that have shown the impor- tance of the revolutionary transforma- tions that took place between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. The idea is to show that, in the 1820s, the revolutionary ele- ments of nineteenth-century liberalism that formed the independent republics were implemented in almost all the Ibe- ro-American territories. Thus, I am based on the concept of revolution to de- fine the processes of independence in Ibero-America, highlighting that this oc- curred from the assumptions of liberal- ism. In this way, this reflection allows us to broaden our perspective an…
Cataluña y la rigidez constitucional
2017
Estructuralmente, el Reino de España se encuentra hoy en una situación en la que su modelo de distribución del poder, sometido a una enorme presión por parte de la población de ciertas zonas del Estado, que parecen conformar ya la mayoría de la ciudadanía al menos en Cataluña, no tiene visos de ser modificado fácilmente en esa dirección gracias a la asimetría de las preferencias y la desproporcionada capacidad de bloqueo de otras zonas del país. No parece, pues, fácil lograr una solución que estabilice satisfactoriamente la situación a medio plazo -más allá de medidas coyunturales o cambios a corto plazo que puedan alejar el riesgo sólo por un tiempo limitado- y, en ausencia de esas necesar…
The Catalunya Conundrum, Part 1 : How Could Things Come to Such a Pass?
2017
Catalan democratic institutions (both Parliament and Government) have called for a popular vote on whether Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain of almost eight million inhabitants, should declare itself an independent country. The vote is scheduled for the 1st October, but it as of yet the total opposition of the Spanish Government, which considers it illegal and seems determined to stop it by all means, makes things complicated.
The Catalunya Conundrum, Part 3 : Protecting the Constitution by Violating the Constitution
2017
Lacking legitimacy in Catalonia because of the absence of solutions to Catalan democratic claims within the Spanish legal framework, the position of Spanish institutions is badly weakened. Therefore, they do not to want to take the risk of creating even more political unrest in Catalonia with public and explicit debates on the suspension of autonomy or on the necessity of limiting fundamental rights. Instead, Spanish government is pushing other institutions, such as the Constitutional Court, prosecutors, police and judges, as well as their own executive powers, beyond their ordinary limits.
La rigidité du cadre constitutionnel espagnol en ce qui concerne la répartition territoriale du pouvoir et le processus catalan de «déconnexion»
2016
Le processus démocratique que les institutions catalanes ont commencé avec l'intention de "déconnecter" de la réalité constitutionnelle et juridique espagnole, visant la création d'une République catalane, garde le cap après les élections régionales qui ont eu lieu en septembre 2015. Le renforcement du mouvement indépendantiste en Catalogne, au point d'être devenu presque majoritaire, ne peut être expliqué que par un défaut de fonctionnement du modèle constitutionnel espagnol de répartition territoriale du pouvoir. Ce modèle, créé par la Constitution espagnole de 1978, est le produit d'une conception rigide de la question « nationale » et de l'unité de l'Espagne. Après 2006, les événements …