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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.
La celebración de consultas populares locales a petición de los vecinos.
2009
Las consultas populares son una forma de democracia participativa,
 que alcanza reconocimiento legislativo en el ámbito de la Administración local,
 y a través de las cuales los vecinos de un municipio pueden expresar su opinión
 sobre asuntos relevantes de la competencia local. No constituyen una manifestación
 de soberanía popular, ni implican el ejercicio de poder político, sino que se
 insertan en el marco de una función o actividad de naturaleza administrativa que
 implica la colaboración de los ciudadanos con la Administración. Cuando además
 se plantean a iniciativa de los vecinos el principio de participación democrática en
 la actividad admin…
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.