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Article 155 of the Constitution of Spain grants the government of Spain a coercive mechanism to force an autonomous community to comply with the law when it severely contravenes the Constitution of Spain or other laws, or when its actions seriously threaten the general interest of Spain.
On October 27, 2017, the Senate of Spain (Senado) voted 214 to 47 to invoke Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution over Catalonia after the Catalan Parliament unilaterally declared independence.
Jul 31, 2018 · Section 155 of the Spanish Constitution regulates federal coercion by means of a text inspired in section 37 of the Fundamental Law of Bonn, although the former presents some important...
- José María Lafuente Balle
Oct 27, 2017 · Article 155 is only two short paragraphs of the 1978 Constitution of Spain. It says that if a regional government “doesn’t comply with the obligations of the Constitution or other laws it...
- Creede Newton
Mar 28, 2013 · SPANISH CONSTITUTION. Preliminary Part. Section 1. A social and democratic State under the rule of law2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 117, 128 C 1. Spain is hereby established as a social and democratic State, subject to the rule of law, which advocates freedom, justice, equality and political pluralism as highest values of its legal system.
Oct 21, 2017 · Spain’s Article 155: A 'nuclear option'. Richard Connor. 10/21/2017. Article 155 of the Spanish constitution would allow the government in Madrid to intervene in the running of...
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Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution (SC) imports a rule with a long tradition in German federalism: federal execution (Article 37 GG) which has no precedent in Spain. The dreaded Article 155 of the Constitution was applied for the first time in Spain due to the initiation of a process of secession in Catalonia in autumn 2017.
