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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. Article 155 gave Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy the power to remove secessionist politicians, including Carles Puigdemont , the Catalan leader, and ...
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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...
Sep 30, 2017 · Spain had never before invoked Article 155 of its constitution, allowing it to suspend Catalonia's political autonomy, and what comes next is not clear.
Oct 27, 2017 · On Friday, the Spanish Senate invoked Article 155 against Catalonia, a region in the country's northeast. Just minutes before, Catalonia had voted to declare independence from Spain. In...
Oct 22, 2017 · For Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy this is about upholding the law, the constitution, but he took an unprecedented and politically controversial step by moving to invoke Article 155 and impose ...
Oct 21, 2017 · Politics. 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...
