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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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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
Oct 20, 2017 · Oct. 20, 2017. BARCELONA, Spain — Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy held an emergency cabinet meeting on Saturday to decide what measures to take under Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution —...
- Raphael Minder
The Spanish government did not rule out invoking Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, which would allow the central government to adopt "the necessary measures to compel regional authorities to obey the law"—in practice, allowing for the autonomy's effective suspension and direct rule of the region.
- 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018, (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Oct 21, 2017 · Article 155 is the most extreme measure available to Spain's government, allowing it to take over the running of an autonomous region, should it declare independence. That could be invoked...
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.
