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![Demonstrators hold pro-independence flag on Catalonia's National Day(photo credit: Gerard Julien/AFP) Demonstrators hold pro-independence flag on Catalonia's National Day(photo credit: Gerard Julien/AFP)](/sites/default/files/catalonia_demo_august_2016.jpg)
News
4 August 2016
Catalonia may ignore constitutional court decision suspending independence resolution
![Spanish Senate on 13 January 2016 (photo credit: Fernando Alvarado (EFE) Spanish Senate on 13 January 2016 (photo credit: Fernando Alvarado (EFE)](/sites/default/files/spain_0.jpg)
News
14 January 2016
Spain's Podemos swears to abide by Constitution “in order to change it”
![Demonstrators unfold an "Estelada" (pro-independence Catalan flag) during celebrations for Catalonia's National Day in Barcelona on September 11, 2015 (photo credit: AFP) Demonstrators unfold an "Estelada" (pro-independence Catalan flag) during celebrations for Catalonia's National Day in Barcelona on September 11, 2015 (photo credit: AFP)](/sites/default/files/spain_-_afp_2.jpg)
News
3 December 2015
Spain's Constitutional Court annuls Catalan independence motion
![Split views on Catalonia's secession in the constitutional court (photo credit: Getty Images) Split views on Catalonia's secession in the constitutional court (photo credit: Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/spain_-_getty_images_0.jpg)
News
12 November 2015
Catalonia presses ahead with secession plans despite constitutional court decision suspending the process
![People wave "Estaladas" (pro-independence flags) outside the Superior Court of Catalonia on October 15, 2015 in Barcelona (photo credit: AFP /Pau Barrena) People wave "Estaladas" (pro-independence flags) outside the Superior Court of Catalonia on October 15, 2015 in Barcelona (photo credit: AFP /Pau Barrena)](/sites/default/files/catalonia_-_afp_2.jpg)
News
9 November 2015
Catalan parliament to vote on independent laws signalling secession from Madrid
![Spanish Constitutional Court (photo credit: Catalan News Agency) Spanish Constitutional Court (photo credit: Catalan News Agency)](/sites/default/files/spain_constitutional_court_-_catalan_news_agency_0.jpg)
News
6 November 2015
Spain's constitutional court gives go ahead for Catalonia's pro-independence proposal
![Pro-independence parties in the wealthy northeast Spanish region of Catalonia are seeking to pass a resolution announcing the formal start of secession from Spain (photo credit: AFP) Pro-independence parties in the wealthy northeast Spanish region of Catalonia are seeking to pass a resolution announcing the formal start of secession from Spain (photo credit: AFP)](/sites/default/files/catalonia_-_afp_0.jpg)
News
2 November 2015
Ban Ki-moon states that the UN does not recognise Catalonia's right to self-determination
![photo credit: Getty Images photo credit: Getty Images](/sites/default/files/catalonia_-_getty_images_0.jpg)
News
28 September 2015
Catalan separatists claim election provides mandate for secession, despite constitutional prohibition
![Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo [photo credit: AFP] Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo [photo credit: AFP]](/sites/default/files/spain_-_afp_0.jpg)
News
11 September 2015
Spain proposes constitutional reforms for Catalonia
![Demotix/Jose_Hinojosa. All rights reserved. Demotix/Jose_Hinojosa. All rights reserved.](/sites/default/files/capture_55.jpg)
Analysis
12 November 2014
Spain: What's next after Catalonia vote?
![Turn-out appeared brisk, with large queues forming outside many polling centres. (Reuters) (Reuters)](/sites/default/files/cata.jpg)
News
10 November 2014
Spain: Catalonia holds non-binding vote on independence
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News
14 October 2014
Spain: Catalonia Cancels Secession Vote, but Calls for Looser Referendum
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News
30 September 2014
Spain court suspends Catalonia independence referendum
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Analysis
24 September 2014
What Spain should learn from Scotland’s independence referendum
![The leader of Spain's socialist opposition PSOE party Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto PSOE party leader Pedro Sánchez. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto](/sites/default/files/klkl.png)
News
23 September 2014
Spain: Catalonia problem needs constitutional fix: PSOE
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