The defense of the Constitution against secessionism. Political and legislative chronicle of the year 2017

Authors

  • Miguel Azpitarte Sánchez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.112.05

Keywords:

Cataluña, secessionism, defense of the Constitution.

Abstract

In this paper, three distinctive elements of secessionism are analyzed: its political basis, centered on sovereignty; the construction of a new legality; and the reasons that have caused the failure of the independence movement. In the second part of the paper, I analyze the measures adopted to defend the Constitution. They have been of broad spectrum covering the performance of the Constitutional Court, the attempt to abort the referendum, the criminal prosecution of those responsible, the speech of the King and the activation of Article 155.

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