Spain’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a resolution by
the regional Parliament of Catalonia that had set out a plan for the region’s
independence from Spain by 2017. The court ruling said the resolution adopted
Nov. 9 violated the country’s Constitution.
It remains to be seen what practical
effect the court ruling will have and what Spain will do should the Catalan
Parliament choose to ignore it, as it has indicated it will. Pro-secession
parties who pushed the resolution hold a slim majority in the Catalan regional
Parliament, but the region of 7.5 million people is evenly divided over
splitting with the rest of Spain.
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