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## [Eurasia] SPAIN - Catalonia - History of the Statute of Autonomy

Released on 2012-08-18 22:00 GMT

Email-ID | 1767963
Date | 2010-07-12 22:32:20
From | elodie.dabbagh@stratfor.com
To | eurasia@stratfor.com
List-Name | eurasia@stratfor.com

The project was rewritten several times. The Statute that was approved is
the result of long negotiations. Below is the history of the Catalan
Statute of Autonomy. Slightly confusing, don't hesitate to ask questions
if you don't understand.
Catalonia first obtained a Statute of Autonomy in 1932, but the law was
abolished by Franco after the Spanish Civil War.
The Basque region has always agitated for autonomy. Several statutes of
self-government were in effect in the 19th century. In 1937, the statute
was abolished.
Catalonia and the Basque region both obtained again an autonomy status in
1979, one year after the new Spanish Constitution was written.
The Basque region is until now regulated by the 1979 Statute of autonomy.
The reform of the 1979 Catalan Statute of autonomy was initiated by
progressive Catalan parties when Convergencia i Unio, a coalition of
center-right Catalan parties, was in power. During the 2003 Presidential
campaign, Jose Luis Zapatero had promised he would support the new
statute. In November 2003, Convergencia i Unio lost power. The new Catalan
government was then composed of three parties: The Socialist Party of
Catalonia, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, and Iniciativa per Catalunya
Verds (Green Party).
Negotiations regarding the new statute begin between the three parties in
power and Convergencia i Unio (which had kept the largest number of seats
at the Parliament). An agreement was quickly reached regarding the
definition of Catalonia as a Nation, the recognition of the two languages
as official languages. It was more difficult to find a compromise about
the financing of the Catalan region. It was so controversial that
Catalonia's President and opposition leader Artur Mas came to an agreement
on secularism at school and the financing of the Generalitat only the day
before the vote.
On September 30, 2005, after two years of negotiations, the Spanish
Parliament approved a large part of the new Statute of Autonomy. On
November 2, 2005, the Popular Party had appealed the law, but the appeal
was rejected by the Constitutional Court because the vote had not taken
place yet. After the vote, a commission was created to examine the text
and submit a notice to the Congress of deputes (lower chamber). It was
very difficult again to agree on the new statute and financing of
Catalonia, the four Catalan parties fighting over it. Finally, in January
2006, Zapatero and the Catalan opposition leader Artur Mas agreed. The
document was approved at the Congress of Deputes and the Senate by all the
parties except for the Popular Party.
During the campaign for the referendum, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
(ERP) allies to the Popular Party against the statute because the project
had been changed a lot. On June 18, 2006, the referendum took place.
Turnout is 49%, 73.9% of the voters voted in favor of the Statute, 26.72%
voted against it.