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## Re: [Eurasia] Spain - Catalonia - Statute of Autonomy

Released on 2012-08-18 22:00 GMT

Email-ID | 1698076
Date | 2010-07-12 16:23:42
From | elodie.dabbagh@stratfor.com
To | eurasia@stratfor.com
List-Name | eurasia@stratfor.com

Legally speaking, the statute was not overturned.
Lauren Goodrich wrote:
so the statute was overturned.
That is important.
Elodie Dabbagh wrote:
They are protesting the fact that the Constitutional Court cut the
most important articles of the statute. According to the ruling,
Catalonia is not a nation, the Catalan language cannot be the main
language in Catalonia, the autonomy in terms of budget is greatly
reduced,... There is not very much left in the statute.
Lauren Goodrich wrote:
so what are they protesting?
Elodie Dabbagh wrote:
The statute is not overturned. The articles that are
unconstitutional or not valid do not have any effect.
Lauren Goodrich wrote:
So this statute was overturned?
Elodie Dabbagh wrote:
Link: themeData
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The statute was approved at a referendum in 2006. It gave the
Catalans a wide range of autonomy with separate language,
parliament, government, judicial and educational system from
Spain.
The conservative opposition Popular Party appealed to the
Constitutional Court in July 2006 over about half of the
articles.
The Constitutional Court approved all but 14 articles and 27
other articles will be reinterpreted. Here are the most
important changes:
- The word "nation" to describe the region has "no
legal value", although it does not violate the constitution.
That is the main thing: Catalonia cannot be recognized as a
nation.
- The ruling has dealt language a severe blow as
judges abolished preferential status for Catalan in the
administration and public mass media. The Catalan language
cannot be the "preferred language" (unconstitutional).
- The "national symbols" of Catalonia are subject to
reinterpretation (not clear how).
- The judiciary system, Catalan language status,
powers on immigration, taxes, vegueries (new Catalan
administrative divisions) and the right to call referendums
are the areas that have been most severely cut back. Source
- Other language-related aspects, such as the "right
of citizens to address constitutional bodies and the Spanish
judiciary in Catalan" or the right of citizens to be
responded, as consumers or users, in any of the official
languages -Catalan, Occitan and Castilian-, will be subject to
interpretation. Catalan judiciary powers and Catalonia's
Council of Justice have also been thoroughly reduced and even
questioned altogether.
- Exclusive powers granted to Catalonia, as well as
the article regulating popular consultations, are also
affected by judicial interpretation.
- Article 218, which gave the Catalan government the
capacity to establish and regulate local taxes and gave it
autonomy over its budget and resources, is unconstitutional.
Ruling (Spanish):
http://www.nationalia.cat/fitxer/1220/Fallo%20sentencia.pdf
Statute of autonomy (English):
http://www.parlament-cat.net/porteso/estatut/estatut_angles_100506.pdf
Here is an article with all the changes (in Catalan, but good
to keep as it has ALL the details):
http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3748884/sentencia-lestatut-obre-nova-era-politica-catalunya.html
--
Elodie Dabbagh
STRATFOR
Analyst Development Program
--
Lauren Goodrich
Director of Analysis
Senior Eurasia Analyst
Stratfor
T: 512.744.4311
F: 512.744.4334
lauren.goodrich@stratfor.com
www.stratfor.com
--
Lauren Goodrich
Director of Analysis
Senior Eurasia Analyst
Stratfor
T: 512.744.4311
F: 512.744.4334
lauren.goodrich@stratfor.com
www.stratfor.com
--
Lauren Goodrich
Director of Analysis
Senior Eurasia Analyst
Stratfor
T: 512.744.4311
F: 512.744.4334
lauren.goodrich@stratfor.com
www.stratfor.com