· Administrative change
Nueva Planta decree for Catalonia, 1716
After the War of the Spanish Succession, Philip V abolished Catalonia’s own public law and institutions.
Significance here: Ended the Corts and the historic Generalitat.
Timeline: Catalonia
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· Constitutional change
Provisional restoration of the Generalitat, 1977
A Spanish decree-law provisionally re-established the Generalitat of Catalonia before the new Constitution.
Significance here: Restored Catalan self-government during the transition to democracy, with the return of Josep Tarradellas from exile.
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· Legal decision
Constitutional Court ruling on the Catalan Statute, 2010
The Constitutional Court ruled that the 2006 Statute’s references to Catalonia as a nation have no interpretative legal effect and annulled several provisions.
Significance here: Narrowed the Statute ratified by Catalan voters in 2006.
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Catalan participation process on political future, 2014
A consultation on whether Catalonia should become a state, and an independent one, went ahead as a volunteer-run “participation process” after court suspensions.
Significance here: The first Catalonia-wide vote on independence; not a legal referendum.
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Catalan independence referendum of 1 October 2017
The Catalan government held a referendum on independence that the Constitutional Court had suspended; it reported 90.18% Yes on 43.03% participation.
Significance here: The central event of the 2017 crisis; legally void under Spanish law and followed by article 155 measures and criminal prosecutions.
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· Constitutional change
Application of article 155 in Catalonia, 2017
The Senate authorised direct measures under article 155; the Spanish government dissolved the Parliament of Catalonia and called elections, and the Constitutional Court suspended the Parliament’s declaration.
Significance here: The first use of article 155; it ended the 2017 attempt to establish independence.
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· Legislation
Spanish amnesty law for the Catalan independence process, 2024
Spain amnestied acts linked to the 2014 and 2017 votes and the independence process; the Constitutional Court upheld most of the law in 2025 and the EU Court of Justice found it compatible with EU law in 2026.
Significance here: Addressed the criminal and financial liability arising from the 2011–2023 independence process.
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