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MADRID – Two weeks after Scotland voted against leaving Britain, another and more contentious secession fight is hurtling ahead in Europe, with Spain and its independence-minded region of Catalonia increasingly at odds and showing few signs of willingness to compromise. Responding to a decree signed on Saturday by Catalonia’s leader authorizing an independence vote on Nov.

MADRID-Spain’s government asked the Constitutional Court on Monday to block a planned nonbinding referendum in Catalonia on the wealthy region’s possible independence. “Neither the object nor the proceedings of the vote are compatible with the Spanish constitution,” Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in announcing the appeal. On…

The court’s unanimous decision to hear the government’s case automatically suspended the Nov. 9 vote from going forward until the court hears arguments and makes a decision, a process that could take months or years, a court spokeswoman said. She spoke on condition of anonymity because of court rules preventing her from being named.

Spanish government has rolled out a legal roadblock to stop the Catalonia region voting on independence as the prime minister calls the November 9 referendum “a grave attack on the rights of all Spaniards”.

The decision puts Madrid on a collision course with Catalonia following the signing on Saturday by Artur Mas, the president of the Catalan government, of a decree to allow the “consultation” on breaking away from Spain. Mr Mas had said the vote was legal because the result was non-binding.

The Spanish government has asked the high court to declare illegal a referendum vote on independence in Catalonia, in the country’s northeastern region. In a speech Monday announcing the move, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the independence referendum “seriously undermines the rights of all Spaniards,” who, according to the Constitution, hold the powers of national sovereignty.

The referendum was suspended on Monday by the 12-judge court following a one-hour emergency meeting, a spokeswoman said. Regardless of the court’s decision, the regional government in Catalonia had already said it would continue preparations for the non-binding referendum in the event it was blocked.

Le gouvernement espagnol a saisi lundi le Tribunal constitutionnel pour qu’il suspende le référendum sur l’indépendance que la Catalogne veut tenir le 9 novembre. “Ni l’objet, ni la procédure de vote ne sont compatibles avec la Constitution espagnole”, a déclaré à la télévision le président du gouvernement espagnol, Mariano Rajoy, à l’issue d’une réunion extraordinaire de son gouvernement.

L’accusant d’attenter à “la souveraineté” du pays, le gouvernement espagnol a introduit lundi un recours devant le Tribunal constitutionnel contre le référendum d’indépendance prévu par la Catalogne, Barcelone poursuivant toutefois les préparatifs sans attendre la décision des magistrats.

L’admission de ce recours par les magistrats suspend automatiquement le décret de convocation. Mais pas la volonté du gouvernement nationaliste catalan, soutenu par les indépendantistes de gauche de l’ERC (pour la Gauche républicaine de Catalogne), de ” demander leur avis aux Catalans “, martèle Artur Mas.

La cour constitutionnelle espagnole a suspendu l’organisation du référendum d’autodétermination que la Catalogne entend organiser le 9 novembre le temps d’examiner si sa tenue ne viole pas la Constitution espagnole, rapportent lundi les médias espagnols. Une porte-parole de la juridiction suprême contactée par Reuters a dit ne pas être en mesure de confirmer cette décision.

Il premier spagnolo Mariano Rajoy ha annunciato il ricorso davanti alla Corte costituzionale contro il referendum sull’indipendenza della Catalogna, indetto per il 9 novembre. “La consultazione di autodeterminazione che vuole fare il presidente della Generalitat attenta ai diritti dell’insieme degli spagnoli. La Costituzione si basa sull’unità indissolubile della Spagna”.

MADRID – Accolto il ricorso presentato dal governo spagnolo: la Corte Costituzionale ha deciso all’unanimità, sospendendo così il referendum sulla indipendenza della Catalogna convocato dalla Generalitat per il 9 novembre.

Il primo ministro spagnolo Mariano Rajoy La Corte Costituzionale spagnola ha deciso all’unanimità di ammettere il ricorso presentato dal governo di Madrid, sospendendo così il referendum sulla indipendenza della Catalogna convocato dalla Generalitat per il 9 novembre.

SEPARATISMO La Corte Costituzionale spagnola ha sospeso il referendum per l’indipendenza della Catalogna, accogliendo all’unanimità il ricorso presentato dal governo di Madrid. Il voto era stato convocato dal presidente della Catalogna, Artur Mas, per il prossimo 9 novembre.

Spain’s government asks the constitutional court to declare Catalonia’s planned independence referendum illegal