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Iberian Kingdoms in 1400. The Principality of Catalonia was a state [1] [2] of the composite monarchy known as Crown of Aragon.The Principality was the result of the absortion or vassalization by the County of Barcelona of the other Catalan counties (such as the counties of Girona, Osona, Urgell or Rousillon), while the Crown was created by the dynastic union of the County of Barcelona and the ...
The declaration was passed with 85 votes in favor, 41 against and 2 abstentions [3] in the Parliament of Catalonia. On 8 May 2013 this declaration was provisionally suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain. [4] [5] On 25 March 2014, the same court declared the principle of sovereignty void and not constitutional and validated the other ...
Malta – Malta does not recognise Catalonia's declaration of independence and will continue to respect the territorial integrity of Spain, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. [ 89 ] Morocco – Morocco rejects the unilateral process of the independence of Catalonia, and expresses its attachment to Spain's "sovereignty and territorial integrity ...
On 23 January 2013 the Parliament of Catalonia adopted by 85 favourable votes, 41 against, and 2 abstentions the "Declaration of Sovereignty and of the Right to Decide of the Catalan People". [28] [29] [30] It states that "The people of Catalonia have – by reason of democratic legitimacy – the character of a sovereign political and legal ...
On the other hand, demonstrations were held throughout Spain in which thousands of people protested against the referendum [113] [114] [115] and the agents were acclaimed by the crowds in numerous cities of Spain when they left for Catalonia. [116] [117] [118]
As a state under royal sovereignty, Catalonia, like the other political entities of the period, did not have its own flag or coat of arms in the modern sense. However, a variety of royal and other symbols were used in order to identify the Principality and its institutions.
In 2007, a poll indicated that, when asked about the relationship between Catalonia and Spain, 59.5% of respondents thought that Catalonia should be an autonomous community within Spain (the current situation), 17.5% considered that Catalonia should be a state within a federal state and only 13.5% believed that Catalonia should be an ...
The Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒənəɾəliˈtad də kətəˈluɲə]; Spanish: Generalidad de Cataluña; Occitan: Generalitat de Catalonha), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia is self-governed as an autonomous community of Spain.