The Catalan Secessionist Movement and Europe – Remarks on the Venice Commission’s Opinion 827/2015

Commentary on the Opinion of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission on Amendments to the Institutional Law on the Constitutional Court of Spain, adopted by the Venice Commission at its 110th Plenary Session (Venice, 10-11 March 2017).

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ESO: Background information: Independence referendum date to be moved forward if 'convenient' / High-profile Spain trial stokes Catalan independence fervour http://www.europeansources.info/record/independence-referendum-date-to-be-moved-forward-if-convenient-high-profile-spain-trial-stokes-catalan-independence-fervour/

Council of Europe: Venice Commission: Spain - Opinion on Amendments to the Institutional Law on the Constitutional Court of Spain, adopted by the Venice Commission at its 110th Plenary Session (Venice, 10-11 March 2017) http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-AD(2017)003-e

Blog: Verfassungsblog, 27.03.17: Damaging the Legitimacy of the Spanish Constitutional Court http://verfassungsblog.de/damaging-the-legitimacy-of-the-spanish-constitutional-court/

Catalan News Monitor, 14.03.17: Spain – Opinion on Amendments to the Institutional Law on the Constitutional Court of Spain, adopted by the Venice Commission at its 110th Plenary Session (Venice, 10-11 March 2017) http://catalanmonitor.com/2017/03/14/spain-opinion-on-amendments-to-the-institutional-law-on-the-constitutional-court-of-spain-adopted-by-the-venice-commission-at-its-110th-plenary-session-venice-10-11-march-2017/

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