Catalan independence crisis
A constitutional crisis took place in Spain from 2017 to 2018 as the result of a political conflict between the Government of Spain and the Generalitat de Catalunya under the then-President Carles Puigdemont—the government of the autonomous community of Catalonia until 28 October 2017—over the issue of Catalan independence. The most recent of its 2 recorded facts is “Mas barred from public office over 9N vote” (13 March 2017).

A constitutional crisis took place in Spain from 2017 to 2018 as the result of a political conflict between the Government of Spain and the Generalitat de Catalunya under the then-President Carles Puigdemont—the government of the autonomous community of Catalonia until 28 October 2017—over the issue of Catalan independence. It started after the law intending to allow the 2017 Catalan independence referendum was denounced by the Spanish government under Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and subsequently suspended by…
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Documented Nov 2014 – Mar 2017
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Who is responsible for Catalan independence crisis?
Factrail's graph links Artur Mas to Catalan independence crisis through sourced facts.
When did Catalan independence crisis start?
9 November 2014: Mas government holds 9N Catalan independence vote.