2017-18 Spanish constitutional crisis

• Government of Catalonia's refusal to abide by the Constitutional Court's suspension of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum.
• Catalan independence movement.

Ongoing

• Referendum held despite suspension.
• Operation Anubis.
• Street protests throughout Catalonia; 2017 Catalan general strike.
• Independence unilaterally declared, then suspended by Constitutional Court.
• Article 155 of the Constitution enforced; Direct rule imposed over Catalonia.
• Puigdemont and part of his cabinet flee to Belgium to avoid charges.
• Spanish court orders a jail sentence to 8 of Puigdemont's cabinet members (most later released on bail), and EAW against Puigdemont (later withdrawn).
• Regional election called for 21 December; victory for anti-independence party Cs, but pro-independence parties retain their majority. Total collapse for Rajoy's party.
• Political deadlock in the Parliament of Catalonia over investiture. Puigdemont prevented from being elected from abroad; Jordi Sànchez dropping bid as a result of detainment; Jordi Turull charged with rebellion and put under detention after first failed ballot.
• EAW against Puigdemont reactivated; Puigdemont detained in Germany on 25 March 2018.
• Catalan Parliament elects Independent Catalan Nationalist Quim Torra as president, he is later sworn in and forms his new government afterwards.