Direct rule over Catalonia

2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis

Part of the 2008–present Spanish financial crisis and the 2012–present Catalan independence movement

Location of Catalonia (dark green)

– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in Spain (green)

Date

6 September 2017 – present
(4 months and 6 days)

Location

Spain, primarily Catalonia
(some events in Brussels, Belgium)

Caused by

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

Methods

Demonstrations, civil disobedience, civil resistance, occupations, general strikes

Status

Ongoing

Referendum held despite suspension.
Operation Anubis.
Street protests throughout Catalonia and Basque Country; 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a jail sentence to 8 of Puigdemont's cabinet members (most later released on bail), and EAW against Puigdemont (later withdrawn).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.

Parties to the civil conflict

Kingdom of Spain

Police/armed forces:

Generalitat de Catalunya

Executive Council (dismissed 28 Oct 2017)
Parliament (dissolved 28 Oct 2017)

Police forces:

Mossos d'Esquadra (until 28 Oct 2017)

Civil organizations:

Lead figures

King Felipe VI
Mariano Rajoy
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
Juan Ignacio Zoido
Cristóbal Montoro
Diego Pérez de los Cobos

Carles Puigdemont
Oriol Junqueras (detainee)
Joaquim Forn (detainee)
Carme Forcadell
Josep Lluís Trapero (until 28 Oct 2017)

Jordi Sànchez (detainee)
Jordi Cuixart (detainee)

Number

Police detachment in Catalonia:

12,000

Catalan police force:

17,000 (from 28 Oct 2017)

Catalan police force:

17,000 (until 28 Oct 2017)

Casualties

Agents injured:

431 (according to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior)
12 (according to the Catalan Health Department)

Civilians injured:

1,066 (according to the Catalan Health Department)
3 (in Madrid)

Detained:

18 (in Catalonia)
1 (in Madrid)

Arrested:

Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were both arrested on 17 October 2017. Senior Generalitat figures were officially dismissed from office on 28 October 2017 after direct rule was enforced.

– in Europe (green & dark grey)
– in Spain (green)

Ongoing

Kingdom of Spain

Police/armed forces:

Generalitat de Catalunya

Police forces:

Civil organizations:

Carles Puigdemont
Oriol Junqueras (detainee)
Joaquim Forn (detainee)
Carme Forcadell
Josep Lluís Trapero (until 28 Oct 2017)

Police detachment in Catalonia:

Catalan police force:

Agents injured:

Civilians injured:

Detained:

Arrested:

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