nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170927-212601 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170926s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170927-212601 doi eng 342 23 Boix Palop, Andrés Author aut The Catalunya Conundrum, Part 1: How Could Things Come to Such a Pass? Boix Palop, Andrés Verfassungsblog 2017-09-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a three-piece series of blog posts, I will focus on three issues: the different attempts made in recent years by Catalan secessionists parties trying to find a lawful way to ask the population about the independence of Catalonia and Spanish legal system’s responses blocking them; how this gridlock has led to a constitutional crisis in Spain and what could be possible solutions; and finally why concerns about the Spanish authorities’ reaction may be well founded, thus creating a potential conflict at the European level. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Catalonia Independence Referendum secession Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-catalunya-conundrum-part-1-how-could-things-come-to-such-a-pass/ raw object