The Spanish Constitutional Court has suspended the Catalan Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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Barcelona (CNA).- The new Catalan Ministry for Foreign
Affairs, headed by pro-independence cross-party list ‘Junts Pel Sí’s top
member, Raül Romeva, has been suspended. The Spanish Constitutional
Court (TC) accepted this Tuesday the appeal presented by the Spanish
executive, which considered that the Catalan government had exceeded the
competences in matters of foreign action specified in the Catalan
Statute of Autonomy. Thus, the new Ministry and its competences will be
suspended at first for five months, which is the period that the TC has
to study whether the new Ministry matches to the Spanish Constitution.
In November, the TC unanimously approved the suspension of the Parliament's declaration of independence as well as the appeal made by the Spanish government to stop the reform of Catalonia’s Tax Agency.
For his part, the Catalan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Raül Romeva,
assured that Catalonia “has done, does and will continue to do foreign
action” and defended the “legitimacy” of the new department.
In the same vein, the Catalan government’s spokeswoman, Neus Munté,
assessed Spain’s announcement as typical of a “decadent” government.
assured that Catalonia “has done, does and will continue to do foreign
action” and defended the “legitimacy” of the new department.
In the same vein, the Catalan government’s spokeswoman, Neus Munté,
assessed Spain’s announcement as typical of a “decadent” government.
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Image of the new Catalan Ministry for Foreign Affairs, former MEP Raül Romeva (by ACN)
