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October 20, 2017

Spain to Trigger Article 155, Suspending Catalonia's Autonomy
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In Spain, the Spanish government says it is convening an emergency
Cabinet meeting Saturday to trigger Article 155 of the Constitution,
which will allow Spain to suspend Catalonia's autonomy and seize control
of the region. The move comes after Catalonia voted to secede from Spain
in a referendum Spain has called illegal. Article 155 has never been
used before in Spain's modern democratic history. This is Spanish
government spokesperson Íñigo Méndez de Vigo.

Íñigo Méndez de Vigo: "The president of the government has called a
special Cabinet meeting for next Saturday that will activate the Senate
in order to protect the general interests of Spaniards, among them the
citizens of Catalonia, all citizens of Catalonia, and to restore
constitutional order in the autonomous region."



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