{"id":11489,"date":"2017-10-20T11:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/spanish-government-to-force-election-in-catalonia-say-socialists\/"},"modified":"2017-10-20T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T11:52:04","slug":"spanish-government-to-force-election-in-catalonia-say-socialists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/spanish-government-to-force-election-in-catalonia-say-socialists\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish government to force election in Catalonia, say Socialists"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s ruling conservatives and main opposition Socialists have agreed to force fresh elections in Catalonia in January in response to the Catalan leadership\u2019s threat to secede from Spain, according to Socialist politician Carmen Calvo.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish government is able to call regional elections by invoking Article 155, a provision in the Constitution that allows the government to use \u201call measures necessary to compel\u201d a region to abide by the law.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Spanish broadcaster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtve.es\/noticias\/20171020\/gobierno-psoe-pactan-elecciones-cataluna-para-principios-2018\/1629385.shtml\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RTVE<\/a> on Friday, Calvo, a former culture minister, said Socialist leader Pedro S\u00e1nchez \u201cwas absolutely clear that [the application of article 155 means] Catalonia must hold elections.\u201d Asked if there was a pact between the Socialists and the government, Calvo said \u201cYes, yes, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/catalonia-independence-spain-to-suspend-autonomy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that, pending the Senate\u2019s approval, he will invoke article 155 to impose direct rule over Catalonia after accusing regional President Carles Puigdemont of failing to comply with an ultimatum to clarify whether he had declared independence.<\/p>\n<p>Calvo defended her party\u2019s support for invoking special powers, seen by many as Madrid\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/10\/19\/spain-ready-to-trigger-article-155-as--puigdemonts-deadline-nears.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nuclear option<\/a>.\u201d She said the move \u201chas nothing to do with the suspension of [Catalonia\u2019s] autonomy or as a punitive reaction, but with the restoration of statutory laws and the tranquility and security to go to the polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan regional secretary for external affairs Ra\u00fcl Romeva ruled out fresh elections Wednesday, saying they were \u201coff the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/spanish-government-to-force-election-in-catalonia-say-socialists\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"contfix\">\n<div id=\"contdto\">         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/> <\/p>\n<h4 id=\"contfixlink\">Politico<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u2019s ruling conservatives and main opposition Socialists ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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