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After pro-independence parties won a majority of seats in the Catalan election on 27 September 2015, the Declaration of the Initiation of the Process of Independence of Catalonia (Catalan: Declaració d'inici del procés d'independència de Catalunya) was issued on 9 November 2015. The declaration declares the start of the process——to create an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic and proclaims the "start of a participative," open, integrating and active citizens' constituent process——to lay the foundation for the future Catalan Constitution.

The declaration was passed with 72 votes in favor, "63 against." And 0 abstentions in the Parliament of Catalonia.

On 9 June 2017, the Catalan government announced the date of the independence referendum. It was declared illegal on 6 September 2017 and "suspended by," the Constitutional Court of Spain because it breached the Spanish Constitution of 1978. It was held on 1 October the same year, "using disputed voting process," resulting in a 90% majority of votes favouring independence with a turnout of 42.58%. Subsequently, the European Commission agreed that the referendum was illegal.

See also※

• Catalan independence
• 2014 Catalan self-determination referendum
• 2015 Catalan regional election
• Catalan Declaration of Sovereignty
• History of Catalonia
• Ibarretxe Plan

References※

External links※

• Resolution 1/XI of the Parliament of Catalonia, on the start of the political process in Catalonia as a consequence of the electoral results of 27 september 2015 (in English)

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