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      <text>Catalans are called to vote to elect the new Parliament of Catalonia. </text>
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    <text>Catalans head to the polls to elect the new Parliament of Catalonia. </text>
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    <text>The Spanish Central Electoral Bureau ceases in the position of deputy to Quim Torra, and therefore, also that of President of the Generalitat of Catalonia in compliance with the non-definitive conviction of the Catalan High Court of Justice. At the same time, withdraws immunity as MEP to jailed Oriol Junqueras that recognized the European Court of Justice on 19 December 2019. </text>
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    <text>The Catalan president Quim Torra, in a special plenary session at the Parliament of Catalonia, announces that he will convene a third independence referendum and a Constitution throughout the legislature. </text>
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    <text>Doctors and firefighters strike in Catalonia, Spain, over budget cuts, ending with clashes between demonstrators and Mossos d'Esquadra at the doors of Catalan Parliament. Students and teachers start a two-day strike. </text>
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    <text>After an independentist demonstration, the Mossos d'Esquadra evicts riots demanding the implantation of the Republic before the main door of the Catalan Parliament in a failed attempt to assault it. </text>
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    <text>Quim Torra gets 66 votes, 2 short of the 68 votes needed to be elected by an absolute majority of the 135-seat Parliament of Catalonia. A second round is to be held on Monday, in which he would need a simple majority to be elected. </text>
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    <text>Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy dissolves the Parliament of Catalonia, dismisses the Government of Catalonia and calls a regional election for December 21. He also fires the police chief, announces the takeover of regional ministries by national ministries and closes overseas representations of Catalonia. </text>
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    <text>The Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, activates Article 155 of the Constitution of Spain. This will put Catalonia under the direct control of the central government, removing the regional government and completely limit the power of the Parliament of Catalonia. The regional police and media will also be under its control. </text>
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    <text>Spain's Constitutional Court suspends the Catalan Parliament's independence referendum law to give the court time to consider whether the vote would breach the country's constitution. </text>
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    <text>The regional Parliament of Catalonia defies the Constitutional Court of Spain by holding an informal and unilateral vote for secession.</text>
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  <text>Catalans are called to the polls to elect the new Parliament of Catalonia, in Spain. </text>
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