The government says it will appeal to the Constitutional foreign law … – Investing.com Spain

MADRID (Reuters) – The government announced on Friday that it will appeal to the Constitutional Court Act Catalan external action on the grounds that it violates exclusive powers of the central executive, in the last chapter of the discrepancies between the two governments.

The so-called law of foreign policy and relations with the European Union, adopted in November last year in the Catalan Parliament’s objectives is to position Catalonia “as an active international player” in matters which are the responsibility of the Government or of interest to the community, according to its wording.

“What the law is to consider the Government as an international actor outside the Spanish State, and that violates the Constitution, “said Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria in the conference after the Council of Ministers.

According to the vice president, the law violates Article 149.1 of the Spanish Constitution, which reserves to State exclusive competence in international relations, and Article 97, which states that conduct foreign policy rests with the central government.

The spokesman of the Catalan government, Francesc Homs, had described the law as “a pioneer “to symbolize the commitment of Catalonia” with its internationalization and the EU “, but the central government said the region has no capacity for it not being a state.

” (The law) seeks to develop public diplomacy Catalonia. As Catalonia is not a state, it is not a subject of international law and has no power to establish such diplomatic relations, “said Saenz de Santamaria.

The vice president said that a report of the State Council had shown favorable to the challenge before the Constitutional Court.

On the other hand, the Government announced that it will use two decrees approved in February to the opening of two Catalan delegations in Italy and Australia.

This initiative comes a week after the high court declared invalid query determination that the Catalan Government held in November 2014 before the rise of separatist sentiment in the region.

Nearly four months after the vote is taken, the Constitutional upheld the central executive, who used the call illegal and contrary to the Spanish Constitution consider it.

This is the last discrepancy arises between the central government and the Generalitat whose president, Artur Mas, has advanced the regional elections planned for 2016 to September 27, with the aim, he said, to see if a social majority exists to continue the process of independence.

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