La dichiarazione di indipendenza della Catalogna

On 27th October 2017, Cataluña declared independence. Beyond its effectiveness, it is a serious and very dangerous act for the Spanish stability and unity, but also for the Catalan democratic system. The independence declaration is the last step of a long dispute between the Catalan nationalist parties and the central government: a dispute that seemed to start in 2010, after the constitutional decision about the legitimacy of the Catalan Statute reform, but actually has ancient origins. This paper starts with a short introduction about the recent events; then, it focuses on the deep reasons of this national crisis, with particular attention to the issues concerning the linguistic and territorial organization matter.