Carles Puigdemont
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Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó is a Catalan politician and journalist from Spain. Since 2019 he has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). A former mayor of Girona, Puigdemont served as President of Catalonia from 2016 to 2017 when he was removed from office by the Spanish Government following the unilateral Catalan declaration of independence. He is co-founder of the National Call for the Republic (CNxR), leader of the Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) electoral alliance and founder of the Together for Catalonia party.
Puigdemont (right) as a child with his elder brother
Protest against the trial of Artur Mas, Joana Ortega and Irene Rigau on 6 February 2017
Puigdemont addresses a crowd following the Catalan declaration of independence on 27 October 2017
Constitution of Spain
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The Spanish Constitution is the supreme law of the Kingdom of Spain. It was enacted after its approval in a constitutional referendum; it represents the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. It is a written constitution.
Copy of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in the Congress of Deputies
Each of the Spanish parties had its recommendation to voters.
Felipe VI takes the oath before the Cortes Generales during the proclamation ceremony at the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid the 19th of June, 2014.