a symbolic protest to put pressure on madrid yet some financial institutions a so worried they ve moved their headquarters out of catalonia. spanish king felipe again he towns of the region and the firm the unity of the country is spaniard you ve got that for. spain needs to face up to an unacceptable succession attempt on its national territory you know recently we don t know which it will resolve using legitimate democratic institutions. respecting your constitution dearing to the values and principles of the parliamentary democracy in which we have lived for thirty nine years that. the king spoke is by signs price for imposition of direct rule prime minister mariano rajoy is now taking steps to activate article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution this would allow the central government in madrid to intervene in catalonia and strip the region of some. of its
region financial institutions are worried the current instability could take a toll on their business. it s a way of exerting pressure after peaceful protesters were arrested and put in prison but if there s another way to put pressure on the spanish state but it s a. list of us but. some protesters withdrew one hundred fifty five euros in reference to article one hundred fifty five of the spanish constitution which madrid employs to impose direct rule over the region others opted for different songs together. with three one thousand seven hundred fourteen euro s which coincides with the year seven hundred forty one that we celebrate on september eleventh and the end of withdrawals are a form of protest for money but this time as a result some a.t.m. s had a ready run eyes of cash by friday morning.
declare independence if madrid triggers article one fifty five allowing it to suspend catalonia regional government madrid s reaction to double down. the government will continue with the processing of article one hundred fifty five of the constitution with a goal to restore the law in catalonia. spain says it will hold a special cabinet meeting on saturday to activate article one fifty five this has never been used in modern spanish history so what does it mean in practice it would allow madrid to sack regional office holders dissolve the regional parliament and assume control of all regional authorities new elections would be held in catalonia until then madrid could feel key interest positions once the article is triggered it won t come into effect straight away it needs parliamentary approval spanish prime minister mariano rajoy needs an absolute majority for that and he only has
the independence of the autonomy state of catalonia without a clear and precise answer to this question we the government understand that the petition and its not been answered. therefore the government will continue with the processing of article one hundred fifty five for the constitution with a goal to restore the law in catalonia if you will respond. the sound will straight to our correspondent bob a visit she is in a bus alone hi barbara we heard the government spokesman talking about triggering article one fifty five by this weekend what does it mean it means in fact that in madrid the legal experts ready to working on how this is going to be applied because it s the first time in spanish history that this happens and so they need to figure out the legalities off at the ins and outs
the game of brinkmanship heats up catalan leader colors put them on at the regional parliament for the latest showdown camera struggle to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down in his latest letter to the spanish government he warns that the catalan parliament could vote to declare independence if madrid triggers article one hundred fifty five this allows spain central government to take over any of the country s seventeen autonomous regions if they break the law which declaring independence is deemed to be. the spanish government s reaction to double down the government will continue with the processing of article one hundred fifty five of the constitution with a goal to restore the law in catalonia if you will restore rather. than. spain says it will hold a special cabinet meeting on saturday to activate article one hundred fifty five