Cataluña, entre la autonomía y la autodeterminación (una propuesta)
The aforementioned thesis is right, since the Spanish autonomic state should become a federal state, following the German model. Nonetheless, we cannot forget the fact that Catalan and Basque nationalists consider that, far from satisfying their self-government expectations, the federal model is utt...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5497188 |
| Source: | Teoría y realidad constitucional, ISSN 1139-5583, Nº 37, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La cuestión catalana), pags. 221-248 |
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The aforementioned thesis is right, since the Spanish autonomic state should become a
federal state, following the German model. Nonetheless, we cannot forget the fact that Catalan and Basque
nationalists consider that, far from satisfying their self-government expectations, the federal model is utterly
insufficient. Whether we like or not, Catalonia and the Basque Country are different from the other fifteen
autonomous communities. Unlike the rest, they are true nations, which (always) aim at a higher degree of
self-government. The inadequacy of the traditional federal model with regard to those two territories is quite
evident, as well as the need to urgently find a realistic formula to ensure a stable coexistence within the Spanish state. Our proposal, which demands a constitutional reform, settles on the formula of «asymmetric federalism» or «dual federalism». This formula would imply the constitutional recognition of a specific legal
status for Catalonia and the Basque Country as free associated states, granting the maximum degree of
self-government compatible with the Spanish state. Thereby, the Spanish federal state would consist, for one
thing, of fifteen «member states» or common federated states and, there again, two «free associated states». |
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