2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
The 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis , also known as the Catalan crisis , was a political conflict between the Government of Spain and the Generalitat de Catalunya under former President Carles Puigdemont—the government of the autonomous community of Catalonia until 28 October 2017—over the issue of Catalan independence . 
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