Spanish Prime Minister Takes Unprecedented Step To Dissolve Catalan Government
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced he was invoking a previously unused Spanish constitutional article to "restore order."
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Saturday that he was invoking a provision in his country's constitution that allows him to suspend and overtake the regional government of Catalonia as part of his effort to quell its secessionist movement.
"I am firing the Catalan regional president and all Catalan government ministers," Rajoy told reporters after a emergency meeting with his Cabinet in Madrid that lasted more than
