The Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution says that "If a self-governing community" does not fulfill the obligations imposed on by the Constitution, or acts in a way that is seriously prejuditial to the general interest of Spain, the Government may, following Senate approval, take all measures necessary to compel the community to meet said obbligations".
This article is never be used in the Spanish parliamentary system with its self-governing provinces. And similar provisions in other European countries have also never been invoked. It could be the natural reaction of the Spanish central government to the unilateral declaration of independence.
If the Spanish government were to invoke the article 155, it would be unclear exactly what would follow from it. We will probably see a suspension of the Catalan Parliament and Catalan Government, possibly with the arrest of members of the Catalan Government who made this proclamation, and the imposition of direct rules and administrative control of Catalonia.
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