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Application of Article 155 and forcing of early elections has had a “positive” effect on markets, according to De Guindos

Despite the uncertainty caused by the suspension of Catalonia’s self-government many public servants arrive at their offices

The demonstrations rejected the possibility of snap elections, denounced implementation of Article 155, and demanded the release of the imprisoned civil society leaders

Directors of Catalan public media say that "the threat of a takeover" attacks “citizens’ rights to have truthful, objective, plural and balanced information”

Vice-president Junqueras says Spain has left “no other option”

Carles Puigdemont decides not to attend debate in Spain’s upper house on suspending Catalonia’s self-government

Spanish parties disagree on whether Madrid should go ahead with Article 155 if Puigdemont calls an early election

Doubts cast over Carles Puigdemont’s visit to the Spanish Senate, while government members warn that early elections will not stop Article 155

Local PSC officials openly reject plan to suspend Catalonia’s self rule, while leadership denies party split

Media organizations across Catalonia and Spain, as well as further afield, have joined in the attack on Spain's decicision

José Montilla, currently a Socialist senator, tweeted that he has "known for long" what he has "to do" in the vote that will suspend Catalonia's self-rule

Carles Puigdemont deemed that the activation of Article 155, which will seize Catalonia's self-government, was "the worst attack" on Catalan people and institutions since the Franco dictatorship

Protesters denounced the incarceration of civil society leaders as well as the Spanish government’s new measures to strip Catalonia of its self-rule

While some say that Spanish government's decision is "a true coup d'état", others demand “a pact of the State for Catalonia.”

Uncertainty reigns over Catalonia’s political future in latest clash with Madrid