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	Catalan Parliament Pushes For Legalisation Of Cannabis
		The agreement asks the Catalan government to negotiate with the Spanish authorities so that cannabis--either as a drug or as a standardised extract of the plant--may be used to treat medical disorders.
		Once the bill is approved in the Catalan parliament, it may be submitted to the Spanish parliament for discussion and eventual voting.
		Mr Ramon Colom, general director of the Drug Addictions and AIDS Department of the Catalan government, said that if the health ministry approves cannabis as a new drug, people might be able to start using it by the end of the year.
	www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v01.n387.a07.html (402 words)

	Parliament of Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parliament of Catalonia is one of the institutions that form the Generalitat de Catalunya, together with the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Executive Board or Government.
		The first background of the Catalan parliamentary institution, goes back to the 11th century, with the assemblies of "Pau i Treva" and the Cort Comptal (and later the Consell de Cent).
		The first Catalan constitutions are of the Corts of Barcelona from 1283.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catalan_Parliament (242 words)

	Catalan Studies: Language and Character
		Although Catalan is also spoken in other areas, this section focuses on the Principat of Catalonia, for it summarises its advances and reverses in the course of history.
		Catalan is a dynamic characteristic of Catalonia and one of its most distinctive features - you'll hear Catalan being spoken wherever you go in the region.
		Catalan has an important media presence too: there are two dedicated Catalan TV channels and a Catalan-language national newspaper as well as 5 regional newspapers are published in Catalan.
	www.hispanic.bham.ac.uk /CatalanStudies/character.htm (507 words)

	U.S.ENGLISH Foundation Official Language Research - Spain: Legislation
		Certification of Catalan proficiency may not be required from any student who has been excused from leaming it during their education or a part thereof, or who has carried out his or her compulsory education outside Catalonia, in the circumstances that the government of the Generalitat shall lay down by regulations.
		Catalan is the local authorities of Catalonia's own language and thus shall be the language normally and generally used in their activities.
		Occitan dialect spoken in the Aran valley, a Catalan district (comarca) in the Pyrenees.
	www.us-english.org /foundation/research/olp/viewLegislation.asp?CID=31&LID=155 (6279 words)

	Euromosaic - Catalan in Catalonia (Spain)
		Throughout the Middle Ages, Catalan was the normal language of the subjects of the King of Aragon in the Principality of Catalonia and the Kingdoms of Majorca and Valencia.
		Following the demand from the Parliaments of the Balearic Islands (1987) and Catalonia (1988) for Catalan to be recognised as an official language of the institutions of the European Community, the European Parliament approved, on 11 December 1990, the "Resolution on the situation of languages in the Community and on the Catalan language".
		Catalan is therefore the language of habitual use of slightly over half the population of Catalonia (and almost all of the population of Catalan origin) as a result of the trend towards bilingualism among Spanish speakers.
	www.uoc.edu /euromosaic/web/document/catala/an/i1/i1.html (5547 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Catalans in Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Catalan nationalist party CiU withdrew its support from the Spanish parliamentary government after years of support, citing the scandals faced by the Socialist Party (including allegations of wiretapping and misuse of government money to fund attempts to kill members of the Basque ETA organization) and the slow progress towards decentralization.
		In the 1978 constitution, the Catalans and other groups gained the right to determine 45% of the school curricula in their regions, which allowed them to work a Catalan spin into history and other lessons.
		The Catalan regional parliament passed a law requiring that Castilian (Spanish) and Catalan be given equal treatment in schools; that radio and television stations broadcast half their programs in Catalan; and that radio stations with government concessions play Catalan-language songs at least 25% of the time.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=23002 (1230 words)

	fuoriluogo.it - Highlights
		All five political parties in the Catalan parliament in Spain have signed a proposal to legalise the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
		The agreement asks the Catalan government to negotiate with the Spanish authorities so that cannabis-either as a drug or as a standardised extract of the plant-may be used to treat medical disorders.
		Once the bill is approved in the Catalan parliament, it may be submitted to the Spanish parliament for discussion and eventual voting.
	www.fuoriluogo.it /highlights/cata.htm (374 words)

	Scottish Office: Checks and Balances in Single Chamber Parliaments: A Comparative Study: Stage 2
		4.3 In the Catalan parliament the agenda for the plenary assembly is set by the President of the Assembly (similar to the speaker at Westminster) together with the Board of Spokespeople (representatives of the parliamentary groups).
		While it is important to ensure a parliament is sufficiently resourced and has the necessary powers to carry out its legislative role and its scrutiny role, this should not be at the expense of the distinction between executive and legislative roles.
		The check on this is that all ministers still sit in parliament (although they do not have a vote), must answer questions on their policies in parliament and before committees and can be removed from office by a vote of no confidence.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /government/devolution/cbsc2-05.asp?textonly=FALSE (1398 words)

	Spanish Nationalists Hurt a Nation
		Last September the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution that Catalonia be recognized as a nation unto itself.
		The Catalans want recognition of this nationhood in the new Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, that is currently being debated in the Spanish parliament.
		Barcelona, the Catalan capital, is one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean.
	www.brusselsjournal.com /node/937/print (1028 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Catalan conundrum
		Catalan nationalists march in Barcelona in support of greater autonomy for their region from Madrid.
		The Catalan votes Mr Zapatero secured, as well as the PP's disastrous handling of the Madrid bombings, were crucial to his surprise election win.
		Ninety percent of the Catalan parliament was in favour of the draft version.
	www.guardian.co.uk /spain/article/0,,1792096,00.html (1605 words)

	euskalherria.com - GARA - Maragall: Catalan nationhood is not negotiable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Catalan party leaders, representing the entire political spectrum of the Catalan parliament with the sole exception of the party that represents the Spanish right wing, told the press that they do not seek to break away from the Spanish state, but had come to Madrid to express their united backing for the new statute.
		Ernest Benach, the Speaker of the Catalan parliament and a member of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya ('Republican Left') party, one of the three members of the Catalan governing coalition, pointed out that the approved Catalan text had been negotiated and written in Catalonia through discussions and pacts among the parties.
		And the Catalan socialist Pasqual Maragall, president of Catalonia's coalition government, who met with Spain's president Zapatero at the Moncloa palace, warned the PP that 'by directly opposing a decision made by the Catalan people through their legitimate representatives, they are likely to bring about a split-up' within the Spanish state.
	www.gara.net /english/weekly/20051003/art135052.php (449 words)

	Zapatero facing crucial test in Catalan autonomy referendum
		Catalans began voting in a referendum on giving their region increased autonomy in a crucial political test for Zapatero, as he seeks to gather support for talks with Basque separatists ETA.
		Catalans began voting in a referendum on giving their region increased autonomy in a crucial political test for Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's left wing prime minister, as he seeks to gather support for talks with Basque separatists ETA.
		The referendum enjoys wide support among Catalans and is expected to pass easily, with a recent survey indicating that close to 75 percent of Catalonia's more than 5.3 million voters are in favour of a greater say in the coastal region's affairs.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=129107 (660 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Spain approves more autonomy for Catalonia
		The Catalan people are expected to have the opportunity to vote on the issue in June, reports said.
		According to the new wording in the preamble, the regional Catalan parliament recognizes Catalonia as a ânationâ, but made clear that the Spanish Constitution referred to the northeastern region as a ânationalityâ.
		The initial version of the plan was approved by the Catalan regional parliament in September last year, but it was amended to eliminate proposals that would have allowed Catalonia to manage its own ports and airports and to have its own national sports teams.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=15317 (388 words)

	Catalan Statute reform receives setback as Republicans reject it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Republican leader Carod Rovira said the decision would not affect the makeup of the Catalan government, but would alter the party's support for the Socialists' minority government in the national parliament.
		The Republican Left of Catalonia has said the tax revenue agreements were far less than those in the original document approved by the Catalan regional parliament in September, which have been at the heart of tough negotiations over past few months in Madrid.
		It would then have to be ratified by the Catalan parliament and in a referendum in Catalonia.
	www.eitb24.com /portal/eitb24/noticia/eitb24-politics-catalan-statute-reform-receives-setback-as-republicans-reject-it?itemId=D8063&cl=/eitb24/politica&idioma=en (528 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Catalonia endorses autonomy plan
		Catalan voters have backed a new charter to give their region greater independence from Madrid.
		Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the people of Catalonia had "spoken clearly" in favour of the charter, which would bring "greater recognition of the identity" of the region.
		The referendum was the final step in a process which began last September, when Catalonia's parliament approved a new version of the Statute - the document that organises the relationship and the division of political powers between Spain and Catalonia.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/5091572.stm (412 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Catalan Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Parliament of Catalonia consists of a single house, composed of 135 members directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a four-year term of office.
		Otherwise, the Catalan electoral system is identical to the system used to choose members of the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
		In a referendum held in June 2006, Catalan voters overwhelmingly approved a new statute of autonomy.
	www.electionresources.org /es/cat (578 words)

	Catalan parliament pushes for legalisation of cannabis as therapy -- Bosch 322 (7285): 511 -- BMJ
		Catalan parliament pushes for legalisation of cannabis as therapy
		The agreement asks the Catalan government to negotiate with the Spanish authorities so that cannabis—either as a drug or as a standardised extract of the plant—may be used to treat medical disorders.
		A spokesman for the health ministry said that regardless of the Catalan measure the Spanish National Plan on Drugs—a Home Office based body—is currently studying the potential medical use of cannabis, and a decision will be taken on the basis of the recommendations of the commissioned studies under way.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/322/7285/511/a (655 words)

	U.S.ENGLISH Foundation Official Language Research - Spain: Language issues
		The Law of the Catalan Language, approved by the Catalan regional legislature (Generalitat) in 1998, stipulates the use of CATALAN as the official language in local government and administrative offices, regional courts, publicly owned corporations, and private companies subsidized by the Catalan regional government.
		The Civic Catalan Coexistence, headed by a right-wing Catalan MEP Aleix Vidal —Quadras, delivered a petition last December (1999) to the European Parliament in which they demanded an investigation on the hypothetical infringement of the rights of the Spanish-speakers by the Catalan institutions.
		Catalan is spoken in four states, but only Andorra, the non-EU member state, has it as the official language on the whole territory.
	www.us-english.org /foundation/research/olp/viewResearch.asp?CID=31&TID=3 (2582 words)

	Catalan parliament pushes for legalisation of cannabis as therapy -- Bosch 322 (7285): 511 -- BMJ
		All five political parties in the Catalan parliament in Spain have signed a proposal to legalise the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
		The agreement asks the Catalan government to negotiate with the Spanish authorities so that cannabis—either as a drug or as a standardised extract of the plant—may be used to treat medical disorders.
		A spokesman for the health ministry said that regardless of the Catalan measure the Spanish National Plan on Drugs—a Home Office based body—is currently studying the potential medical use of cannabis, and a decision will be taken on the basis of the recommendations of the commissioned studies under way.
	www.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/322/7285/511/a (745 words)

	CCRTV - Act creating
		The assigning of functions to the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation is done without detriment to the responsibilities of the Parliament of Catalonia and the Executive Council of the Generalitat and to those responsibilities which belong to the electoral councils during election periods.
		The director general of the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation is nominated by the Executive Council of the Generalitat upon prior consultation with the board of directors.
		The Catalan Broadcasting Corporation, as an entity of public service, is subject to the provisions of this Law and the complementary provisions relating to its development.
	www.ccrtv.com /regulacio/regulacio_llei_creacio_eng.htm (3181 words)

	IES -- Transcripts 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As far as Catalan is concerned, we can see that, while it is not official in one of the Communities where it is spoken in part (Aragon), it is official with a different name in another (Valencia), causing a wide range of legal and political problems.
		The second seeks an increase of the presence of Catalan in the media and cultural industries and a move forward regarding the actual use of Catalan in social and economic fields.
		As Catalonia's own language, Catalan has to be used as a rule in the Administration and institutions, despite the individual right to use either of the official languages when dealing with them.
	www.ies.ubc.ca /events/pubs/costa.html (9220 words)

	The Catalan affair, by Ignacio Ramonet
		Under the terms of this constitutionally recognised statute, the Catalan government (the Generalitat) is empowered to establish an independent police force and has devolved responsibilities for education, health, social security, language and culture, and regional development.
		It was approved in September 2005 by 90% of the members of the Catalan parliament and is under discussion in the parliament in Madrid.
		But despite all this, on 21 January the prime minister reached an agreement with the leader of the Catalan nationalist party, and the new Catalan statute is to be adopted, with a few amendments to bring it into line with the Spanish constitution.
	mondediplo.com /2006/02/01spain (636 words)

	Catalan parliament speaker meets the King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The King of Spain greeted the parliament speaker of the Catalan regional government Ernest Benach in the Palacio de la Zarzuela (Madrid) this morning.
		The King asked the parliament speaker about how the debate went and how the change was felt in Catalonia after 23 years of the same government.
		The Catalan representative told the monarch that “as of this debate, there is a new president, a new majority”, and he will take office on December 20th.
	www.thinkspain.com /news-spain/1646 (381 words)

	Speaker of the Catalan parliament Ernest Benach praises truth of ‘Salvador’ film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		“The speaker of Catalonia’s parliament, Ernest Benach, has bemoaned the fact that there are so few films which tell the “true history” of the region, citing the recently-released Salvador as a rare exception.
		The movie about Salvador Puig Antich, who was executed in Barcelona’s Modelo Prison in 1974, is “of great service to the cause of Catalan cinema and culture,” Benach wrote on his Internet blog earlier this week.
		The Catalan Republican Left politician recalled that the execution of the anarchist spurred him to start “committing myself to the fight against injustice, barbarity and fascism.” According to the film’s director, Spain “has forgotten the Franco regime too quickly.””
	www.barcelonareporter.com /index.php/news/comments/speaker_of_the_catalan_parliament_ernest_benach_praises_truth_of_salvador_f (510 words)

	Political instability in Catalan region of Spain following election losses for ruling party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Catalan nationalist party of Jordi Pujol lost four seats and 150,000 votes in the October elections.
		The number of IU seats in the European parliament diminished from nine to four; the number of councillors dropped from 3,493 to 2,297 and it lost 39 representatives in the regions.
		The electoral losses of the more moderate Catalan nationalists of the CiU, discredited by the experiences of government and their social policies, have sounded the alarm for the Spanish bourgeoisie.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/dec1999/span-d04.shtml (1167 words)

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