The aim of this thesis is to analyse, from a comparative perspective, the regional referendums promoted in Veneto and Catalonia, within the context of the tensions between territorial autonomy and state unity in the Italian and Spanish constitutional systems. To this end, the initiatives adopted by the Veneto Region regarding greater autonomy will be examined, with particular reference to Regional Law No. 16/2014, aimed at calling a referendum on the region’s independence. Judgment No. 118/2015 of the Constitutional Court will also be analysed, highlighting its main problematic aspects and those most debated in legal scholarship, leading up to the referendum of 22 October 2017, whose political and institutional context and subsequent developments will be examined. As regards the Catalan case, the political and institutional process that unfolded following the 2006 reform of the Statute of Autonomy and the subsequent tensions with the central government will be reconstructed, focusing in particular on Constitutional Court ruling No. 42/2014 and on the main stages of the independence process that culminated in the referendum of 1 October 2017. The comparison between the two cases highlights the different ways in which Veneto and Catalonia have expressed their territorial claims and the various institutional responses to attempts at popular consultation.
La presente tesi si pone come obiettivo quello di analizzare in prospettiva comparata i referendum regionali promossi in Veneto e in Catalogna, nel quadro delle tensioni tra autonomia territoriale e unità dello Stato negli ordinamenti italiano e spagnolo. A tal fine, verranno esaminate le iniziative adottate dalla Regione Veneto in materia di maggiore autonomia, con particolare riferimento alla legge regionale n. 16/2014, finalizzata all’indizione di un referendum sull’indipendenza della Regione. Verrà inoltre analizzata la sentenza n. 118/2015 della Corte costituzionale, evidenziandone i principali profili problematici e gli aspetti maggiormente discussi in dottrina, fino ad arrivare al referendum del 22 ottobre 2017, di cui saranno esaminati il contesto politico-istituzionale e i successivi sviluppi. Per quanto riguarda il caso catalano, verrà ricostruito il processo politico-istituzionale sviluppatosi a partire dalla riforma dello Statuto di autonomia del 2006 e dalle successive tensioni con lo Stato centrale, soffermandosi in particolare sulla sentenza n. 42/2014 del Tribunal Constitucional e sulle principali tappe del processo indipendentista culminato nel referendum del 1° ottobre 2017. La comparazione tra i due casi consente di mettere in luce le differenti modalità attraverso cui Veneto e Catalogna hanno espresso le proprie rivendicazioni territoriali e le diverse risposte istituzionali ai tentativi di consultazione popolare.
I referendum regionali tra autonomia e unità dello Stato: Veneto e Catalogna in prospettiva comparata
SCALABRIN, ANNALISA
2025/2026
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to analyse, from a comparative perspective, the regional referendums promoted in Veneto and Catalonia, within the context of the tensions between territorial autonomy and state unity in the Italian and Spanish constitutional systems. To this end, the initiatives adopted by the Veneto Region regarding greater autonomy will be examined, with particular reference to Regional Law No. 16/2014, aimed at calling a referendum on the region’s independence. Judgment No. 118/2015 of the Constitutional Court will also be analysed, highlighting its main problematic aspects and those most debated in legal scholarship, leading up to the referendum of 22 October 2017, whose political and institutional context and subsequent developments will be examined. As regards the Catalan case, the political and institutional process that unfolded following the 2006 reform of the Statute of Autonomy and the subsequent tensions with the central government will be reconstructed, focusing in particular on Constitutional Court ruling No. 42/2014 and on the main stages of the independence process that culminated in the referendum of 1 October 2017. The comparison between the two cases highlights the different ways in which Veneto and Catalonia have expressed their territorial claims and the various institutional responses to attempts at popular consultation.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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