La "questione catalana" : un passato che sempre ritorna

The essay aims at analysing the political perspectives and the steps carrying out by Catalan public powers towards independence from Spain, especially calling a referendum which was illegal from the point of view of Spanish constitutional law and international law. The "Catalan issue" is difficult to solve because Spain is now involved in a deep political crisis with a distrust between citizens and national political parties and a weakness of its government. The concluding remarks of the essay try to answer a question: are the constitutional reforms the right way to solve the Catalan crisis? It's possible, but it's necessary to build a common ground of values negotiated between Catalonia and "the rest" of Spain, which is very difficult to achieve.

Il saggio si propone di illustrare gli aspetti più significativi del lungo percorso della Catalogna verso l'indipendenza dalla nazione spagnola.