Portal:Current events/2017 October 27
October 27, 2017 (Friday)
Politics and elections
- Catalan independence referendum, 2017, Catalan Republic (2017), 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis
- Catalonia declares independence from Spain. (CNN)
- The Parlament of Catalonia votes and starts a "constituent" process towards independence from the Kingdom of Spain. The Senate of Spain votes to permit direct rule according to article 155 of the Spanish Constitution. (BBC) (NPR) (Reuters)
- The euro drops to a three-month low after the declaration is made. (Fund Strategy), (Reuters)
- Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy dissolves the Parliament of Catalonia, dismisses the Government of Catalonia and calls a regional election for December 21. He also fires the police chief and announces the takeover of regional ministries by the national government. (Reuters)
- 2017 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
- The High Court of Australia finds that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce of the National Party and several senators were ineligible for the 2016 federal election. (ABC)
- The government led by Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull loses its one-seat majority unless Joyce wins a by-election in the Division of New England. (9 News)