quotes the law the message constitutional court rulings must be published. part of the ritual is to keep track of the number of days that this law has been ignored by prime minister b. artist should. there. not be. then they hand out copies of the constitution but it soon becomes clear that the issues surrounding the constitution and the constitutional court is complicated too complicated for some. not all poles see the problem of their judiciary losing its independence so sometimes protesting can be a lonely business. many are what you could call politically opportunistic they all have their own lives their own families that's what they value most. that's understandable but short sighted we want people to look to the future. the protestors put some effort into making their caravan cozy here now it's like a home away from home. you just we've gotten used to it we already spent a spring summer autumn and winter here now we're into the second year we've weathered all seasons so we know we can do is. sit up. at the outset they voted to keep protesting until the

campaign is a protest in the right wing government's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of constitutional court rulings when the court rejected a judicial reform pushed through by the ruling the law and justice party for example prime minister should was simply fail to publish the ruling. just said i'm not going to accept the destruction of democracy in this country. what's going on is unbelievable two years ago i wouldn't have thought it was possible. but not everyone supports the protesters caravan campaign. where harassed sometimes cyclists spit at us when they ride by it happens but there are a minority some people honk their horns most people just don't react at all. they're horrified by what's happening in poland public media has become store she pro-government did you dish really has been weakened with checks and balances in jeopardy. if things continue like this polish democracy won't survive. but constantly protesting takes its toll. could go home but it doesn't until recently she was a housewife looking after her daughter. now she's a political activist with a mission her life changed

campaign is a protesting the right wing government's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of constitutional court rulings when the court rejected a traditional reform pushed through by the ruling the law and justice party for example prime minister should was simply fail to publish the ruling. just said i'm not going to accept the destruction of democracy in this country. what's going on is unbelievable two years ago i wouldn't have thought it was possible. but not everyone supports the protesters caravan campaign. where harassed sometimes cyclists spit at us when they ride by it happens. but there are a minority some people honk their horns most people just don't react at all. they're horrified by what's happening in poland public media has become staunchly pro-government did you dish really has been weakened with checks and balances in jeopardy. if things continue like this polish democracy won't survive. but constantly protesting takes its toll. could go home but it doesn't until recently she was a housewife looking after her daughter. now she's a political activist with a mission her life's c

even though spain's constitutional court has banned the move. a poll by the regional governments opinion study center held in july. so that forty one point one percent back independence while forty nine point nine percent rejected. however seventy percent wanna hold a referendum to settle the question once and for all. alright let's get an update now on the day's top business news ana is back with us in the studio and uncle whistling all up with a look at the. financial cost of the to be heartened hitting says in the past few weeks that's right the kitchen is actually bigger than either harvey or irma. but it's it's very rare for two massive storm systems to hit the us mainland within two weeks each other. so the combined impact of those two storms. could lead the most expensive here ever for insurance providers early estimates for urban economic toll revise down to between twenty and forty billion dollars. while harvey which it texas and louisiana could because insurers anywhere from twenty five to thirty five million dollars. meteorology meteo

a phenomenon i study my book is the self conscious claiming of constitutional protections and the supreme court giving them constitutional protection to corporations. this was one manifestation of that larger phenomenon. >> host: "we the corporations" how american businesses won their civil rights. in your view what is the impact? >> guest: the corporate rights movement is one of the great unknown yet hugely successful sofa rights movement in american history where racial minorities and women and lgbt people have fought to gain constitutional protections and gain equal rights were once denied, the same thing with corporations. they use those rights to challenge different kinds of regulations over the course of american history. today they are turning those rights to striking down laws that restrict freedom of speech. the labeling laws he mentioned her citizens united to prevent them from spending money on politics. we are seeing corporations being very of restive. >> host: are there any cases in the upcoming session that are along this line? >> we don't have a need this terms that are corporate

may the twenty fourth was a day of joy for gays and lesbians in taiwan that's when its constitutional court ruled that the civil code was incompatible with the constitution because it doesn't recognize same sex marriage the court gave the legislature two years to rework the law szechenyi long build sets for a television soap opera he lives with his boyfriend and his companion to a same sex marriage for years the court ruling was hotly discussed by the team at his t.v. studio. things are fine here just one colleague had a hard time with everything he was hearing on the media then we had a talk and now he accepts that i'm gay and we get on really well. shechinah long says it's important to talk about things with the people you work with to explain what you stand for and why same sex couples should have the same legal status as heterosexual ones. when colleagues ask why i fight so hard. i always cite an example. last november my boyfriend had an accident i had to go to his father to ask for a power of attorney so i could make a decision on my boyfriend's behalf. even after he was given the pow

campaign is a protest in the right wing government's refusal to recognize the legitimacy of constitutional court rulings when the court rejected a judicial reform pushed through by the ruling the law and justice party for example prime minister should was simply fail to publish the ruling. just said i'm not going to accept the destruction of democracy in this country. what's going on is unbelievable two years ago i wouldn't have thought it was possible. but not everyone supports the protesters caravan campaign. where harassed sometimes. cyclists spit at us when they ride by it happens. but there are a minority some people honk their horns most people just don't react at all. they're horrified by what's happening in poland public media has become store she pro-government did you dish really has been weakened with checks and balances in jeopardy. if things continue like this polish democracy won't survive. but constantly protesting takes its toll. could go home but it doesn't until recently she was a housewife looking after her daughter. now she's a political activist with a mission her life's cha

including several cases where he specifically represented corporations seeking constitutional protections from the supreme court. daniel webster i call him in my book the corporations lawyer. he's known in history memory as the defender of the constitution and he was also the defendant of the corporation and his influence was one that really enhanced the role of business in our constitutional system. >> host: what's the advantage for corporations to get that protection? >> guest: seems kind of abstract that corporation might have rights. the use rights in the same way you individuals use rights, as a trump against the government. when the government represents-- regular rates businesses they can use these constitutional rights to challenge that regulation and corporations have been successful over the course of american history targeting various kinds of legislation that taxed them, subject to special taxes were regulatory burden by arguing those burdens infringe their constitutional rights. we see per instance a series of cases now where corporations are challenging labeling laws, disclosure laws such as warni

it's asked the spanish constitutional court to nullify the cata la n constitutional court to nullifys vote to hold the referendum. four thaad missile launchers are being installed on a former golf course at a site 200km south of seoul. but there've been clashes between protesters and police over the deployment of the controversial us anti—missile system designed to protect the country against mounting threats from the north. lets pick up on the business news with sally. a challenge for the head of the european central bank, a decision? indeed. will he make that decision? indeed. will he make that decision or an announcement of a decision or an announcement of a decision today? that is the big question, i am on ecb watch yet again. we start in frankfurt, where in a few hours' time the european central bank holds its latest policy meeting. the big question — when will it begin to raise interest rates from their historic lows, and start unwinding the massive economic stimulus programme that's been in place since the financial crisis? some say it's about time, but it's a big dilemma for

has been another significant legal move to die and that is that the constitutional court has come out and once again has said that the referendum is illegal and that. will start this weekend to fine the members of the cattle on the electoral board twenty two members are not electoral board and the constitutional court in madrid is saying that it will impose fines of between twelve thousand and six thousand euros per person per day if they don't back down and issue an order suspending this referendum so they're trying to hit them in the pocket they're trying to seize by. i guess we saw with the raids and arrests yesterday trying to arrest the personnel in charge of organization but this has been the response from the people they say they will continue to vote. thank you very much indeed. tens of thousands of the supporters have held a rally in the yemeni capital sana'a it. was marched into the capitol took power bunging the country into conflict since then at least ten thousand people have been killed and the destruction and violence continues across the country are. a show of force by

arrested for their role in organizing an independence referendum deemed illegal by the country's constitutional court hundreds of pro independence supporters gathered outside the courthouse in the regional capital barcelona to demand their release tensions between madrid and catalonia are increasing as the vote planned for october the first rule is near. all of germany is in the throes of election fever all of germany here on long and this one of the ten high like islands in the north sea people get more worked up about runaway roundness elections to germany's parliament the bundestag of this sunday parties are not important here between the mudflats and the meadows here the issues are different from those in the rest of the country. but it. no. longer this is an easy to reach or even to see here in the middle of our picture that i like rises from the north sea barely. beats just a few meters above sea level so how like is not a normal island there are no dunes or dykes the sea floods the land regularly. almost everything has to be brought here by ship including the roughly one hundred ballots where

include organizing and facilitating the first referendum which the central government the constitutional court has clearly come out and said is illegal but the pro independent supporters are not taking not for nonstop they say now is their time they say it is now or never and now very firmly out on the streets today to show that they're determined to turn out day after day until october the first so that they do have the right to go to the polls the polls the problem is that the spanish police forces have been actually in an auction already this week they've seized ten million ballots. they've seized forty five thousand registered letters that were going to be sent out to the election scrutineers so the question really is if they don't have the apparatus of being able to organize the vote if the people the officials who will go in are the vote were detained how really is this going to go ahead but passions are running high these people are determined that one way or another that folks will go ahead lauren. the central government any official announcements today. well there are a number of thin

arrested for their role in organizing an independence referendum deemed illegal by the country's constitutional court hundreds of pro independence supporters gathered outside the courthouse in the regional capital both alone to demand their release tensions between madrid in catalonia are increasing as the vote planned for the first group is near madrid has said it will deploy more police in the region to maintain order and to act if the banned referendum takes place. on. the. ride sharing app could lose its license and one of its most important markets transport for london argues it's for security reasons and users are outraged. also coming up president i'm annoyed because controversial labor remarket reform in france is signed the workers aren't letting it happen without a fight trade unions say the law will take the country back to the nineteenth century. and two steel giants well merged and thousands of workers in germany are worried we'll take you to the core of the german mining industry. it's time for business on the w. and thank you for joining us transport authorities in london have to cited

cases in the court many of them interpreting them for the first time and they represented a business interests including several where they represented corporations that were seeking constitutional protections in the supreme court. when the government regulates business and the wa way that businesses don't like they can use the constitutional rights challenge the regulation. they subjected them to special taxes and regulatory burdens. we see a series of cases where they are challenging the neighboring walls and disclosure such as warnings for customers we don't want a big warning label on a pack of cigarettes or gm used to produce milk. it's designed to help the public interest. one of the interesting things i found is many of the things we think about in liberal and conservative get flipped when we think about the history of corporate rights. it lives on in america's revelation is the notorious dred scott case in the 1850s by saying they have no right. but to my surprise many people find out that he was a corporate reformer and very much opposed to corporate rights when he was chief justice of the court had a push to scale back and limit the constitutional rights of the corpora

decide to vote yes in a referendum for independence and that was immediately struck out by the constitutional court here in madrid and of course the government of money and of the holy has said that you know this is completely and utterly unconstitutional but the regional government has decided to ignore that and they've pushed ahead with it and this is where we are in the situation where basically the word i would describe for it is that confusion i don't confusion will continue on sunday when the vote either happens or doesn't you'll be reporting for us problem. for that jury is former chancellor gerhard schroeder has joined the board of russia's state controlled oil company that the appointment has provoked controversy and criticism in germany since ross stepped as subject to sanctions imposed on russia for its actions in ukraine charter says those sanctions are unreasonable. if the company is expanding its presence in the international market record pace this is ross image film and in the future their expansion will be done under the auspices off gas. the former german chancellor has been elect

politicians and officials the spanish government says it had a right to do this because the constitutional court ten declared the referendum illegal. because we have the necessary instruments to stop the referendum if you think those who don't want to play by democratic rules won't get away with it. from now the two sides look like being on a collision course with nine down willing to back down. well it's going to do for us here on day w. news before we go here's a reminder of our headline this hour germany's vice chancellors ignore gabrial has warned against nationalism and address to the united nations wanting a counterpoint to the u.s. policy of america first kaberle said a stronger u.n. and more international cooperation is needed. as did every news thanks for watching . the whole g w o m one. for in focus global insights.

politicians and officials the spanish government says it had a right to do this because the constitutional court had declared the referendum illegal. well maybe we have the necessary instruments to stop the referendum you don't want to play by democratic rules. we don't know whether or. not this time he's willing to back down the next protests are expected on sunday. news live from his a reminder of our top stories this hour emergency workers in mexico work through the night to rescue a school girl trapped in the rubble of a collapsed school more than two hundred thirty people on an confirms dad as a result of tuesday's earthquake. and german chancellor and i'm going to makeover house offer to help resolve the north korea crisis in an exclusive interview with dado here she says diplomacy is the only way forward with going young just days after u.s. president donald trump threatened to destroy north korea. i set you up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course there's always the website that's the w dot com of the day. the whole d w one out. for in focus glob

politicians and officials the spanish government says it had a right to do this because the constitutional court ten declared the referendum illegal. because we have the necessary instruments to stop the referendum if you think those who don't want to play by democratic rules won't get away with it. for now the two sides look like being on a collision course with nine willing to back down. tell us calendar is one of the busiest in sports and now there's another tournament that's been added to the circuit a waiver cup is similar to go ryder cup although in this case it pits a european team against a world side you know groban is this friday in progress features a star studded lineup. rafael nadal and roger federer are used to facing off for the game's biggest prizes in prague world number one and two will be on the same side as part of team europe. captain bjorn borg believes the competition is going to take off i believe it's going to be one of the greats of the future. to be to be the captain of. the competition sees power grid human old rivalry with john mcenroe the fiery american is the capta

more importantly, the procedures with our legislative branch and the decision of our constitutional court turned out in a very legal and orderly manner. the election was held it may and we had a fresh, new start. i am proud to say this was the victory and triumph of the rule our ally,ch came from the united states. this of course would not be the end of the story. the remaining part of this how the newll be government will accommodate various endeavors and voices of the people on the street. without fully taking them to populist parties. the second challenge lies in the socioeconomic area. before i went to india, i had teaching university international relations and getting along with young students. i was surprised to know how frustrated they are. theirworried about resentment. were sneering at themselves spoone born with a dirty in their mouth. korea.in hell's with people are struggling many difficulties. normal procedure for my generation now seemed to be a difficult task to achieve. the window of opportunity for them are becoming narrower and the social stratification is getting more

this is an illegal referendum according to the spanish constitutional court.solutely wa nt the people of catalonia absolutely want to have this referendum and one can imagine the vote will be, yes, we want to be a separate entity, separate from the rest of spain. it is quite a significant area, north—east spain, 7.5 million people, about 16% of the population. it is quite important to the spanish economy, whatever present other exports, it has its own language and its own career culture. —— 25% of their exports. that is a problem because if we insist this is an illegal referendum there is a danger in trying to close it down. and is the prospect of violence, i would thought, much better to have swallowed the pill and said, we have to have an illegal one. you never know. that is what the leaders of both sides are saying. we need to mediate, to stop this because it is getting silly. back to the sunday times to finish. rezgu for 100,000 tourists as the monarch faces collapse, not a great time for airlines? it is worrying, looking any seats on low—cost airline... t

politicians and officials the spanish government says it had a right to do this because the constitutional court ten declared the referendum illegal. we have the necessary instruments to stop the referendum if you think those who don't want to play by democratic rules won't get away with it. so now the two sides look one thing on a condition course nine down willing to back down. germany goes to the polls on sunday for federal elections and we are t.-w. want you to join in the discussion follow our coverage online d.w. dot com get your updates on the don't use facebook page or follow us on twitter using the hash tag germany these sites social media site is waiting to hear from you. this is news live from brandon still to come germany tries to safety here around the nuclear deal foreign minister signal government is due to address the united nations and we'll bring you back to life. and business germany second biggest bank could be said for i merger that was in the house that the rumor mill is in overdrive willing to reveal its stories and investors are placing their bets comet's bank shares have

the government and spanish constitutional court have been unambiguous. they say the vote is illegal and they have taken many steps to stop it from happening. they have seized 10 million ballots. they have prevented the referendum website being accessible within the region. they may even go as far as cutting off electricity in voting booths. if against the odds it happens and the catalan independence movement wins out the question becomes about its legitimacy. in 2014 there was a nonbinding vote on independence which the catalan independence won. if something similar happens this time around will they be given the kind of international credibility to function in other countries? genie: how much do people in catalonia really want independence or is this just anger about madrid meddling in catalonia's affairs? >> 49% of people want to remain part of spain. shrink amid a to perception that madrid is conducting a power grab and disenfranchising voters. whether they are reacting to madrid or whether they wanted independence for a long time it's a big issue. as

the referendum has been declared illegal under the spanish constitutional court, but cattle and has aion people. they want their own identity, they want to break away. they already have their own language and their own culture. spain is split down the middle. polls are showing that only ao% of a bull support the referendum. so they still haven't won it yet. —— ao% of people support. the odd thing about tomorrow, which is the spanish government trying to stop people from voting, is that it will get the people out who want to vote no to independence. and they just people out who want to vote no to independence. and theyjust possibly could win it. gosh, referendums are a lwa ys could win it. gosh, referendums are always such a joy, aren't they? it is not like they ever truly resolve anything. yes, they should be banned. we will end with the sunday telegraph. passengers' plans up a gearas telegraph. passengers' plans up a gear as monarch airlines face as they fight for the future. this is not the first time that monarch has beenin not the first time that monarch has been in dire straits,

vote in your young do a number of families including the pater's have taken their case to the constitutional court they feel it's a sad reflection on german democracy that the court has to make a decision on a matter that politicians should have addressed. the german government has pledged to look into improving the law before and so far those promises have turned up empty citizens are also fighting for democracy in poland activists concerned about what they view as an erosion of crucial checks and balances in the country have decided to camp out on parliament's doorstep and protest literally since coming to power critics say the conservative law and justice party has sought to undermine been years of democratic progress in the land widely considered a post soviet success story a small group of protesters are holding vigils in a caravan right in the middle of warsaw. oh yes of a new early in the morning on the rise is the chills hillary sees of prime minister b. artist should walk. on the left is a caravan. it's occupant. is just getting up as usual she starts the day feeding the.

the spanish government said the constitutional court had declared the referendum illegal. >> we have the necessary instruments to stop the referendum. those who don't want to play by democratic roles won't get away with it. >> decides look like they are on -- the two sides look like they are on a collision course. >> other stories making news. the kenya president has accused the country's supreme court of staging a coup. there was a court decision to a no last month -- annull last month's presidential election. a new vote is scheduled for october 26. iraq has launched a major offensive to retake the last stronghold of the islamic state. the prime minister has predicted another victory in the town, about 240 kilometers north of the capital, baghdad. the extremes territory has been tricking fast over the last few months -- extremist territory has been shrinking fast over the last few months. greenpeace was refusing to leave the ship until it takes these oil guzzling cars back to germany. they are protesting the sale of vehicles that emit toxic fumes. tabloids are abuzz with news that t

the administration of barcelona will attempt to hold referendum in defiance of the constitutional courtme minister. manus: let's get to barcelona where our reporter is standing by. good morning to you. this vote, is it really going to happen? why do they want independence from hundred? -- from madrid? the word here in barcelona is confusion. i am talking to people in barcelona. they are convinced the vote will happen. i have spoke to officials as they the vote will happen. officials in madrid are telling me this will not happen. there might be minor votes. in terms of how did this happen, a lot had to do with a distinct history, but a lot goes back to 2012 when the crisis started. they feel mistreated by the central government and they don't get enough regional funders. they put in more than they get in return. they will be better off if they go at it alone. anna: our markets being too complacent about the situation -- our markets being too complacent about the situation? there has not been much of a spike up in relation to where we were in the eurocrisis. reporter: definitely. bund,not

brent: spain's constitutional court has suspended a law a day after it was approved by the catalan parliamentthe move blocks away for an october 1 ballot on independence. the prime minister said earlier on thursday that he had appealed to the court to declare the referendum illegal. the constitution ss spain is indivisible. the law will be suspended while the judges consider arguments that the vote reaches the constitution. and the detection of gravitational waves was a scientific sensation when it happened in 2015. now a german physicist has received one of europe's top prizes for helping to make the breakthrough. he has picked up the kerber prize in hamburg for his pioneering research. with his team he developed the high precision layers -- lasers used to show that gravitational waves exist. correspondent: billions of years ago, a major cosmic event occurs. a star explodes, two buchholz collide -- black holes collide. now thanks to this man, we know more about this than ever before. >> i am a physicist and i want to hear the universe. correspondent: invisible to the human eye, gravitational

than one hundred thousand cattle on government propaganda posters and last week the spotless constitutional court suspended legislation passed in the catalan parliament which allowed the vote to take place this friday barcelona the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing that public money will not be spent on the referendum otherwise spain will take control over part of catalonia as budget not a single euro of the catalans will be directed toward them a legal referendum that is wanted by a few. well perhaps more polish government thinks as many as fifty percent of current ones are in favor of independence according to the latest polls one where we spoke. with treatment of catalonia shows democracy is not in good shape it's been. a mess i think it's very sad it's more than just indignation to see the democratic generation of the spanish state and this feels bad this is what we regret most of all but that's all we are calm we have a lot of work to do in the municipality and we'll continue working for the people that's what is important for us the majority of t

being in a democracy that was not acting as such was increasing the stars and then finally the constitutional court returned to the capital and people were as the two we had a great deal of those of the same one was clearly a different document and one that lost court hearing the three of them so that these the immediate and the see that but for me doing more important than something that's not to intentionally you can call it that kind of principle so it's determination is something that it's acknowledged in international law but the spanish estate as if these constitute the date it's not acknowledging that he needs territory it's a nod to for example in scotland scotland votes. to adults of not good why not for the catholic is a question of principle to leave you know the mark received that is able to have knowledge and if i may say something also i remember in the origins of totally terrorism. what's most important to do in order to avoid. political regime to crush the problems of the people the first thing that you need to do is to isolate the individual you for you kind of cross the freedoms o

arrested for their role in organizing an independence referendum deemed illegal by the country's constitutional court hundreds of probably independent supporters gathered outside the courthouse in the regional capital barcelona to demand their release tensions between madrid and catalonia increasing as the vote planned for october the first draws near. today i'm in berlin from the central station it's just a short walk to the german capital government quarter built in the years following the cold war everything is big and shiny made mostly of concrete and glass. and right in the middle of all this modern architecture is the historic price tag building one of prelims most visited sites this is where the german parliament known as the been a stock convenes it's a center of power and tourist magnet unlike. today i'm going to explore the in and outs of the rice stock from its underground tunnels all the way up to the glass cupla also show you plenty of sites in the around the government quarter and i'll have a photo op with angela merkel herself believe me wait and see. we'll also visit the brandenburg g

what is really nifty about state constitutions, is that state courts can interpret them to provide greater freedom than the national constitution, but they cannot interpret them to provide less protection than the federal constitution. i call this a freedom ratchet. because you can only decide in one direction. obviously if you decide your state constitution gives you less protection than the federal constitution steps in and gives you greater protection and it's really a tremendous thing. just to give you one example of a case that i litigated a few years ago. most state constitutions contain a provision that i wish was in the federal constitution. it's called the gift clause. and the gift clause prohibits gifts of public funds. to private corporations, individuals or associations. >> there is no such provision in the u.s. constitution. we use that to strike down taxpayer subsidies of, of shopping malls in arizona. you can imagine and you know as californians, you know that the myriad instances in which taxpayer funds are given to private individuals for various purposes. i'm happy to say

the court had done a confusing rewriting of the constitution and the current court has really changed that and limited the scope of the establishment clause. the case that went to the supreme court that i litigated was a case involving the cleveland voucher program in 2002 and it was upheld by the resounding vote of 5-4. just to show the divide on the court, the dissenters in that case argued that if we upheld, if the court upheld that voucher program, that we would see religious strife of the same degree that we saw in bosnia and northern ireland. of course, as a litigator, i thought that was ridiculous and in fact, we have not seen any such religious strife flowing from that decision, but nonetheless, that illustrates the divide. an issue of course that a lot of about feel very strongly is the second amendment. and of course, the united states supreme court, reading the second amendment and applying it plain meaning and historical meaning, ruled that the second amendment provides an individual right to the ownership of guns. issueat obviously is an that had not been resolved before

constitution. did to hillar. in front of barcelona's high court thousands of pro independence protesters gathered. chanting we will vote and urging the release of several catalan government officials. climate is good news tell these people on staff families. when did we will defend the me here hands now. but if it in front of the high court. catatonia. roaders histiocytic again. spanish police arrested over a dozen members in connection to catalonia's planned october one referendum on independence. they've also confiscated millions of ballot papers. no this is a little bit about the using of passion to tyrants out. welcome to get time. site is are going to continue taking the struggle for the street it's up to us young people. to make social change. and it's all about whether for against an appendix everyone has the right to vote. the spanish government has vowed to do all it can to prevent what it calls an outlawed referendum from taking place. on wednesday prime minister mariano to high called on separatists leaders to quote. stop the escalation of radicalism and disobedience once and for all. c

october and madrid has been doing everything in its power to scupper it last week the spanish constitutional court suspended the referendum legislation passed in the cattle and parliament which had paved the way for the vote and just last wednesday madrid launched an investigation into seven hundred twelve catalan mayors who have pledged their support for the secession campaign there just friday barcelona the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing that federal money will not be spent on referendum purposes otherwise spain is set to strip catalonia of its budget and will be paying its bills instead not a single euro of the catalans will be directed toward them a legal referendum that is wanted but if you. not so few actually as according to numerous polls up to eighty percent of catalans will be voting in favor of independence while mayor we spoke to says woodridge treatment of catalonia shows democracy isn't about waynes. i think it's very sad it's more than just indignation to see the democratic generation of the spanish state and this feels bad this is wha

mentioned the madrid's been doing everything in its power to scupper it last week the spanish constitutional court suspended legislation passed in the catalan parliament which paves the way for the vote and this wednesday madrid launched an investigation into seven hundred twelve catalan mayors who pledged their support for the secession campaign there was another twist on friday barcelona the region's capital was given forty eight hours to sign an agreement guaranteeing that public money will not be spent on the referendum otherwise the threat is spain will take control of a part of catalonia his budget not a single euro of the catalans will be directed towards a legal referendum that is wanted by a few. well perhaps not so few actually according to numerous polls up to eighty percent will be voting in favor of independence one man we spoke to says treatment of catalonia shows democracy isn't a bad way in spain right. i think it's very sad it's more than just indignation to see the democratic generation of the spanish state and this feels bad this is what we regret most of all but that's all we a

advertising calling for participating in there were a friend and i know it's seen by the constitutional court. my professor of the. public service broadcaster they have they now said one day considered to be political instrument only station their. media have established a frame of reference which reflects only the nationalist version of reality they haven't even had to work out that. they've simply excluded more than half of the catalonians population from their frame of reference. hundred or not even to. as the catalan media both of her independence and we defend that there is a majority of people who want to sort out the future of catalonia and decide it with their votes what divides the kaplan people is how to achieve this and this division is also visible in the catholic media. couldn't see. if you look at thirteen daily newspapers they have different editorial lines some support the right to vote on october first some are against that i don't see a coherent unified message it's exactly the opposite in fact there are many voices that articulate different opinions through these outlets. o