Meanings of spanish senate in English

The vote in the Spanish senate is a formality.

Soon after, the Spanish Senate granted Mr Rajoy's government the power to impose direct rule on Catalonia.

The law will now move to the Spanish senate where it is expected to be approved early next week.

The Spanish senate has passed a law that will ban Batasuna, the political party of the militant Basque separatist group ETA.

SPAIN: The Spanish senate yesterday passed a law that will ban Batasuna, the political party of the militant Basque separatist group ETA.

Within minutes, the Spanish senate had rendered that proclamation obsolete by approving prime minister Mariano Rajoy's plan to implement direct rule in Catalonia.

Minutes later, the Spanish senate granted the government in Madrid unprecedented powers to impose direct rule on Catalonia under article 155 of the constitution.

Within minutes, the Spanish senate responded by approving article 155 of the constitution, allowing the central government to take direct control of the northeastern region.