A Junts Pel Si (Together For Yes) supporter displays pins after polls closed in a regional parliamentary election in Barcelona, Spain, September 27, 2015. REUTERS/Albert Gea
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament on Thursday approved measures giving the Constitutional Court powers to fine or suspend authorities that do not carry out its sentences, shoring up legal powers to deal with any bid for independence from Catalonia.
Secessionist parties in the wealthy region on Sunday secured an absolute majority in terms of seats in the local parliament in an election seen by some as a proxy vote on independence but won only 48 percent of the votes cast, less than the majority that would be needed in a referendum.
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