Shopping malls reopen, but offsetting losses won’t be easy
One in five stores have closed for good, averaging €12,000 in monthly losses
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Government establishes municipality-level lockdown from January 7 for 10 days
Non-essential shops not allowed to open at weekend, as shopping malls forced to close again
Allowing mobility within whole Barcelona metropolitan area at weekend considered
Shopping centers and ski resorts reopen, as cultural and religious venues see restrictions loosened
Barcelona enters lockdown easing Phase 1 and part of Catalonia, Phase 2
Terraces and hotels allowed to open in capital, as indoor areas of restaurants, cinemas and shopping malls can operate in Tarragona, Pyrenees and Ebre regions
Two more Catalan laws taken before the Spanish Constitutional Court
The Spanish Constitutional Court (TC) has partially admitted an appeal made by the Spanish government which considered unconstitutional the Catalan law which bans ‘fracking’ in Catalonia and the regulation against building department stores of more than 800 m2 in urban areas. Regarding the prohibition of ‘fracking’, the Catalan law foresaw the prohibition of this well-simulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurised liquid “when it may have negative effects on the geologic, environmental and socioeconomic characteristics of the area”. However, the TC considered that it “invaded competences of the Spanish state”.So far, there have been 33 acts approved by the Catalan government and Parliament which have later been taken before the Constitutional Court.