During the 1990s, the absence of absolute majorities in the Spanish parliament made governments reliant on support from the various nationalist parties (Catalan, Basque, Canary Islands, etc.) which was leveraged by CiU, to gain broaden the scope of Catalan autonomy during the last government of Felipe González (1993–1996) and the first of José María Aznar (1996–2000).
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-- once :es:Guerra de la Independencia Española is in decent shape, we should translate and link --> Girona was besieged by the French and defended by its inhabitants under the direction of general and military governor Mariano Álvarez de Castro.
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