"Will we go on vacation together knowing that this is no longer what we want?" Raquel Iglesias, vice-dean of the Notarial Association of Catalonia, believes that many couples ask themselves this question before deciding to formally separate. This would explain why July is the month with the most divorces registered in the country's notaries, where this type of amicable separation can be processed quickly.

This Tuesday will mark two months since the justices of the peace have been unable to perform weddings, and they don't know when they will be able to do so again, despite the administration's early promise that it would restore this power to them as soon as possible. "It's in the hands of those with the tools to solve it; the solution is political will," says the justice of the peace of Salt and president of the Catalan Association for Justice.

Salt Justice of the Peace, Francesca Terrón, usually performs about eight weddings a month, but this week alone she's already done six. "We've been performing weddings left and right for the past two weeks," she said in a conversation with ARA the day before the law that will take away their authority to register civil unions comes into effect. An error in the processing of the law of judicial efficiency The law has left justices of the peace without the power to register marriages, and sources from the Ministry of Justice state that they are already "looking for the best way to ensure this authority as soon as possible."