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Catalan anxieties

The upcoming regional elections in Catalonia will be divisive. Convinced of the need to get the upper hand, secessionists are ready to take a few shortcuts. Español

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Members of Junts per Si assemble under Barcelona's triumphal arch August 2015. SBA73/flickr. All rights reserved.

Over the last thirty years across both the European continent and the United Kingdom the diffusion of power has been the driver of unprecedented political decentralisation. This process of redistribution of competencies has brought about many positive consequences.