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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Rome and its fear of dissent
South Tyrolean separatists were recently denied the chance to express their discontent in the capital.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?French regional elections: what hope for regional movements?
France's new regional reforms seem designed to hurt regionalist parties in one of the EU's most centralised...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia: a new country in the making?
A few years ago, independence supporters like me were a minority in parliament. Now I feel we are just a small step...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Nagorno-Karabakh: European dreams
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has managed to pursue a dynamic European and global foreign policy. Not bad for a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Korrika: the world's biggest language festival?
On March 19, hundreds of thousands of Basque citizens will participate in an initiative that passes a baton from...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Connecting the Basque and Icelandic cases: an ethnographic chronicle about democratic regeneration
Though they may seem like unlikely companions, both Iceland and the Basque Country undertook unique democratic...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A silent cry in the crowded streets of Bilbao
Once again, thousands have marched in the city of Bilbao to protest the "policy of dispersal" against Basque...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos: a cat among the pigeons in Catalonia
Podemos supports the principle of Catalan self-determination, but hopes that Catalans would vote to stay in Spain,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?French territorial reform: a huge blow for democracy and regional identities
The new territorial reform law that has just been passed by the French parliament is an affront to the feelings and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Independence movements are riding a wave of optimism in Europe
By the time this article is published, SNP membership numbers will have reached 100,000. As president of the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Alsace fights back: a French David vs. Goliath story
For years, the French state has tried to belittle, oppress and finally destroy Alsace and its culture. Now the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Fighting for Brittany: autonomy in a centralised state
Events in Scotland and Catalonia have given Bretons hope as they continue to fight for devolution and cultural...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Minister Boschi, South Tyrol is autonomous and rightly so
The Italian minister publicly claimed she would personally get rid of the country’s self-governing regions – an...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What next for independence movements in Europe?
The EU – and its member-states – should not rest on their laurels: these independence movements are only going to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?After the Catalan vote, Spain needs to buy time
Spain, and Catalonia within it, is now exhausted from an unprecedented and exceedingly destructive economic crisis...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia referendum: a reality check
Optimism among Catalans after Sunday's vote should not disguise the significant challenges ahead if anything is to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia has voted: now what?
Rajoy's iron-fisted approach to the Catalan question has only made the independence movement stronger. Now he must...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Catalonia vote: first reactions
Artur Mas was suitably elated at the turnout, while Mariano Rajoy continues to denounce the "referendum" and its leaders.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?European integration and the winds of secession
European integration has made secession more viable and less costly. Expect Scotland to be the first of many nations...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?After the Scottish referendum: Corsican contagion?
In the wake of the Scottish vote, Corsicans are trying to gain publicity for their own, often neglected, struggle...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job