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Published in: HomeElections in Catalonia: it takes two to tangoOn Sunday November 25, the Catalan elections illustrated the fact that, in politics, nothing is ever sure. But also,...
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Published in: HomeDeconstructing false myths: Spain vs CataloniaThis Sunday's election confirmed the success of nationalist parties in Catalonia - paving the way for a probable...
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Published in: 50.50Spain: from 'los indignados' and '15 M' to the first strike by society400,000 evictions, a hunger strike by Carmen Armaña, and the suicide of Amaia Egaña as the eviction police came up...
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Published in: HomeLegitimating immigration regimes in the European UnionThe threat that immigration poses to so-called western democratic values is increasingly the subject of...
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Published in: HomeHow small countries can save the European project: the rise of the habitat-nationThe European project is failing. It is time to consider a new theoretical model beyond the nation-state: smaller,...
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Published in: HomeWill Catalonia secede?The independentist inclinations of Catalonia, Scotland or Flanders define a dominant political zeitgeist in Europe –...
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Published in: HomeA view from Spain: why Obama deserves a second chance
In Spain, any piece of news that distracts the attention from the economic, social and political crisis is welcome...
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Published in: HomeSpanish endogamy and the US elections
Europe may be less interested in this year's election than in the 2008 one - but that doesn't mean it is any less important.
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Published in: HomeCatalunya and Spain: more than time for dialogueIn addressing Catalunya's call for autonomy, the EU and Spain must remember lessons from Slovenia’s case for...
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Published in: 50.50Abortion rights in Spain: back to the pastSpain's conservative right is taking the opportunity whilst in power at a time of economic crisis to revive its...
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Published in: HomeRearticulating the movement post-15M in Spain
On September 15 in Madrid, over one hundred thousand people answered the unions’ call to demand a referendum on...
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Published in: HomeDeadlock for Catalonia and Spain
Fortuna, the crisis, gave Artur Mas, Catalonia’s Premier, the Machiavellian occasione for a jump forward towards...
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Published in: HomeLos Indignados: a movement that is here to stay
The retreat of national politics in the face of the imperatives of the global financial markets is returning...
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Published in: HomeCatalonia and Spain
If the answer is independence, what was the question? Does is really make sense to demand sovereignty at a time when...
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Published in: HomeThe nuclear options of Catalonia
The huge demonstration in Barcelona on September 11 – the national day of Catalonia – under the banner of...
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Published in: HomeSeparatism in times of crisis in Spain: the search for a future
Civil society organisations in Catalonia have generated a feel-good and positive project, purging traditional...
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Published in: HomeHomage to Catalonia (revisited)As Catalans massively take to the streets of Barcelona to demand independence, we are reminded that the Catalonian...
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Published in: HomeCatalonia-Spain: Deadlock
September 11: the world - and Spain - is taken by surprise with the images of over a million people marching down...
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Published in: HomeThe Spanish dilemma: a blessing in disguise?
Spain’s crisis is not one of public debt per se. It is of private debt being transformed into a national burden.
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Published in: HomeEurozone crisis: between meurons and zombies
Europe's financial-existential crisis has been intensified at every stage by the incomprehension and misjudgment of...
