The two renowned historians, referents in the study of the Civil War, the Franco regime and the transition, reflect on the current revisionism of the...
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Bilateral commission between Catalan government and Spanish executive for the 2nd August Madrid
Spanish executive maintains they will talk about "social and infrastructure issues”, “there are many issues" accumulated due to the fact that the...
Multi-level government, shared government, requires federal culture, federal waistline, federal will, and a certain degree of federal passion. There...
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The Catalan problem may have a solution that will require time: the way out is Catalanism which has achieved great victories in Catalonia
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OpenKat is a debate platform working with collaborators from Catalonia, the rest of Spain and all of Europe wh o share similar values. The aim is to include opinions covering the entire political spectrum as long as they are respectful of the existing laws of Spain and the European Union, including those views which express the need to change existing laws through established mechanisms.
Know our valuesOpenKat debate platform seeks to find solutions to the challenges posed by the continued pressure of the Catalan separatists, which deeply affect Catalan society and Spain´s in general. OpenKat also seeks to facilitate finding responses to the threats raised by the unilateralist behavior of the separatists, vis-à-vis democratic institutions in Catalonia, in Spain at large and in Europe in general.
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Catalonia, Global & European News, Separatism, Spain
European Parliament begins procedure that could strip Catalan MEPs of immunity
Carles Puigdemont and Toni Comín will be open to extradition to Spain depending on a vote by the chamber, but would not lose their seats until convicted of an offense
Catalonia, Interviews and Opinions, Separatism, Spain
Interview with Alberto Garzón: Has the left made a a mistake in buying Catalan nationalism, its speech, when it has, per se, an internationalist vocation? “The left has made the mistake of romanticizing peripheral nationalisms”
The left that I defend is not nationalist. I do not believe that the main fracture is what identity we have in cultural terms, but in material terms: if we are rich or...
For a free and united Europe. Ventotene, 1941, precisely on that island, an idea of federal and solidarity Europe was born, based on political unity, peace, the...
Catalonia, Global & European News, Interviews and Opinions, Secessionist Propaganda, Separatism, Spain
The global traits of authoritarian populism as shown by its Catalan avatar – Alfons López Tena: Jurist, Spanish Judiciary Council & Catalan Parliament’s ex-member
Putting “the will of the people” above the law, attacking the judiciary, sowing scorn for experts and rational arguments, and bullying dissidents –authoritarian populism...
Catalonia, Global & European News, Secessionist Propaganda, Separatism, Spain
Carod Rovira speculates on the incorporation of terrorists to the Catalan police forces Mossos d’Esquadra
A former vice president of Catalonia encourages taking ideological control of the "armed" bodies of Catalonia to achieve independence. The former ERC leader declared:...
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