The four defendants in this new court case related to the secessionist challenge include Josep Lluís Trapero, the then-head of the Mossos d’Esquadra...
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Catalonia, Global & European News, Solutions to Catalan Crisis, Spain
Francisco Longo: “Reducing extreme polarization is an imperative need in Catalonia”
Longo, professor and director of the ESADE Public Governance Center, member of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration of the United...
Catalonia, Global & European News, Separatism, Spain
Negotiating tables – The Catalan conflict is not the first territorial conflict in the world that is addressed through political negotiation.
One of the most judicious independence leaders, Andreu Mas-Colell, has suggested in an article in this newspaper that "one has to think about eight...
This will be the procedure to withdraw immunity from the 'former president' and Toni Comín
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...
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What is OpenKat debate platform?
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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Articles, Catalonia, Global & European News, Pinned Articles, Spain
The Catalan syndrom by Thomas Piketty (l’Ecole d’économie de Paris)
Is the crisis in Catalonia due to over-centralization and the intransigeance of the authorities in Madrid? Or is it instead due to generalized competition between...
"Adéu, Europa!" Seem to say some. Never had the Catalanism lost so much the north. I never thought I would see it. The last veil has fallen.
Damian Boeselager sits in the European Parliament representing Volt, a pan-European party
Articles, Catalonia, Global & European News, Separatism, Spain
International Law Pays No Homage to Catalonia’s Declaration of Independence
Section 2 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 begins by declaring that is based on “on the indissoluble unity of the Spanish Nation, the common and indivisible homeland...
Catalonia, Global & European News, Separatism, Spain
Why Pedro Sánchez needs an agreement with Catalan separatists
The Economist - To form a stable government, he needs stability in Spain’s most restive region
Finding solutions with alternative constructive responses
OpenKat does not have a position on the mentioned matter and only seeks to serve as a communication and debate platform for alternative constructive responses, seeking the required consensus within the framework provided by our constitution.