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The Professor who thrashed Puigdemont: “Catalonia is a danger to democracy”
We should not be tolerant of the intolerant, we cannot harbor within Europe the exclusionary tribalism that undermines the liberal democracy that has...
Catalan parliament blocks Spanish PM’s choice for Senate speaker
Miquel Iceta received 25 votes in favor, 65 against and 39 abstentions despite warnings from Pedro Sánchez that vetoing his pick would hurt the...
International analysts insist on the burden of Catalan nationalism
The 'think tanks' agree that the separatist challenge will condition the new government of Pedro Sánchez for the refusal of Ciudadanos to support him
Identity has always been a refuge. Catalan nationalism is anachronistic as an escape backwards of a part of society that refuses to recognize the...
Spanish professors sign letter to Oxford Union over ‘one-sided’ Catalan coverage
A letter signed by over 100 Spanish professors has been sent to the Union’s Standing Committee to protest what the signatories perceive as the “one...
Jewish communities of Spain charge against the Catalan Government after the act in Mauthausen: “Banalize the Holocaust”
Discomfort among the Jewish communities after the controversial act of Sunday in Mauthausen. They ask the Govern to stop a "wrong" strategy that...
The true ‘false narrative’ about Catalonia
Santiago Cabanas, Washington. Spain's ambassador to the United States. Regarding Quim Torra’s May 6 Global Opinions essay, “The Catalan independence...
Official Stats Office of Catalan government publishes that support for separatism is receeding
Most Catalans would like a solution within Spain and most also feel Spanish in addition to Catalan
The constitutionalist political forces add more votes than all the formations that defend secession. Even if you add the ballots of the CUP spin-off...