Spain
New Poll Suggests 54 Seat Gain For Ciudadanos, General Election Meltdown...
PSOE would make smaller gains
A new Sociométrica poll for El Español at the weekend suggested a drop of 40 seats for the governing Popular...
(Counter)Reforms: Turning Europeans into semi-Slaves
Precarious work: Europe’s new reserve army
by Harald Schumann and Elisa Simantke
Oct. 25, 2017
Millions of Europeans in temporary, part-time or bogus self-employed contracts can only...
Debate on Europe
By Ernesto Screpanti*
Since the end of World War II, tribal rivalries and xenophobic sentiment in Europe have never been as strong as they...
Hugo Moreno (1943-2017) | by Carlos Abel Suárez
09/07/2017
Aunque la halles pobre, Ítaca no te ha engañado.
Así, sabio como te has vuelto, con tanta experiencia,
entenderás ya qué significan las Itacas.
Konstantino Kabaphes
Ya...
Chancellor Philip Hammond attacks Donald Trump’s tax cuts
The Chancellor is joining other European finance ministers in expressing concerns about the US President's plans.
By Jon Craig
Philip Hammond has risked a new row...
Catalonia and the Spanish State
Jorge Tamames reviews Spanish nationalism, the ‘regime of 1978’ and prospects for constitutional reform in Spain towards a pluri-national state. He sadly notes: “Podemos...
Catalogne et Stratégie
Catalogne : l’erreur stratégique de Madrid
Le Premier ministre espagnol n’a pas lu Eliot Cohen. Sa stratégie, s’il en avait une, est désormais gravement compromise...
Left and Catalonia, the debate
The left must support Catalonia
The struggle in Catalonia for self determination has shaken the whole Spanish state. It has forced all political forces to...
Why is the request for independence growing? – by Giulietto Chiesa
The following article was written before the recent referendum in Venice and Lombardy. It remains relevant as far as, everything happening in Europe those...
Barrage to Catalonia
By David Broder
01 November 2017
The 1 October referendum and its aftermath has exposed the extent of the democratic crisis in Spain — and Europe...