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The political situation in Catalonia is such a cul-de-sac that can hardly be explained by the traditional two axis approach (with two independent political dimensions), where the different political parties are distributed as a function of their economical beliefs, in one hand, and their national attitude (Catalan VS Spanish) on the other. Today, the national [...] It started off in Arenys de Munt, then the first wave of refendums on the 13D came and now it was time for the second wave. At this stage, 80 municipalities spread all across the country celebrated a non-binding referendum on the independence of Catalonia following the same procedures established in the former referendums. The turn [...] Catalan politics, which had historically been known as an “oasis” has become been seriously turmoiled by a series of important corruption scandals. First it was the Millet case , with millions of public money ending up in the pockets of the administrator of the Palau de la Música, one of the most popular and [...] This weekend more than 3.000 people marched from the Arch of Triumph to the Catalan Parliament (see the video here) with the goal of demanding the current politicians whether their are willing to make an “act of sovereignty” or not. It has come to a point in which, for many ,it is time [...] Nine votes of difference have determined the short-term future for the CUP, meaning that the party will not participate in the next Catalan elections to the Parliament of Catalonia. The CUP is a left-wing pro-independence party born in 2000, based on historical independentist groups and social movements such as MDT, Endavant, or Maulets, [...] |
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