Even before his constitution as a formal political party, Reagrupament has suffered its first crisis. His leader, Joan Carretero, together with twelve members, have left the board of directors, leaving only four members on it. Allegedly, the reasons behind this surprising breakdown are due to discrepancies on how to elect the list of [...]
Having your website hijacked by a fan of Mr Bean (although at the end it turned out it was not a formal intrusion attack) whilst media accross europe as well as some Member States such as the United Kingdom are mumbling about Spain’s capacity to lead the Union amid these times [...]
Last week Zapatero presented his new economic stimulus measuress and deceived no one: another bunch of patches here and there which are not likely to make any difference to help the Spanish economy turn to a “new model” not based on construction and tourism. What’s more, his main measure, 2.000€ subsidies for people [...]
Last weekend thousands of people marched across the main streets of Barcelona to protest against the crisis. They had all their right to march and publicly complaint against the crisis but I don’t share the perspective from which they face it. Apparently, they seemed to act as if [...]
When crisis strucks we expect governments to be prepared to take measures. We believe politicians just can’t wait for the crisis to go away in the same way it arrived. But maybe we should think it twice before presssing them into taking decisions that may not be as useful and effective as wanted. For example, let’s [...]
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