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Politicians accountability

Taking advantage of the recent cases of corruption in SantaColoma de Gramanet and the former members of Jordi Pujol’s Government , there has been a rise in the already spread discourse against politics and, specially, against politicians.

There are grounds to be suspicious of the behavior of many politicians but that is completely [...]

Spain fears democracy

A social entity in Arenys de Munt, a city near Barcelona, is organizing a non-binding referendum on the independence of Catalonia for the next 13th of September. The city council decided to support the referendum last June, basically by facilitating some public buildings to install the ballot boxes. One can expect the typical [...]

Null votes determine an unpresedented political shift in the Basque Country

The results of last Sunday’s elections in the Basque Country mean that for the first time since Spain’s transition to democracy, Spanish-nationalist parties have been elected as the majority power in the Basque parliament. That is, the Basque Socialist Party (PSE), together with the conservative People’s Party (PP) and the smaller Union, Progress [...]

The crack is widening
The political situation in Catalonia is such a cul-de-sac that can hardly be explained by the traditional two axis approach... »
After the second wave of referendums
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... »
SNP publishes the Scottish Independence Referendum Bill
Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, this week the Independence Referendum Bill consultation document, a proposal which... »
Recent news on Catalonia in international press
A few weeks ago I wrote about Col·lectiu Emma, a group of Catalans living in different countries who try to set the record... »
Catalonia in Euronews
Euronews, the multilingual and pan-European television news channel, broad-casted last week a nine-minute video on Catalonia.... »