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Spain Just Lit a Fuse Under Catalonia — its Richest Region
Spain Just Lit a Fuse Under Catalonia — its Richest Region Acute uncertainty is like sand in the gears of the local economy. It’s amazing how fast the wheels of the Spanish justice system go round when the establishment wants them to, and how slowly they revolve when it doesn’t, which is usually when members […]
Preparing For EU Collapse
Preparing For EU Collapse Claude Monet The house at Yerres 1876 If there is one thing the Spain vs Catalonia conflict reminds us of, it has got to be Turkey. And that is a much bigger problem for the EU than it realizes. First of all, Brussels can no longer insist that this is an […]
Eight Catalonia Ministers Jailed, Madrid Seeks European Arrest Warrant for Catalan Leader
Eight Catalonia Ministers Jailed, Madrid Seeks European Arrest Warrant for Catalan Leader Spain, a country that supports a two-state solution in Palestine, detained eight Catalan ministers on trumped up charges of sedition. Prosecutors also seek an arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. We all knew it would come down to this: Sacked Catalonia […]
You Against the Government’s Tools
You Against the Government’s Tools Our father’s generation fought the Cold War with spies, our grandfather’s generation fought the Vietnam War with soldiers, but the internet war must be won by well-trained hackers. Julian Assange calls the events in Catalonia an “internet war.” The Spanish government has raided Catalonian government offices, arrested government officials, frozen […]
The Rising Separatist Movements in Europe-Eastern Europe
The Rising Separatist Movements in Europe-Eastern Europe There are many in Spain who just outright disagree with any right of Catalonia to be independent. History, culture, language, nothing really matters. Some have said it is the Spanish Constitution and all of Spain should vote to let Catalonia leave or stay. All of that said if […]
Puigdemont Seeks Asylum In Belgium After Spain Files Charges Against Catalan Government For Rebellion
Puigdemont Seeks Asylum In Belgium After Spain Files Charges Against Catalan Government For Rebellion Update: As we warned earlier, La Sexta has just reported that (former) Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont will seek asylum in Belgium. According to eldiario.es, Puigdemont has made the decision to travel to Brussels advised by a legal team that recommends him […]
Europe Will Reap What Spain Has Sown
Europe Will Reap What Spain Has Sown The Spanish government decided to reach back into its history and borrow from the playbook of longtime Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco in dealing with Catalonia’s decision to declare independence from the Spanish Kingdom as the Republic of Catalonia. The Catalan government’s decision to declare independence followed an […]
Catalonia and Spain Enter Dangerous Uncharted Territory
Catalonia and Spain Enter Dangerous Uncharted Territory Emotions are running high on both sides of the divide. Today was one of the strangest days of my life. I woke up in a constitutional monarchy called Spain and will go to bed, the same bed, in a newly proclaimed republic. Catalonia’s impossible dream has finally come […]
Spain Demonstrates to the World Democracy Means Nothing
Spain Demonstrates to the World Democracy Means Nothing The Madrid government sacked Catalonia’s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation in Spain’s gravest political crisis since the return of democracy four decades ago. The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who seems to think he has the power […]
Catalan Leader Urges “Peaceful” Rebellion As Spain Takes Over Government
Catalan Leader Urges “Peaceful” Rebellion As Spain Takes Over Government Update (0920ET): A Spanish government spokesman has responded to Puigdemont’s address, saying that “Spain will not comment on comments by Puigdemont who is out of a job.” * * * As we detailed earlier, in a pre-record message this morning, Catalan separtist leader Carles Puigdemont […]
Catalan Leaders Face 30 Years In Jail As Spain Brings “Rebellion” Charges
Catalan Leaders Face 30 Years In Jail As Spain Brings “Rebellion” Charges Earlier in the week, The Express reported that Spain’s ‘attorney general’ gave a blunt message that if he declares independence for Catalonia he will be charged with “rebellion” and could face 30 years in prison, to the President of the north east region […]
Chaos Unleashed: Catalan Parliament Votes For Independence, Spain Activates “Nuclear Option”
Chaos Unleashed: Catalan Parliament Votes For Independence, Spain Activates “Nuclear Option” Update: Just minutes after the Catalan government voted for Independence from Spain, with a former Decision of Independence likely to follow momentarily, over in Madrid wasted no time in responding, and moments ago, with 214 for and 47 against, voted to approve Article 155 […]
Catalan Chaos Continues As Secessionists Prepare Independence Motion
Catalan Chaos Continues As Secessionists Prepare Independence Motion After yesterday’s chaotic Spanish event rollercoaster, when the Catalan leader Carles Puidgement was going to press ahead with independence only to change his mind, and propose elections, before reversing again and punting the independence decision to parliament, we hoped to get some further clarity on how he’s […]
Spain Showdown: Catalan Parliament To Decide On Independence Tomorrow, Chaos To Follow
Spain Showdown: Catalan Parliament To Decide On Independence Tomorrow, Chaos To Follow A dramatic rollercoaster of a day for Catalonia and Spain is ending ominously, with the Catalan president Puigdemont announcing that he would let the region’s parliament decide the fate of the Catalan declaration of independence from Spain, capping off a day of furious […]
