Speaking at the Beyond Borders festival during a surprise visit to Scotland, Puigdemont emphasised that a Francoist culture persists in the Spanish “deep state”
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EU politics
Ulrike Guérot, Thomas Piketty, et al.: Democratising Europe begins with ECB nominations
Who runs Europe? The people? Not on your life. As a raft of renowned experts write, the new members of the European Central Bank, in the meantime a powerful institution, will be selected in secret […]
Finance
Dani Rodrik: Reclaiming Community
Stable families, good jobs, strong schools, abundant and safe public spaces, and pride in local cultures and history – these are the essential elements of prosperous societies. Neither global markets nor the nation-state can adequately […]
Corruption
The Guardian: Cyprus ‘selling’ EU citizenship to super rich of Russia and Ukraine
While hundreds of thousands of refugees risk their lives to reach the safety of Europe and hope to be allowed to remain, others fly in in their private jets and purchase EU citizenship Read here […]
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