EU politics
Catalan News – EU: Puigdemont and Comín pick up definitive MEP accreditation
It took long enough. Once again the EU has proven that it has no concept of democracy. Read here
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Catalan News: Spain adopts controversial digital decree
Measure presented by Spanish Socialists to stop Catalonia developing “digital republic” grants authorities in Madrid “exceptional” powers Read here
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Catalan News: Jailed leaders suspended as Spanish MPs
What else would one expect from Social Democrats? Read here
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Catalan News: European Parliament authorizes far-right Vox conference on Catalonia
The EU can exist very well with fascism. Fascism is the optimal form of neo-liberalism. In the current crisis of liberal democracy, and its decreasing ability to control democracy in the interest of transnational corporations. […]
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Catalan News: In Catalonia, it’s a not-so-happy anniversary for the Spanish constitution
The Spanish constitution is certainly not serving the interests of the Catalans. Instead it has become an sntrument of foreign repression. Read here
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Catalan News: European MPs launch network condemning Spain’s ‘repression’ of Catalonia
Parliamentarians from various countries come together to call for dialogue and a binding referendum on self-determination Read here
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Catalan News: European Court of Human Rights rules Spain violated Basque leader’s right to fair trial
Anyway you turn it, it seems in political cases Spain and justice simply have little to do with one another. And now this Read here
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Catalan News: Flanders hits back after Spain withdraws delegate’s diplomatic status
The Spanish government seems to have many problems with human rights – when it is not the human rights of corporations (yes, they too have human rights in the EU, probably stronger than those for citizens). […]
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Catalan News: One year on, pro-independence activists remain in pre-trial jail
Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart were the first of nine Catalan leaders to be sent to prison by Spanish courts Read here
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Catalan News – Catalonia: Judge dismisses 43 allegations of injuries by police during independence referndum
The judge explained “The use of force is legitimate whenever there is a justification for it and when it is carried out proportionally”. The word proportionally is used differently in nations like Spain, Turkey, and […]