National Politics
Catalan News – Ex-president Artur Mas to file criminal complaint over Pegasus spying
Spanish’s secret services used Israeli software to spy on 65 Catalan politicians and civil society figures. Read the article HERE.
Catalonia
EU politics
Media Freedom Rapid Response – Terrorism investigation into Catalan journalist raises concerns ahead of elections
Journalists and media freedom organisations express concern over the investigation for terrorism of Catalan journalist Jesús Rodríguez Sellés. Read the statement HERE.
EU politics
Ben Wray – The raging bull of Spanish nationalism has been restrained, for now
Pedro Sánchez has cobbled together another coalition to stay in power, but he has had to commit to an amnesty for the leaders of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum to achieve it, a move which […]
EU politics
VilaWeb: Spanish EU officials in Brussels rebel with a letter against the amnesty, violating internal rules
There is a concerted effort by the Spanish right-wing to get the EU to block the Spanish Amnesty law. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Berto Sagrera: Spain fails to comply with UN resolution on rights of Catalan political prisoners
El Nacional.Cat reports that the Spanish Government has dismissed the UN’s opinion that the state had violated the political rights of Catalan pro-independence leaders when they were imprisoned after the 2017 referendum. Read the article […]
EU politics
Ben Wray: Are Europe’s independence movements dead?
Europe’s independence movements are no longer the threat they were in the mid-2010s, but it would be premature to write-them off entirely. Ben Wray is the co-ordinator of BRAVE NEW EUROPE’s Gig Economy Project and […]
Corruption
Margrete Auken, Ana Miranda and Diana Riba: Why three MEPs withdrew from the European Parliament committee hearing
The European Parliament’s Petition’s Committee has been instrumentalised in the service of the right-wing People’s Party in Spain. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Luke Stobart: Catalonia’s Independence Struggle Has Deep Roots
Review of A People’s History of Catalonia by Michael Eaude (Pluto Press, 2022). Read the article HERE.
EU politics
CatalanNews – Public prosecutor files aggravated disorder and misuse of funds charges against Puigdemont
Thew new charges come after the Supreme Court dropped the charge of sedition following the reform of the penal code, CatalanNews reports. Read the article HERE.
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Private hire platform makes claim about Catalan politicians’ passenger data in advert against new regulation
Cabify’s advertising campaign against the Decree Law raises concerns about how platform-controlled data can be a “danger to democracy”, according to Leïla Chaibi MEP The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by […]