EU politics
Politico – Pedro Sánchez’s nightmare before Christmas
Spain gets less attention than France and Germany but it is another country in the heart of Europe with a highly unstable government. Read the article HERE.
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Climate Crisis
Esperança Camps Barber – People trapped in a deadly trap: The Valencian Government’s Negligence Has Significantly Worsened the Consequences of the Floods
Disastrous floods have caused chaos in Valencia, and the crisis has been made much worse by the the right-wing Valencian government’s organised negligence. In ‘VilaWeb’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
The Cradle – Spanish PM calls to suspend EU-Israel free trade agreement
“The European Commission must respond once and for all to the formal request made by two European countries to suspend the association agreement with Israel if it is found, as everything suggests, that human rights […]
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
Al Jazeera – Spain’s Sanchez drama: After toying with resignation, PM draws criticism
Spanish President Pedro Sanchez was never going to resign, the real question is whether this ploy will lead to any substantial reform of Spain’s judiciary, which remains largely unreconstructed since the Franco era. In ‘Al […]
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Jaume Claret, Ricard Rosich Argelich – Fascist propaganda on the big screen: the history of the NO-DO in Francoist Spain
Francoist propaganda centred on an obligatory screening of a 10-minute newsreel before every film, called NO-DO. Jaume Claret is a history professor at the Open University of Catalonia. Ricard Rosich Argelich is a history professor […]
EU politics
Duncan Wheeler – Basque Separatists ETA Set a Car Bomb That Helped Build Spanish Democracy
On this day in 1973, Basque separatists ETA assassinated far-right prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco. The action played an important role in ending Franco’s dictatorship — an inconvenient truth for the democratic Spain against which […]
EU politics
Nick Corbishley – Spanish Government threatens to break ranks with EU and unilaterally recognise Palestine. What gives?
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s words hardly match the scale or urgency of the situation, but in the context of the complicity across the EU in the Gaza genocide, at least it’s something. Nick Corbishley […]
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.