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.
Spanish Politics
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 […]
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
Brais Fernández: The Spanish Impasse
A critique of ‘state progressivism’ in Spain. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Ben Wray – Spain’s left government has done better than most, but it’s still nowhere near enough
Faced with the vicissitudes of neoliberal globalisation, the right-wing’s reactionary narrative may prove to be more potent with voters than the left-wing’s record of modest social justice. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and co-ordinator […]
EU politics
Ben Wray: Spain heads to a snap General Election with the right-wing ascendant
The Prime Minister responded to disappointing local election results yesterday by calling a snap General Election, the result of which is highly unpredictable Ben Wray is a freelance journalist based in the Basque Country, and […]
Climate Crisis
Paula Andrés – Water politics: How Spain’s drought became a battle ground for rural votes
How the politics of climate change and drought is playing out in the south of Spain. In Euractiv. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
CatalanNews: Spain’s Constitutional Court halts judiciary reform law proposed by congress, a first in history
The cracks in Spain’s post-Franco ‘democracy’ are becoming a chasm. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Ana Contreras, María Marcos, Carlos Miguel, Francisco Costa – Spain: What will be the main consequences of the Constitutional Court’s decision?
Spain’s Constitutional Court has taken the unprecedented decision to block the passing of a law in parliament to reform the judiciary. Four legal experts give their view on what its legal consequences are. Cross-posted from […]
EU politics
Paolo Gerbaudo: A new Sorpasso?
Podemos in Spain is yet another cautionary tale for the left internationally. Read the article here.