EU politics
VilaWeb: Rapper Pablo Hasel after being one year in prison: “They won’t bring me to my knees”
He was found guilty by the notorious Spanish judiciary of glorifying terrorism and slandering the monarchy in his songs Read Here
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EU politics
VilaWeb: Exposing the fallacy of Spain’s “full democracy”
A report published by a team of Catalan economists highlights the methodological shortcomings of the democratic quality indices which conceal repression in Spain Read here
EU politics
Vila Web, Milford Edge – Fault lines open in Spain’s Constitutional Court
The Spanish Constitutional Court accepted appeals by political prisoners to prevent the internationalisation of the Catalan trial by stopping the Catalan prisoners’ appeals being heard in Strasbourg. Stop the Parliament ruling put on ice to […]
EU politics
VilaWeb: Spain denies NGO rescue boat permission to leave Barcelona’s harbour
Social Democrat government refuses to allow Open Arms to begin migrant search and rescue mission in Libyan waters Read here
Corruption
VilaWeb – Luis Gonzalo Segura: “The Spanish army has adopted NATO’s standards but remains Francoist at heart”
The problem is that when you look a bit closer at EU member states what you find is anything but the enlightenment and democratisation that was supposed to have occurred. Read here
EU politics
VilaWeb: The Spanish eccentricity
To understand Spain´s diplomatic disaster regarding extradition proceedings against Catalan leaders following the independence referendum, one has to understand its judicial system. The Spanish judicial system is highly politicised, an institution inherited from Franco´s fascist […]
EU politics
VilaWeb: FC Barcelona protests over confiscated yellow t-shirts at Copa del Rey final
We are late with this, but it shows how degraded the rule of law is becoming in the EU, in this case freedom of expression – and condoned by much of the EU elite. Read […]