Spain
2018 Polls Show 3-Way Struggle For Minority Lead
Ciudadanos has made the most gains since 2016, as Podemos languishes in fourth place, but parties 20 points away from majority.
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EU Reportedly Seeks to Expand Into Balkans to Counter Russian Influence
The European Union reportedly intends to include six countries into its fold in a bid deal with several major issues the organization is currently...
Catalogne ou la règle de trois
Par Guillaume Berlat
« Errarre humanum est, perserverare diabolicum ». Manifestement, dans cette période de « défaite de la pensée »1, le premier ministre espagnol, Mariano Rajoy ne semble...
PSOE Proposes 8% “Social Justice” Tax On Banks
The Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) has proposed a new plan to rescue Spain's faltering pensions system that it would fund via what would amount...
New Poll Suggests 54 Seat Gain For Ciudadanos, General Election Meltdown...
PSOE would make smaller gains
A new Sociométrica poll for El Español at the weekend suggested a drop of 40 seats for the governing Popular...
(Counter)Reforms: Turning Europeans into semi-Slaves
Precarious work: Europe’s new reserve army
by Harald Schumann and Elisa Simantke
Oct. 25, 2017
Millions of Europeans in temporary, part-time or bogus self-employed contracts can only...
Debate on Europe
By Ernesto Screpanti*
Since the end of World War II, tribal rivalries and xenophobic sentiment in Europe have never been as strong as they...
Hugo Moreno (1943-2017) | by Carlos Abel Suárez
09/07/2017
Aunque la halles pobre, Ítaca no te ha engañado.
Así, sabio como te has vuelto, con tanta experiencia,
entenderás ya qué significan las Itacas.
Konstantino Kabaphes
Ya...
Chancellor Philip Hammond attacks Donald Trump’s tax cuts
The Chancellor is joining other European finance ministers in expressing concerns about the US President's plans.
By Jon Craig
Philip Hammond has risked a new row...
Catalonia and the Spanish State
Jorge Tamames reviews Spanish nationalism, the ‘regime of 1978’ and prospects for constitutional reform in Spain towards a pluri-national state. He sadly notes: “Podemos...