Spain

  • Oct 10, 2017
  • 7 min read

Catalan independence would unsettle financial markets

An independent Catalonia would struggle to finance its debt and would likely have to issue its own currency

Spain
  • Oct 6, 2017
  • 2 min read

Spain’s Catalonia crisis is likely to deepen

The Catalan government seems determined to defy another Constitutional Court order

Spain
  • Oct 4, 2017
  • 7 min read

Banned vote sets Catalonia on independence path

Madrid’s attempts to prevent voting backfired badly owing to the forcible measures used by the Spanish police

Spain
  • Oct 2, 2017
  • 2 min read

Madrid’s heavy-handedness will bolster separatists

The central government’s harsh response to the Catalan referendum deepens Spain’s political crisis

Spain
  • Sep 29, 2017
  • 2 min read

Spain’s Catalonia vote may be mostly symbolic

The conflict between Barcelona and Madrid will come to a head this weekend

Spain
  • Sep 28, 2017
  • 2 min read

Mass tourism will spark European opposition

Despite economic benefits, locals are increasingly sceptical of large-scale tourism

Europe
  • Sep 20, 2017
  • 2 min read

Arrests could escalate Madrid-Barcelona tensions

Spain's central government is stepping up its fight against an unauthorised independence vote

Spain
  • Sep 19, 2017
  • 2 min read

Spain’s Catalonia conflict may become more entrenched

Madrid maintains that the planned independence referendum is illegal, but the Catalan government presses ahead

Spain