Spain

  • Oct 12, 2017
  • 2 min read

EU measures are curbing Mediterranean migration

Notwithstanding the human cost, Italian and EU policies to stem migration are working

Italy
  • Oct 11, 2017
  • 2 min read

Spain's Catalonia crisis will be delayed, not resolved

The Catalan leader’s balancing act risks upsetting both sides

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
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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
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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