Spain

  • Oct 28, 2014
  • 7 min read

Deflation threatens ECB stress test 'reassurance'

The ECB's bank stress tests and asset quality review will have a limited effect in restoring confidence in the euro-area

EU
  • Oct 16, 2014
  • 7 min read

Rajoy's Catalan victory may prove short-lived

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy may yet see his authority challenged by Catalan independence activists

Spain
  • Oct 14, 2014
  • 2 min read

Catalan 'climbdown' raises tensions with Spain

Catalonia's 'climbdown' over an independence vote poses fresh challenges to Spain's government

Spain
  • Oct 10, 2014
  • 7 min read

Fragile recovery endangers euro-area employment rise

Euro-area employment is picking up pace but the recovery is fragile

EU
  • Oct 9, 2014
  • 7 min read

Reforms may not save European legacy carriers

European legacy carriers are struggling to ward off competition

EU
  • Sep 29, 2014
  • 2 min read

Early Catalan elections may defeat Madrid veto

Madrid may regret using Constitutional Court to stifle Catalans' wish to express their democratic will on independence

Spain
  • Sep 22, 2014
  • 2 min read

Catalan consultation risks showdown with Spanish state

If Catalonia proceeds with an independence 'consultation' in November, Madrid will intervene

Spain
  • Sep 17, 2014
  • 6 min read

European integration fosters small states' ambitions

The very logic of of the European Union encourages economic separatism.

EU