Catalonia
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EUROPE
The Catalan Gate
The late Franco regime would have the National High Court as the executing arm and the Supreme Court as a…
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EUROPE
Spain’s new coalition appears flimsy
Spain’s new governing coalition seems trapped like a bull between two banderilleros. A series of four general elections in the…
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ASIA
The dilemma of China’s dealing with the independent movement in a sovereign state
By Wang Li On October 27, the Catalonian autonomous region’s parliament voted to pass the motion for “independence” and then…
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EUROPE
Politics of identity, secessionism and communal plurality
By Ben Tanosborn Patriotism is, fundamentally, if we follow George Bernard Shaw’s dictum, a conviction that a particular country is…
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Catalans vote on non-binding independence poll
The so-called “participatory process” is not a proper referendum and has no legal effects on the future of Catalonia Catalans…
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EUROPE
November 9 vote to take place “one way or another,” say Catalan leaders
The campaign promoting the November 9 vote on Catalan independence will continue despite a new legal challenge by the Spanish…
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EUROPE
Catalan parliament greenlights law allowing Nov. 9 referendum
The Catalan Regional Parliament, Generalitat, greenlighted on Friday the “Referendum Law” that, in the yes of the regional parliament, allows…
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EUROPE
Why Scotland’s divorce is legal, why Crimea’s wasn’t, and why Catalonia isn’t going anywhere
By Joe Losavio Scotland’s referendum on the dissolution of its 307 year old union with England-which created the United Kingdom-is…
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