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Spain: Former Catalan Parliament leaders’ political rights violated
By suspending former Catalan government and parliament members from public duties prior to them being convicted, following the independence referendum back in 2017, Spain...
Geopolitics or “Pegasus Case”: What Stops Dialogue between Madrid and Catalonia
In 2022 the Spanish coalition government headed by Pedro Sanchez, leader of the socialist party, has faced a host of interconnected challenges on internal...
Tactical Retreat: Madrid Makes Concessions to Catalonia and the Basque Country
The November 2019 general parliamentary elections in Spain resulted in none of the parties getting an absolute majority needed to form a government. Following...
Catalonia would have been facing severe problems had it broke away from Spain
Catalan independence referendum, held in late-2017, had thrown Spain and Catalonia into severe political crisis and has created uncertainly for the foreign investors inside...
Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Catalonia: Examining Legality under International Law
October 2017 has been marked a historic month for the people of Catalonia, as Catalonian Parliament passed a resolution by a vote of 90%...
Catalonia: Secession, Independence, And Self-Determination
Catalonia’s independence vote on October 01, fraught with violence and a show of authoritarianism, brought into the limelight issues like self-determination and secession. Separatist...
Behind China’s perception on Catalonia’s move: it’s the concern
On October 27, the Catalonian autonomous region's parliament voted to pass the motion for "independence" and then declared the "establishment of an independent state"....
Battling for independence: Small states stake their claim
The Gulf crisis that pits a United Arab Emirates-Saudi-led alliance against Qatar has emerged about more than a regional spat. It is part of...
There Will Always Be Spanish Catalonia
On October 6th 2016, the Parliament of Catalonia designated the 17th of September 2017 as the date in which the population of that region...