Democracy in Madrid The final message of Saturday’s march by supporters of Catalan independence was not the one that pro-secessionist forces proclaimed in Madrid, but the one that they took home with them to Catalonia

Two Catalan pro-independence associations called a march in Madrid on Saturday under the slogan: “Self-determination is not a crime. Democracy means deciding.” With this display in the capital of a state that they revile, the separatists once again demonstrated the exact opposite of what they meant...

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The leader of the secessionist historians received 6 million from the Government in two years

The leader of the pro-independence historians is, in fact, the common link in a 'pool' of companies that, as a whole, has taken a large handful of millions of euros.A. Fernández. Barcelona03/18/2019 05:00 - Updated: 03/18/2019 21:32On October 17, 2018, the Department of Labor of the Generalitat...

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A former Treasury high-rank officer points out that the Generalitat could "outwit" the state's control for the 1-O

Agents of the Civil Guard detail their participation in the registries in headquarters of the GeneralitatReyes RinconMadrid 19 MAR 2019 - 20:47 CET The Ministry of Finance failed to collect evidence that the Generalitat diverted public funds to organize the referendum on October 1,...

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Republic without fraternity

Republic without fraternityMany of us could not and cannot get on an artifact that divides rather than unite civilly, which makes impossible the debate on reforms undoubtedly necessary both in Catalonia and SpainJosep Maria Fradera20 MAR 2019 - 00:00 CETThe most intriguing concept of the...

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Professor Wind before Puigdemont: "Is democracy just voting or also respecting the law?"

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Violence in Catalonia needed closer scrutiny in age of fake news

Peter Preston A failure to check pictures of those supposedly hurt in recent independence demonstrations did journalism no favours With fake news apparently leaking from every media orifice, you’d have hoped for a little more diligence over those Catalan referendum demonstration figures and images....

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On 4 October 2017, Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights introduced the debate at the European Parliament, on the Constitution, rule of law and fundamental rights in Spain in the light of the events of Catalonia.

https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-144694 TEXT On 4 October 2017, Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights introduced the debate at the European Parliament,...

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Guy Verhofstadt 04 Oct 2017 plenary speech on events in Catalonia

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Trapero (the former Catalonian Police Chief): with the Mossos, against the politicians -

Enric Hernàndez Setting of scores in the trial of the Supreme Court: the former Catalonian Police Chief of the mossos has exhibited his anger with the independence leaders for having damaged the prestige of the Catalan police Thursday, 03/14/2019 | Updated at 20:07 CET The independence referendum...

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Vilarrubias: "PP and PSOE have ceded the linguistic monopoly to nationalisms" The linguist Mercè Vilarrubias, who has just published 'Por una ley de lenguas', considers "unheard of in Europe" that Castilian, the majority language in Catalonia, has no right in this community

Mercè Vilarrubias en Crónica Global / LENA PRIETOMaría Jesús Cañizares @MJesusCanizares13.03.2019 00:00 h.  Merçè Vilarrubias with his book 'Por una ley de lenguas'  To build a multilingual state. This is the objective of the law of languages in which Mercè Vilarrubias,...

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Alfonso Valero: What Tyrants do is claim that Democracy is above the Rule of Law

EN ES Josep María Francàs SinPostureo ENGLISH Calm conversation between Josep María Francas (@jmfrancas) and Alfonso Valero (@alfvalero) a non-practicing lawyer (England and Wales), founder of the Professors´ Forum (Foro de Profesores - @foroprofesores)  JMF: You coordinate a group of...

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Israel criticises Catalan government over Anne Frank tweet - Israeli embassy in Spain calls use of quote for political cause ‘a disgrace’

Anne Frank, whose quote was tweeted with a yellow ribbon in support of jailed Catalan leaders.  The Israeli embassy in Madrid has accused the Catalan government of using the Holocaust “to promote a political cause”, after its spokeswoman tweeted a quote from Anne Frank alongside a picture...

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