Original autor: Grad Student in USA. Tomorrow [October 1], the government in Catalonia will try to organize a referendum to declare, unilaterally, the secession from the rest of Spain. This process has been opposed by the central government, and by most population in Spain. People in Catalonia are also divided, but at this point, it […]
Autor: dfernandez
L’étrange défaite
Publié à l’origine en espagnol. Daniel Capó. The Objective. Les défaites politiques sont souvent le résultat d’erreurs d’intelligence. C’est la thèse que soutient l’historien Marc Bloch dans l’un de ses livres les plus lucides. – L’étrange défaite – et il devient inévitable dans ces moments de grande inquiétude civile de nous retourner vers lui. L’étrange […]
Is the ‘right to decide’ democratic?
Published originally in Spanish. Juan Claudio de Ramón. El País. One of the most striking aspects of the Spanish territorial crisis is the uncritical and almost automatic embracing by the left of the famous “right to decide”. The entire Catalan left, and a large part of the Spanish left too, have endorsed the use of […]
They have accustomed to spit on the rest of Spaniards
Félix Ovejero interviewed by Emilia Landaluce. Originally in Spanish. El Mundo. What such a boring, the Catalan issue… You see it. I wish we could be talking about poetry. But everything seems to lead us to the same place. And we must stick our neck out. That was, in essence, what I was referring to […]
The Ten Lies of the Rigged Referendum
Published originally in Spanish. Ignacio Varela. El Confidencial. Speaking to someone who had a long experience on international monitoring of electoral processes, I asked what an observer committee (of the European Parliament, for example) would do if it were requested to inspect the intended referendum of the October 1st in its current status. The answer […]
El cálculo de los separatistas
Publicado originalmente en alemán. Ulrich Ladurner. Zeit Online. Los catalanes siguen adelante con su cuestionable referéndum de independencia, escalada incluída. Su antidemocrática manera de proceder no deja más remedio a Madrid que tener una reacción firme. El pasado miércoles en Barcelona el jefe del Govern Carles Puigdemont comparecía ante la prensa y afirmaba: “el Gobierno […]
Über Probleme und Lösungen in Katalonien
Ursprünglich auf Spanisch veröffentlicht. Miguel Aguilar. Letras Libres. Die „Katalonische Frage“ ist eine Kombination zweier Probleme, die gerne verwechselt werden. Eines der Probleme besteht seit langem und hat damit zu tun, wie Katalonien zum Rest von Spanien passt und was das territorial bedeutet. Das zweite ist das illegale Abenteuer, auf das sich die katalonische Regierung […]
To laugh or to cry
Published originally in Spanish. Laura Freixas. La Vanguardia. Our president calls for a referendum that lacks a voter registry, an electoral commission, civil servants or voting places. Isn’t that worth laughing? The government is presided by a gentleman who didn’t run for the position, and whose star project is one that wasn’t in the electoral […]
Why Colm Tóibín is wrong about Catalonia
In a recent article published in the Guardian, Irish writer Colm Tóibín defended Catalonia’s referendum. Many of his arguments could be debated, and more than a few of his statements seem ill-informed.
La UE debe intervenir
Publicado originalmente en alemán. Ulrich Ladurner. Zeit Online. Los catalanes quieren la independencia de España e intentan arrastrar a la UE a su bando. En esencia: la situación requiere de Bruselas, pero como mediadora. Es hora de que la Unión Europea encare el conflicto entre el Gobierno español y los separatistas catalanes. Es sumamente importante. […]