Photo by Hello I’m Nik on Unsplash Publié en espagnol sous le titre: “El fin del consenso catalán”. Daniel Gascón. El País. 17 Juillet 2018 Il faut admettre que l’équilibre en Catalogne a changé L’épisode de Clavileño est l’un des plus célèbres de la deuxième partie du Quichotte. Afin de libérer certaines femmes d’un prétendu sortilège, Don Quichotte et Sancho […]
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Anatomy of the “procés”
Photo by Carson Arias on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. Anatomía del ‘procés’. Elisa de la Nuez. El Mundo. 17th July 2018 A few days ago I had the opportunity to meet a group of experts (sociologists, political scientists, jurists, economists, historians, diplomats, journalists, businessmen and even psychologists) in a seminar held at the International University […]
Inside The Catalan Hurricane – Part II: “The Media”
Excerpts from: “En el huracán catalán. Una mirada privilegiada del procés” a book by Sandrine Morel Ed. Planeta 2018 Chapter 11 The pressure on the media In 2017, Joan Maria Piqué, then director for external communications at the Generalitat, included all correspondents in a mailing list in order to send us everything that, in his opinion, would help us […]
À l’intérieur de l’ouragan Catalan – Partie I: » Diadas»
Extraits du livre: “En el huracán catalán. Una mirada privilegiada del procés.” Sandrine Morel Ed. Planeta 2018 Chapitre 3 La grande communion de la Diada: « Le monde nous regarde! » C’est pendant les premiers mois de 2012 que j’ai commencé à recevoir des courriels de la part de l’Assemblée Nationale Catalane (ANC). Cette association, constituée en mars […]
Nell’uragano catalano – Parte I: «Diadas»
Estratti da: «En el huracán catalán. Una mirada privilegiada del procés» un libro di Sandrine Morel Ed. Planeta 2018 Capitolo 3 La grande comunione della Diada: “Il mondo ci guarda!” Nei primi mesi del 2012, cominciai a ricevere delle email dall’Assemblea Nazionale Catalana (ANC). Quest’associazione, costituita nel marzo di quello stesso anno, mi informava che si stava preparando […]
Rebellion und Verrat, die Dämonen von Europa und der europäische Haftbefehl. Einleitung für Deutsche
Foto Daniele Levis Pelusi on Unsplash Ursprünglich auf Spanisch veröffentlicht: «Rebelión y traición: los diablos familiares de Europa y la euroorden. Un prólogo para alemanes.» Luis Arroyo Zapatero. Almacén de Derecho. 10 Juli 2018 Die nationalen Dämonen Deutschlands sind anders. Die deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte zeigt die typischen Spannungen der Pluralität der Staaten mit Spannungen innerhalb des großen gesamtgermanischen Raumes – […]
Inside The Catalan Hurricane – Part I: «Diadas»
Excerpts from: «En el huracán catalán. Una mirada privilegiada del procés» a book by Sandrine Morel Ed. Planeta 2018 Chapter 3 The great communion of the Diada: “The world is watching!” In the early months of 2012 I started getting emails from the Catalan National Assembly (Assemblea Nacional Catalana, ANC). The association, which had been formed […]
«Don’t think of an extradition»
Photo by Devin Avery on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “No pienses en una extradición”. Jesús Alfaro. Almacén de derecho. 17th July 2018 Introduction «If the Spanish government had consulted the judicial network of experts in European law, it might not have asked for Puigdemont’s arrest in Germany,» someone said at an after-lunch conversation. This phrase […]
El derecho a la autodeterminación de Cataluña: autopsia de un relato
Photo by Adam Birkett on Unsplash Por Alejandro Dorado Nájera «Cualquier solución al problema catalán pasa por reconocer el derecho de autodeterminación», Quim Torra, president de la Generalitat, tras su reunión con Pedro Sánchez en julio de 2018. El debate sobre el derecho de autodeterminación de Cataluña es —y será— un tema recurrente, dado que […]
The Socialists and Catalan Schools
Photo by Ravali Yan on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “Los socialistas y la escuela catalana”. Joaquim Coll. El País. 28th February 2018 In view of Catalan Socialists’ closed defence of the so-called immersion policy, which they reaffirm whenever there’s some sort of controversy, one might conclude that nationalism’s greatest success has been getting them to believe that it was they […]