Photo by Matt Artz on Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol: “El pacto con el nacionalismo se ha acabado”. Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 05.05.2018 Voilà, c’est fini. Cela pourra durer encore un certain temps, pendant une période de transition, où tout sera encore possible, où l’on aspirera à ce que l’on a vécu, où l’on réclamera […]
Categoría: Voices From Spain
The peoples’ judgement
Foto: Aziz Acharki | Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: ‘El «Juicio del pueblo»‘. Lola García. La Vanguardia. 6th may 2018 Six months after the tumultuous October of 2017, ERC have stated, in un ambiguous terms, that “it has been soundly established” that those events have not “translated to the birth of a Catalan republic”. No matter how obvious […]
A shock nominee
Photo by Kristen Sturdivant on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ‘Candidato de choque’. Editorial. El País. 12th May 2018 Torra’s xenophobic views disqualify him to represent all Catalans It is hard to believe how low the independentist leaders are going to make the Catalan government fall. The nomination of Quim Torra i Pla as president of […]
Quim Torra, agitateur intégriste
Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol: “Quim Torra, agitador integrista» . Joaquim Coll. Crónica Global. 10 mai 2018 Après le changement politique à la Mairie de Barcelone, en mai 2011, avec l’arrivée au pouvoir du conservateur Xavier Trias comme maire de la ville, le projet du marché du vieux quartier du […]
Is Catalonia still a single people?
Photo by Daniel von Appen on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish. ‘¿Sigue Cataluña siendo «un sol poble»?’. Oriol Bartomeus. Agenda Pública. 3rd May 2018 Any society, any country, is a structure made up of different pieces, assembled in one way or another. They can be seen as a whole, but it is not homogeneous. History, the passing of […]
“Il procés non si capisce senza la destra catalana e l’élite economica” (II)
Foto: davide ragusa | Unsplash Originale: ´El procés no se entiende sin la derecha catalana y la élite económica´. Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 29 aprile 2018 Lo scrittore crede che l’indipendentismo iniziò con l’assalto al Parlament (NdT: il Parlamento regionale catalano) nel 2011 e che i poteri economici scommisero su Puigdemont per negoziare con il Governo. […]
“È imperdonabile che la sinistra sia stata complice dell’indipendentismo” (I)
Foto: davide ragusa | Unsplash Originale: ´Es imperdonable que la izquierda haya sido cómplice del independentismo´. Manel Manchón. Crónica Global. 29 aprile 2018 Lo scrittore accusa la sinistra di appoggiare un processo che é stato un “colpo di Stato” dell’indipendentismo solo per andare contro il Governo del PP. Javier Cercas (Ibahernando, Caceres, 1962) vive la situazione […]
La distorsion qui fait taire
Photo by Olya Kuzovkina on Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol. “‘La distorsión silenciadora”. Mikel Arteta. El País. 25.04.2018 On a beaucoup parlé sur la « majorité silencieuse » en Catalogne, mais on a moins abordé comment cette majorité fuit réduite au silence : notamment, les nationalistes ont réussi à faire monter la peur des dissidents. Selon l’institut […]
Catalan Regional Government Encouraged School Student Protests after the Illegal Referendum
Photo: Ryan Tauss | Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: «La Generalitat alentó protestas de alumnos tras el referéndum ilegal». Oriol Güel, Jesús García. El País. 5th may 2018 Written instructions urged schools to hold protests with “all students and teachers” against the events. Catalan Regional Government encouraged schools and high-schools to hold protests “with all […]
C’erano un catalano, una madrilena e un andaluso e… arrivò una crisi terribile e cupa
Photo by Holly Mindrup on Unsplash Orginale: “Estaban un catalán, una madrileña y un andaluz y … llegó una terrible y sombría crisis”. Eloísa del Pino Matute. Agenda Pública. 10 novembre 2017 Negli ultimi anni è frequente sentire che i catalani hanno iniziato a sentirsi (più) frustrati per il sistema politico spagnolo, e in particolare per lo Stato delle […]