Photo by Federica Campanaro on Unsplash Originally published in Spanish: “Euroorden y confianza mutua”. Editorial. El País. 7th April 2018 The German court neither acquits nor legitimizes Puigdemont or secessionism The decision of the Schleswig-Holstein Court to reject a request for the surrender of the former Catalan president to Spain for the crime of rebellion […]
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‘Procés’ illégal et violent
Photo by Federica Campanaro on Unsplash Publié à l’origine en espagnol: “‘Procés’ ilegal y violento”. Editorial. El País. 7 Avril 2018 Le tribunal allemand n’acquitte pas Puigdemont et ne légitime pas le sécessionnisme La décision du tribunal du Schleswig-Holstein de rejeter la demande de remise à l’Espagne de l’ex président de la Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, […]
European arrest warrant and mutual trust
Originally published in Spanish: “Euroorden y confianza mutua”. Adán Nieto. El País. 10 Apr 2018 The European arrest warrant issued by the Spanish Supreme Court requesting the handing over of Mr Puigdemont under charges of rebellion and embezzlement is a case in which the automatic application of the rules offers no clear solutions. It must […]
No nos hagáis volver. Don’t force us to come back
ESPAÑOL (In English below) «Cuando todo se acabe y nadie nos recuerde seguro que nos vemos en cualquier fiesta…» La Mode. “En cualquier fiesta”. Álbum 1984. Nos vamos, hemos cumplido nuestro objetivo. Tal vez no hayamos sido nosotros, tal vez ni se haya notado nuestra presencia, pero quién sabe, tal vez sí. Empezamos este […]
The Invisibles
Originally published in Spanish: “Los invisibles”. Ignacio Camacho. ABC. 30 Oct 2017 Maladjusted. That’s how dissident Catalans of nationalism were described in a document seized by Civil Guard from one of Oriol Junqueras’ aids, arrested for organizing the illegal consultation on October 1st. Something like those “irrecoverable” evited from Stalinism that Jean Paul Sartre denounced […]
Necessary and Sufficient
Por Miguel Aguilar. Letras Libres, November 2017 issue In the heat of the battle of Waterloo, nothing could be further from the young Fabrizio del Dongo than to imagine the mere possibility of those elegant balls that filled the hours at the Vienna Congress. These days, in Barcelona, the banging of pot and pans covers […]
To curse
Originally published in Spanish: “Jurar en Arameo”. Aurora Nacarino-Brabo. The Objective. 2 Nov 2017 Accustomed to lie, with certain critical and commercial success, the Catalan government thought that he could dub to several languages the sitcom which is the Catalan process and export it to Europe. It would be like a sort of spin-off of […]
Stuck between Action and Reaction
Originally published in Spanish. «Atrapados entre la acción y la reacción «. Ricardo Dudda. Letras Libres. 25 octubre 2017 It took five years for Mr Rajoy’s government to realize that the Catalan pro-independence movement matters. He neither offered dialogue nor negotiations; he did not offer alternative proposals either, when sovereignism was not yet rupturist and […]
Le piège des clichés sur l’Espagne
Publié à l’origine en espagnol: “Atrapados en el cliché español” Andrea Aguilar. El País. 29 Oct 2017 La crise catalane a montré que les stéréotypes ibériques persistent dans les médias étrangers. Si le meilleur point de vue pour réfléchir sur la vie est d’être déjà mort, pour dire quelque chose d’intelligent sur l’Espagne, il vaut […]
Credulità colpevole
Originale: “Credulidad culpable ”. Manuel Cruz. El País 01 Nov 2017 Una parte non piccola dei cittadini catalani ha accettato senza critica messaggi indipendentisti tossici. Se ora, alla luce della loro evidente infondatezza, non rivede le proprie posizioni, possiamo presumere che esista una decisa volontà di autoinganno Come si suol dire in questi casi, “le […]