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Is Mario Draghi Catalonia’s Best Friend?

By ⋅ May 30, 2014 ⋅ 3 comments
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Is Mario Draghi Catalonia’s Best Friend? An article in Bloomberg today argues that Mario Draghi’s backstop of EU member state debt is actually fomenting the Catalan Independence movement[1]. As President of the powerful European Central Bank, Mr. Draghi has promised to “do whatever it takes” to save the Euro, emphasizing: “and believe me, it will […]

Catalonia: A Powder Keg Looking For A Match

By ⋅ May 30, 2014 ⋅ One comment

Catalonia: A Powder Keg Looking for a Match Barcelona has been on rocked by three consecutive nights of rioting in response to the police eviction of squatters from Can Víes[1], a derelict municipal building. The building had been occupied for years, and the municipal government had tolerated it until now. Over time, the building had […]

Update Catalonia: 24 April

By ⋅ April 24, 2014 ⋅ 2 comments

Update Catalonia: 24 April 2014 Three minor, but potentially interesting developments in the evolving situation in Catalonia were in the news this week. In his first address to the Spanish Parliament on Catalonia since the referendum debate on April 9th, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called on Catalans to accept the decision of  the national […]

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