If regionalists are needed to form a government, they could stop the major parties from exacerbating the crisis in Catalonia. Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez gives a speech in parliament in Madrid, September 12, 2018 (PSOE/Eva Ercolanese) There doesn’t seem to be market in Spain for a political party that is both liberal and pragmatic on the issue of Catalonia. High hopes
We had high hopes when the Ciudadanos (“Citizens”) emerged as a third party in 2015. It called for lower business taxes, a single contract to break Spain’s dual labor market and meritocracy in public institutions. That year, […]
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