Catalans Likely to Keep Disobedience Civil
The Cipher Brief asked Marc Gafarot, a public affairs consultant and specialist in secessionist movements who is based in Barcelona, to comment after Spain’s central […] More
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Catalonia Strife Could Take Economic Toll, Hurting Nationalist Cause
Over the weekend, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy responded to the independence referendum, which the Catalonian government held on October 1, with an announcement that […] More
Madrid and Catalonia Place Bets on Spain’s Future
The crisis in Catalonia is reaching a decision point as the Spanish senate gets ready to vote on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s proposal to use […] More
More Complexity Ahead If Catalonia Doesn’t Declare Independence
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced this weekend that his government would invoke Article 155 to depose the current regional government and impose direct rule […] More