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Catalan independence: arrogance of Madrid explains this chaos John Carlin in The Times

Saturday, 14 october 2017
John Carlin   October 7 2017, The Times   Shortly before the King of Spain addressed the nation this week, some of his more rational-minded subjects hoped that maybe, just maybe, he might rise above the petty-mindedness of the Madrid political establishment. He could, they thought, offer a generous vision of how to resolve the crisis caused by the escalating clamour for Catalan independence. No such luck. By the end of his six-minute speech Felipe VI had only made things worse. [+]

I hope Catalonia stays with Spain, but I support its right to leave

Saturday, 14 october 2017 | THE GUARDIAN
Though the Catalans cannot say they are a colonised people, at stake is the basic democratic principle of national self-determination
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Catalonia on the Brink: How Did We Get Here?

Friday, 13 october 2017 | PROMARKET
Catalans simply want to vote and exercise their right of self-determination, argues Jaume Ventura of CREI; if they do not stand up for their rights, who else will?
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Spain and Catalonia can find a way forward. Here’s what they must do (by Gerry Adams)

Friday, 13 october 2017 | THE GUARDIAN
Europe is facing its biggest crisis since the Balkan wars. But no conflict is intractable, and the broad principles for resolving it are the same as they were in Ireland

Image: Gerry Adams, centre, and Sinn Fein negotiators Caiomhghin O’Caolain (left) and the late Martin McGuinness arrive at Stormont for peace talks in 1997. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS
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Joyce McMillan: EU must take lead in Catalan talks

Sunday, 8 october 2017 | THE SCOTSMAN
It’s now the duty of the European Union to play its part in negotiation in Spain, says Joyce McMillan
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Le point de non-retour de la crise catalane: l’étincelle invisible

Sunday, 8 october 2017 | LIBÉRATION
LIBÉRATION Par André Loez, Professeur d’histoire contemporaine à Sciences-Po Paris et en classes préparatoires — 4 octobre 2017 à 20:56 Des violences policières des derniers jours, à Barcelone, au discours martial du roi Felipe VI, mardi, la question se pose du moment de bascule dans une crise historique. Quand est-ce qu’un événement bascule de façon irréparable ? Où situer le point de non-retour qui ferme l’espace des possibles et réoriente définitivement l’histoire ? La crise en Catalogne rend très actuelle cette interrogation familière des historiens, accoutumés à démêler les causes, à identifier les points de rupture qui font passer de la paix à la guerre, de la manifestation à l’insurrection, de la sédition à la sécession. [+]

Hidden ballot boxes, encrypted texts: How Catalans staged their referendum

Sunday, 8 october 2017 | CNN
    CNN   October 5, 2017 By Erin McLaughlin, Claudia Rebaza and Elena Gyldenkerne, Barcelona (CNN) The images shocked Spain and reverberated around Europe. Officers with Spain's national security forces, in full riot gear, smashing their way into polling stations, dragging women out by the hair, and firing rubber bullets indiscriminately into crowds as they turned out to vote. It was all part of a coordinated crackdown on Catalonia's disputed independence referendum -- banned by Spain's highest court, but held in defiance of Madrid by Catalonia's passionate separatists who felt their long-held dream of an independent state was close at hand. [+]

Spanien ist tot

Sunday, 8 october 2017 | SÜDDEUSTCHE ZEIT
Albert Sánchez Piñol, geboren 1965 in Barcelona, ist Anthropologe und Schriftsteller. Sein Roman "Victus" (auf deutsch "Der Untergang Barcelonas") über den Krieg von 1714 war in Spanien das meistverkaufte Buch des Jahres 2013. (Foto: Privat)
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Catalonia’s Split With Spain Is About Identity, Not Just Money

Sunday, 8 october 2017 | BLOOMBERG
Barcelona and Madrid survived the tough times together, but even as Spain’s economy improves, their union is disintegrating.
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Spain: Excessive use of force by National Police and Civil Guard in Catalonia

Saturday, 7 october 2017 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International has directly confirmed on the ground that members of the National Police force's Police Intervention Unit (UIP) and Civil Guard officers used excessive and disproportionate force against demonstrators who were passively resisting in the streets and at the entrances to polling stations. The security forces were acting on the ruling of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC), which ordered them to prevent the holding of a referendum. The Ministry of the Interior reports that the security forces intervened and shut down 92 polling stations. According to information from the Generalitat (the government of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia), there were a total of 2,315 polling stations, 400 of which were shut down by court order.
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Sunday, 17.9.2017 20:15

One last chance for Spain in Catalonia

Any doubts about the Catalans´continued resolve to have a say in their collective future should have been dispelled by the September 11 demonstration in Barcelona. Year after year hundreds ... [+]

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