Why is Italy challenging the European Union?

24/10/2018. Pablo Martín de Santa Olalla. Brussels cannot accept Italian demands. Rome has not assumed yet that it should be strongly self-critical about its decades of economic stagnation and stop blaming the European Union for the profound ills afflicting the country.

Bavaria curbs populism and sinks social democracy

18/10/2018. Roberto Inclán. If the negative dynamic is confirmed, eyes will turn to the federal government, which would have to take action on a grand coalition that does not seem beneficial.

Almagro, Venezuela and multilateral order

03/10/2018. Beatriz Becerra. Multilateralism is being questioned by national-populism. In this sense, the OAS Secretary General's words about the possibility of intervening in Venezuela in accordance with international law were answered by those who prefer to ignore the liquidation of the rule of law and the brutal repression exercised by Caracas.

Quebec, law and clarity

27/09/2018. Javier Zarzalejos. Pedro Sánchez praised the way in which the Quebec case had demonstrated that "politics can give solutions to a secessionist crisis", but the canadian 'Law of Clarity' was established for a state that is recognized as divisible. Due to this substantial difference Stéphane Dion, creator of this law, has denied that it was applicable to Spain.

Basque nationalism and the confederal illuison

26/09/2018. Vicente de la Quintana Díez. The PNV have been promoting a frankly unconstitutional reform of a Statute that they now consider to be amortised. The confederal proposal makes no sense. But certain nonsenses have some future when they find a good “atmosphere” in the Spanish Government.

Jimmy Morales and the CICIG: A Brief reflection on the situation in Guatemala

11/09/2018. Eduardo Fernández Luiña. The International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala has been controversial since its inception.  President Jimmy Morales has just set the end of his mission for next year, which has fueled the confrontation between critics and defenders. While both sides are partly right, the fight against impunity and corruption needs to build bridges outside the system.

The end of an era

10/09/2018. Cristina Crespo Palomares. John McCain marks the end of an era; the greatness of both America and the Republican Party has passed away. What made McCain's America great is far from the America that brought Trump to the White House. Society is divided. The Republicans' loss of power in the midterms of November could mean a new starting point and the beginning of the search for a candidate for 2020.

Sweden, the end of the idyll

06/09/2018. Mauricio Rojas. Sweden is going through turbulent times despite having a vigorous economy. Next Sunday's elections can confirm that, as in many other places, identity issues tend to take on the role that the economy once had in deciding the vote of a large part of the population.