A night of pro-independence protests in Barcelona.
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Pedro Sánchez is offering Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont amnesty for his role in illegal independence referendums in 2014 and 2017.
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A new group – Tsunami Democràtic – are using technology to create civil disobedience that is more organised and creative than ever.
A protest on March 25 in Catalonia against the arrest of Carles Puigdemont.
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The former president of Catalonia is in a German prison, awaiting possible extradition to Spain where he faces charges of rebellion.
Protests in Barcelona on October 21 against the arrest of two Catalan nationalist leaders.
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Bid for Catalonian independence brings return of a divided Spain.
Franco visits Barcelona in 1942. Carlos Pérez de Rozas
Devoting all energies to fight over an imaginary border deflects attention from the real issues.
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The Spanish government is dealing with the Catalonian secession movement in entirely the wrong way. But what would getting it right look like?
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Winning an independence referendum is the simple bit – It’s no easy trick to assert yourself on the world stage.
Now what?
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After threatening to declare independence, Carles Puigdemont has stepped back from the brink. But that has caused confusion.
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Decentralisation, advanced training, civilian control, feminisation, unionisation and cultural change: the Spanish police are not a remnant of the Franco years