Spain, Poland and Greece: shudders in Europe’s political foundations
Both in Spain and Poland, centrist pro-EU politics is falling victim to its association with a crony-ist elite and its failure to tell a convincing story to the young.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined from the Outer Hebrides by the SNP MP Angus McNeil. He starts by asking him about his reaction to today’s European arrest warrant for Clara Ponsatí, the former Catalan minister who has been in Scotland since October’s Catalonia’s disputed Independence referendum.
The sacked Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, and five other senior colleagues, have driven undetected across the French border and caught a flight to Brussels. The EU may not have recognised their independent state but a Flemish minister in the Belgian government has offered the ousted leadership political asylum. While they were on the run Spain’s chief prosecutor today…
Huge crowds have been celebrating on the streets of Barcelona, as the Catalan parliament voted to establish an “independent and sovereign state” – a declaration met with an immediate response from Spain: direct rule. And as for Europe, a big no too,as the head of the EU parliament declared no-one in the bloc would recognise Catalan independence.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating on the streets of Barcelona. But one week on from their region’s vote in favour of independence, the protesters were demanding to remain part of a united Spain.
The King and Queen of Spain have been visiting victims of the van attack in Barcelona who are recovering in hospital – as emergency services identify more of the fourteen people who were killed here – and in the nearby town of Cambrils. The scene of the attack in Las Ramblas is now a sea…
Five suspected terrorists have been shot dead in the beach town of Cambrils after a second vehicle attack in Spain. One woman was killed and a number of others injured.
Both in Spain and Poland, centrist pro-EU politics is falling victim to its association with a crony-ist elite and its failure to tell a convincing story to the young.
Tens of thousands of protesters march through the streets of Madrid in a show of strength by Spain’s fledgling radical leftist party Podemos, which hopes to emulate Syriza’s rise to power in Greece.
Riot police clash with protesters in Barcelona after a raid on squatters – and demonstrators plan to hit the streets against anti-demo laws – what’s going on in Spain?
Google has said it will shut down Google News in Spain, before a new ruling comes into effect meaning it would have to pay publishers if it displayed their content on its site.
Millions of Catalans come out to vote in a non-binding straw poll, with more than 80 per cent backing independence from Spain.
Catalonia holds a “symbolic referendum” on Sunday in which its people will vote on separating from Spain. But the Spanish government has refused to recognise the ballot, branding it illegal.
The parents of brain cancer patient Ashya King describes their son’s joy after being reunited with his family in a Spanish hospital.
The parents of a five-year-old brain cancer patient, who took him out of hospital without doctors’ consent, remain in custody in Spain after they told the court they did not want to be extradited.
The parents of Ahsya King, the five-year-old with a brain tumour who was taken from hospital without doctors’ permission, say they were seeking medical treatment for their son in the Czech Republic.