Spain | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Sat, 07 Apr 2018 22:16:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Spain | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Robbing Pedro to Pay Pablo: After Three Months of Fruitless Negotiations Spain is No Nearer to Forming a Government https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/robbing-pedro-to-pay-pablo-after-three-months-of-fruitless-negotiations-spain-is-no-nearer-to-forming-a-government/ Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:00:20 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=3139 Paul Kennedy The current stalemate in Spain over forming a government following elections last December is a function of the country’s shift away from a two-party system at national level, writes Paul Kennedy. He argues that, although polls suggest that new elections would yield a similar result, how leaders have approached the negotiations could impact …

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]]> Decision Time for Catalonia https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/decision-time-for-catalonia/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:00:27 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=1391 Daniel Cetrà The upcoming election in Catalonia is being framed by some parties as a referendum on independence from Spain, writes Daniel Cetrà. Setting out some of the possible outcomes of this election and the Spanish general election to follow, he underlines the complex party politics involved and their centrality to the independence debate. Flags …

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