Inside Spain (28 November – 20 December)
China promises to re-balance trade with Spain.
Far-right enters Andalusian parliament, dislodging the Socialists from decades of rule.
Jailed Catalan secessionists on hunger strike, one hospitalised.
Spaniards positive about their 40 years of democracy, with some misgivings.
Government plans military spending of €7.3 billion.
Spain no longer bucks the trend on far-right parties
Forty years of democratic Spain
My post for Oxford University Press, the publisher in 2013 of my book on Spain in their series “What Everyone Needs to Know.”
Forty years of democratic Spain
My 80-page Paper published in October, reduced to a post of 900 words. Tagged to the 40th anniversary of the referendum on the democratic constitution.
My podcast with Matthew Bennett on all things Spanish for the Spain Report
Inside Spain (22 October-27 November)
Spain accepts deal on Gibraltar, clearing way for Brexit agreement.
Trial of Catalan independence leaders set for early 2019.
Tackling corruption would add €10 billion a year to Spain’s GDP, says report.
OECD and IMF downgrade growth, European Commission questions fiscal deficit.
Main banks pass EBA’s stress test in adverse scenario.
