Beyond Brexit, from Catalonia to the Czech Republic, the European dream is under threatThe unprecedented measures initiated on Saturday by Spain´s government, aimed at thwarting Catalonia´s secession, are but the latest expression of a developing, Europe-wide crisis of identity and political legitimacy. Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, was reluctant to resort to direct rule from Madrid, but faced by the stubborn and, in his view, illegal defiance of the Catalan leadership, he clearly felt he had no choice. Rajoy´s intervention could defuse the situation or, by triggering a formal declaration of independence, render it even more unstable. Continue reading...
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