Catalonia

Spain threatened to launch the "nuclear option", Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, to take direct control from the administration in Barcelona. [...]

Spanish stocks tumbled, with the IBEX index sliding into a 10% correction, following an overnight report that Catalan leader Puigdemont was set to make a statement at 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Wednesday, after an all-party committee of the region’s parliament meets to agree a date for a plenary session on independence.

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Semi-Official translation of the newspaper El Pais: ——- Good evening, We find ourselves at a critical juncture for our existence as a democracy. In these circumstances, I wish to address

Tense, divisive or controversial ‘referendums’ seem to be the in-thing right now. Presently, a lot of coverage has been given to two independence referendums in different parts of the globe: one in Spain and one in Iraq. Both referendums also have things in common. Regarding the Catalonian independence referendum in Spain, I have no personal […]

More than 840 people were injured in clashes with police after the Guardia Civil tried to close polling stations across Catalonia, violently removing people who were attempting to vote.

A new paradigm has been coined right inside the lofty European Union: 'In the name of democracy, refrain from voting, or else'
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While the chorus of voices accusing Russia of meddling in other nations’ affairs has been largely concentrated in the U.S., on occasion the Russians have also been used as convenient scapegoats for the resurgence of populism and other “anti-establishment” positions in the European Union.

Referendum violence, the economics of bribery and political clowns + this day in history w/the start of the Beltway Sniper spree and our song of the day by Luna on your Morning Monarchy for October 2, 2017.