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Democracy

Diagonal view of the façade of the Council of Ministers Pavilion in the Moncloa Complex, with the Spanish and EU flagpoles. Challenges
Influence and image of Spain

Challenging Times for Spain

By William Chislett // Posted on 22 Dec 2023
Headquarters of the Constitutional Court in Madrid, Spain. Amnesty
Inside Spain

The government’s controversial amnesty in order to remain in power

By William Chislett // Posted on 26 Oct 2023
Assault guards loyal to the Republic during the Siege of the Alcázar of Toledo.
Influence and image of Spain

The long and winding path to Spain’s modernisation

By William Chislett // Posted on 25 Apr 2023
Monument to King Alfonso XII in Madrid's Retiro Park (Spain)
Inside Spain

Time for a change in Spain

By William Chislett // Posted on 28 Mar 2023
Press conference by Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Thierry Breton, European Commissioner, on the EU Media Freedom Act (15/9/2022)
Technology and economics

The geopolitical implications of the EU’s Media Freedom Act

By Raquel Jorge Ricart // Posted on 16 Dec 2022
Felipe González, leader of the Socialists (PSOE) in Spain, giving a speech at a rally in Spain (1977)
Inside Spain

Forty years since the Socialists’ historic landslide victory

By William Chislett // Posted on 17 Nov 2022
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announces the composition of the government after talks with President Sergio Mattarella
Future of Europe

Could Meloni’s government prove more pro-EU than expected?

By Michael Malinconi // Posted on 26 Oct 2022
Ballot of the Catalan independence referendum, 2017
Inside Spain

Five years on from the illegal Catalan independence referendum

By William Chislett // Posted on 20 Oct 2022
Democracies vs autocracies. European Union flag at a rally of support for Ukraine
Globalization, development and governance

The binary discourse of “democracies vs autocracies” is against Europe’s interests

By Miguel Otero Iglesias // Posted on 08 Jul 2022
Golden passport and visa schemes. A European passport on a map. Photo: jackmac34
Democracy and citizenship

Golden passport and visa schemes: an opportunity for EU foreign policy?

By Aindriú Ó Murchú // Posted on 09 May 2022
Grappling with a national tragedy. La Escalinata del Óvalo in Teruel, Spain. Photo: Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Inside Spain

Grappling with a national tragedy

By William Chislett // Posted on 15 Feb 2022
Plant resilience. Photo: Pierre Pouliquin (CC BY-NC 2.0). Elcano Blog
Global Spectator

The power of resilience

By Andrés Ortega // Posted on 15 Dec 2020
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