Andy Robinson, a reporter for the Barcelona daily La Vanguardia, has written on Spain for the Guardian and the New Statesman.
As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.
Not really. But debates on rising inequality are now de rigueur at the World Economic Forum.
The strange thing about last week’s Brussels compact is that it is irrelevant to the task at hand—avoiding collapse of the euro.
Mariano Rajoy’s right-wing party crushed the socialists, but Spain’s fate depends more on bond traders and central bankers than its cabinet.
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After months of political upheaval and chaos in the bond markets, few investors believe austerity programs are a route to growth and debt reduction.
Caught in debt, being fed the poison of austerity, the victims of Europe’s crisis seek a path out.
Faced with dismal job prospects and enraged at a new internet piracy law, Spanish youth have occupied Madrid's La Puerta del Sol. But with the political right ascendant, where will their protests lead?


