Democracy defeated the coup
A year on, it is clear that the Catalan parliamentary coup d’état of 2017 has strengthened the Spanish political nation
José Ignacio Torreblanca
European election 2019: Can we cry wolf one more time?
If Europhobic parties gain significant ground in June next year, it will be as much the fault of the mainstream parties as the insurgents
Bannon sets his eyes on Spain
Spain's far-right party Vox draws the country into the continent's growing anti-European league
View from Madrid: Strengthening joint working
Spain's lack of xenophobic parties has meant that the refugee crisis has so far escaped being linked with terrorism
View from Madrid: About turn
The minority caretaker government of Mariano Rajoy has been forced into a volte-face on the EU-Turkey deal by a hostile parliament
View from Madrid: No mood for blocking
Spain doesn’t like the deal but, owing to domestic turmoil, may have to go along with it
Times are changing in Spain
Spain's new political parties Podemos and Ciudadanos smash apart old orthodoxies and herald a new era in Spanish politics
View from Madrid: Applying the lessons of the past
Spain is seeking to apply the lessons of its previous migration experience to the European response
View from Madrid: Welcoming, but worries over capacity
Questions over Spain's ability to absorb migrants grow after Spanish volte-face on quotas
Navel-gazing Spain
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s foreign policy, together with former Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero’s, removes the country from the international arena