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50 years after Franco’s death, is Spain’s democracy in danger?
07 Nov 2025 16:49 GMT
… constitution was that it led to Spain’s entry into the EU … transition”. Its membership revolutionised Spain’s prosperity and mitigated … saga illustrates the resilience of Spanish democracy. “We have … a professor of politics at Madrid’s Carlos III University, …
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Catherine Connolly wins: An historic victory for the left
08 Nov 2025 18:10 GMT
… Unified Germany in 1990), Spain in 1982, Hungary, Poland … on the direction of the European Union, and her close relationship … with Israel-supporting European Commission President Ursula von … to write a new Constitution. A socialist Republic with …
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Class war in Romania: Austerity and the dismantling of trade unions
08 Nov 2025 02:28 GMT
… for Romania to join the European Union.
Figure 1. Source: … stability, with Romania receiving EU member status in 2007. … remittances from Romanians working in Spain and Italy — two … through Article 114 of the Constitution, bypassing any parliamentary scrutiny …
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50th Green March Anniversary: From Liberation Epic to Final Settlement
06 Nov 2025 13:27 GMT
… to reclaim territories under Spanish colonization.
The march … up by overlapping European imperialist formations. Spain claimed Western Sahara … Melilla (still under Madrid’s control today), … .
The existing 2011 Constitution, which established advanced …
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Sweeping Democratic Wins Serve as a Referendum on Trump 2.0
06 Nov 2025 04:35 GMT
… U.S. elections, the European Union’s weakened emissions reduction … several nations’ support, EU climate ministers agreed to … (including the Netherlands and Spain) opposed the weakened measures … under the U.S. Constitution, Congress has sole authority …
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Ruling the Spanish Void: What Spain’s Social Democratic Party Can Teach European Liberal Democracies about Party Politics
15 Aug 2025 14:06 GMT
… crucial role in drafting the Spanish constitution and modernizing the country during … liberal democracies these days. In Spain, parliamentary oversight mechanisms, such as … actors in the European Union and EU-China relations at the European Parliament.
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It is a mistake to see the Eastern vision as undemocratic. Peter Verovšek on European memory
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Future of Europe: It’s Not about Treaty Change, It’s about European Democracy
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… wishes with EU-level decisionmakers on how to change the European Union. They … the possibility of having a European constitution. There is the call for … this core of pro-European governments, like Spain and Italy, for having …
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Will the EU survive the rise of democratorships within? Karolewski and Leggewie on the new quality of politics in the Visegrád states
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