The Catalan case
How have people from the region been so suddenly converted to this anti-Spanish culture of ethnic grievance?
Do-nothing policy
Rajoy lets problems fester because he thinks it desirable to let them harden into exasperation
Encroaching inequality
When modernization enters a phase of maturity and the middle classes can grow no further, as is now the case in the West, equality of opportunity becomes a trap
Unknowns
The plan to punish Assad, Spain’s economic recovery and the PP corruption case are all very much in the balance
De Cospedal
The PP Secretary General's testimony has shaken up the Bárcenas hearings Is it time for Spain to reform the rules of "the game of power?"
Integrity and venality
It is in Spain’s corporate cliques, and not its public services, where the taint of corruption is strongest
Proximity
Symptoms of a kind of autism syndrome are present in all of Spain's political parties
Inbreeding
The political parties must be forced to open up their finances to independent scrutiny
Punishment
The Socialists have long since lost their capacity to relate to the people they are supposed to represent
Civil disobedience
Things are worsening in Spain with the rebellion of the Catalans, and the spread of demonstrations