Summary 2018
Nationalism as a mass political phenomenon is something quite recent.
Since 2016, several political events have been worrying and have shaken the old continent over and over again.
How do we explain the resurgence of populism in one country after another? Maybe in terms of common structural conditions or passive diffusion of ideas across contexts?
Politics in polyarchies today seems to pivot around two major trends: on one hand, the establishment Political Parties, and on the other, the anti-system.
Nationalism and Populism are two issues that have gained general interest in this stage of history, characterized by globalisation.
Throughout history, protectionism has often gone hand-in-hand with nationalism.
For a long time, tariffs were the most common protectionism instrument.
Many countries are currently liberalising trade through bilateral and regional free trade agreements.
An interview with Jorge Jaraquemada, a lawyer by profession and Executive Director of the Jaime Guzmán Foundation of Chile, was President of the Council for Transparency of Chile.
The IDE 2014 of the Alternativas Foundation dedicated a chapter to the Bárcenas-Gürtel case, the Palau case and the case of the Andalusia Regional Government ERE.
On March 21st, 2018, the Spanish justice issued a European arrest warrant against the president of the Catalonian regional government, Carles Puigdemont.
The kidnapping of the public sector by the large economic groups that live entrenched within the structures of the State in pursuance of their own objectives is alarming.
Tthe countries presented themselves as closed fortresses, protected by the principle of non-interference.
Over the last few years, the European Union has created a "European Justice Area" based on the adoption of measures to advance judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters.
Three years ago, the so-called sovereignty process was unleashed and external attention on the Catalonian political situation has been increasing.
The CCMA, a corporation that brings together TV3, Catalonia Radio and the respective Digital Media, during the tripartite governments endured an attempt to rationalize its structure.
Could we say that the regime constructed by Jordi Pujol in Catalonia, and still untouched, is a neo-fascist, totalitarian, authoritarian or xenophobic regime?
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