By forcibly attempting to prevent a vote on Catalan independence, the Spanish government plays into the nationalists' hands.
Category: Spain
Self-determination, here and there
Catalonia has no chance of getting a credible vote for independence this week. Kurdistan has already got one, but it's not doing it much good.
Spain, being Spain
Spain's politicians continue their comprehensive failure to work with the parliament that voters have given them.
Spain, eighty years on
Spain marks another anniversary, but the lessons of the civil war have a special resonance this year for the rest of the world as well.
Just as we thought
Spain's election shows a shift towards the centre-right, but not enough to break the parliamentary deadlock.
Election preview: Spain, again
Spain tries again, with no real reason to think the result will be any different from six months ago. It will be up to the politicians to make it work this time.
Back to the polls in Spain
Spain will hold fresh elections in June, after its political parties failed to reach agreement on forming a new government. It's not at all obvious that this will solve anything.
Results roundup
An irregular feature updating world electoral news. This week, the United States, Iran, Spain, Ireland and Jamaica.
An Iberian update
Portugal gets a new president and Catalonia gets a new premier, but Spain is still waiting.
Spain as it happens
Results are coming in from a close and path-breaking Spanish election.
The World is Not Enough 