Spain

The territory at the tip of Spain will remain British on paper, but in practice Brexit has brought it closer to the EU than ever before.

Spain’s “mileurista” generation is a portent of things to come for the global economy.

Retired officers nostalgic for the Franco dictatorship are denouncing the country’s elected government. King Felipe should condemn these anti-democratic forces just as his father did in 1981.

The continued use of lethal restraints, as in the case of Iliass Tahiri in Spain, damages the bloc’s human rights advocacy around the world.

The British government’s haphazard approach to quarantining travelers won’t make up for its failed domestic coronavirus containment efforts.

Corruption charges against the former king forced him into exile—and the latest scandal could be the nail in the coffin for the monarchy.

The coronavirus pandemic temporarily ended the practice of detaining and deporting asylum-seekers in many countries, but harsher border controls could make reaching Europe and the United States harder than ever.

The coronavirus response has increased political polarization, threatening the country’s economic recovery.

Conservatives have framed women’s rights rallies in March as a source of contagion, threatening to undermine the surging feminist movement.

In a striking reversal, Merkel joins with France in recommending a euro fund that could be a timid first step toward greater integration.

Here in Spain, even easing measures leaves them stricter than in most of the United States.

Without mutual debt in the form of Eurobonds, the continent’s economic crisis will get worse, Euroskepticism will increase, and the EU could fall apart.

The curve appeared to be flattening at last, but the latest numbers augur a longer crisis.

Repeated attempts by Catalan secessionists to break away are increasing polarization and preventing reconciliation.

Southern countries push for a eurobond while the wealthy North says “nein.”