The Brussels-Madrid-Rabat triangle: Spain’s role in EU-Morocco relations

21 June 2023 International

9 min

In Spanish diplomacy, there is an unspoken rule which sets Morocco as the first country to be visited by the newly appointed Prime Minister of Spain, a tradition that Pedro Sánchez broke in 2018. Diplomatic relations between the two neighbours have gone through one of their worst crises, although since the beginning of February 2023, it seems their diplomatic relations are partially back on track, after important concessions were made on both sides.

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Nobody lives here! Rural depopulation in the EU and citizen engagement in “emptied Spain”

27 July 2020 Society

Reading time: 3 min. Depopulation is the new normal in rural regions all across Europe. The quality of life that a village offers does not seem to outweigh structural problems […]

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Coalition agreement

Spain: From the (foreseeable) deadlock to the coalition government

17 January 2020 Partners/external Society

4 min

In November 2019, Spain had its fourth general election in four years to elect its next Head of Government. After two months of negotiations between the parliamentary groups of the […]

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Repetition of general elections in Spain: the deadlock scenario persists

12 November 2019 Partners/external Society

4 min

This article is an external contribution from an independent editor.   Last Sunday, Spain had its fourth general election in four years to elect its next Head of Government. On […]

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Catalonia independence: a second Brexit?

23 September 2017 Other articles

The territorial tensions in Spain are not an exception in the European Union. The nationalist issues of Corsica in France, Flanders in Belgium, Veneto or South Tyrol in Italy, Bavaria […]

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