Here is a Twitter thread by Ramir De Porrata-Doria, arguing that the Catalans need to play their hand carefully in the coming "dialogue" with Spain, that many see doomed to failure.
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9 d’ag. 2021
Twitter thread by Ramir De Porrata-Doria, on the coming "dialogue" with Spain (24 JULY 2021)
1 d’ag. 2021
Los Sres. Puigdemont (MEP), Ponsatí (MEP) i Comín (MEP) demandan al Parlamento Europeo, por ocho motivos (18 MAY 2021)
Ha sido comentado una decisión del Tribunal General de la UE, maliciosamente mal interpretada por la prensa española. He aquí los motivos de la demanda inicial.
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21 de jul. 2021
Twitter thread by Albert Royo (20 JUL 2021)
A dramatic call by one of the 30+ politicaians and high ranking officials of the Government, who have to pay exorbitant sums of money ahead of the final decision of the highly politicized "Tribunal de Cuentas", equivalent to Courts of Auditors elsewhere, though with very few economists and accountants among its members, who include at least one former minister.
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17 de jul. 2021
Cataluña como "Peligro para la democracia"
Una selección de textos
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6 de jul. 2021
Incredulidad por el discurso de Sáenz de Santamaría sobre Cataluña y el Diplocat (17 DIC 2017)
3 de jul. 2021
El MH President Artur Mas, el 9N i el Tribunal de Comptes (3 JUL 2021)
He llegit que el "Tribunal de Ajuste de Cuentas" subhastarà un habitatge del MH president Artur Mas. Però també llegeixo que TOTA la fiança que se li reclamava (a ell i les altres víctimes) s'havia recollit pel per la Caixa de Solidaritat, i dipositat al Tribunal. No és així?
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29 de juny 2021
AE
TO ALL MEMBERS OF ACADEMIA EUROPAEA
Our distinguished colleague the international Economics scholar Professor Andreu Mas-Colell, is facing legal action by the Spanish authorities for events during his time serving the community in Catalonia as a Minister of Economy. (Andreu Mas-Colell is a former winner of the AE Erasmus Medal, a former AE Trustee, a former Secretary General of the European Research Council and he was a driving force behind the world class ICREA and establishment of the University Pompeu Fabra).
- Article in the London Times newspaper

- Article in The Guardian

- Former Section chair of the Economics, Business and Management Sciences section, Professor Klaus Zimmermann has signed the petition and published a statement at his website: http://www.klausfzimmermann.de/due-process-for-professor-andreu-mas-colell

From Prof. Jose Domingues Abrascal (sent 26 June 2021)
I want to express my stronger opposition and condemnation to the use of the Academia Europaea for the purpose of questioning the rule of law in a democratic country which is member of the EU. It is hard to believe for me that you ask us to sing something without sending complete information about the activities for which Prof Mas-Colell is under investigation and what is the court that is investigating him. For your information it is the “Tribunal de Cuentas” (Public Accounts Court) of Spain.
I am not only surprised but strongly opposed to an action of support of someone under investigation by a court of a democratic country.
1. If you see the Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit of the Economist Group (publisher of the weekly newspaper The Economist), Spain is one of the not so many Full Democracies in the world. In the said index Spain is in a higher position than France, Japan, United States or Israel.
2. There is a political wish of part of the population of a region of Spain ( 45% of the population aprox. according to several sources) that would like to be independent.
3. Due to the representation system of the Catalonian parliament (rural areas have more representers than urban areas) political parties for independence control the regional parliament.
4. Spanish constitution does not allow for referendums of independence of different regions. When the Spanish constitution was written in 1978, the German Constitution was taken as a reference for this part of the text. The German constitution that does not allow for such a referendum. Many other democratic countries like the United States have similar treatment of regional referendums a do not allow for such kind of referendum.
5. The United Nations do not recognize self-determination right to regions of democratic countries as Catalonia.
6. The “Tribunal de Cuentas” is in charge a auditing the accounts of the different public administrations and administrators.
7. What the “Tribunal de Cuentas” is analyzing is how much public money was spent in the organization of an illegal referendum that was specifically forbidden by the Constitutional Court of Spain. The referendum and other illegal activities forbidden by the Spanish Constitutional Court was organized in 2017 with the support of the regional government in which Prof. Mas-Colell was responsible for its economic department.
8. Obviously, Prof Mas-Colell is an eminent scientist but the auditing of the accounts of which he was responsible in the government of Catalonia should be out of any doubt. That is the reason why he is under investigation.
9. Catalonia is one of the richest regions of Spain and among the rich regions of the EU. It is well known in economy that unity of market should go together with fiscal solidarity. The basic reason for independence is that since the EU now guaranties the unit of market, any rich region would be better off by not shearing their taxes with other no so rich. The same could be said for municipalities or even neighborhoods.
10. Catalonia is not under any kind of prosecution by the rest of Spain. The political autonomy of Catalonia within Spain is larger than that of any other European region.
I would like to beg you to stop using the Academia Europaea for questioning a democratic country and stop asking its members to sign letters without sending a complete, clear and non- biased information. Any other thing is simply a political activity that should be absolutely outside of the activities of the Academia Europaea.
Yours
Prof. José Dominguez
27 de juny 2021
URGENT: Please sign this petition, to send to Spain's Court of Auditors in protest against repression of 41 Catalans. (27 JUN 2021)
Here is a hasty English translation of this petition to protest against a repressive measure that is unimaginable process in any modern democracy. Please sign the petition!
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23 de juny 2021
Spanish pardons will do little to contribute to solving Spain's conflict with Catalonia (23 JUN 2021)
A comment on Nicholas Casey's article about the "pardons" in NYT.
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Jordi Barbeta writes about the "Operation Soraya" as explained by Albert Rivera (20 JUN 2021)
A strong article by Jordi Amat on Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell (17 JUN 2021)
Petition: "In Support of Professor Andreu Mas-Colell"
"In Support of Professor Andreu Mas-Colell". This petition has also been published in El País, in a Spanish translation. (16 JUN 2021)
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22 de juny 2021
Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate? Documents. (PACE, 21 JUN 2021)
'Should politicians be prosecuted for
statements made in the exercise of their mandate?', Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Report, rapporteur Boriss Cilevičs (LT). Documents.
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20 de juny 2021
Vicent Partal: editorial on the Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell case (16 JUN 2021)
An editorial by Vicent Partal (VilaWeb) on the shocking case of Prof. Andreu Mas-Colell and his colleagues, all of whose assets Spain wants to confiscate.
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19 de juny 2021
Thread by prestigious journalist Miguel Ángel Campos on Spanish police and media lawfare against Catalans (17 JUN 2021)
This thread, by Miguel Angel Campos speaks for itself. Lawfare against Catalans involved in the independence movement are being lynched by the Spanish police and by most of the Spanish media, who disseminate these police reports that are pure fantasy.
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16 de juny 2021
What strings have Spanish officials pulled to try and influence judgments of European courts? The author, Xavier X. Domènech, has authorized this translation (15 JUN 2021)
4 de juny 2021
Council of Europe report on prosecution of Catalan politicians (4 JUN 2021)
Report by Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: "Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate?" On Turkey and Spain.
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25 de maig 2021
This is an English rendering of a tweet thread by Aleix Sarri on why Catalonia will never fit comfortably inside Spain (3 May 2021)
3 de maig 2021
An article by Montserrat Nebreda, on a dissenting vote in the Constitutional Court (2 MAY 2021)
An article by Montserrat Nebreda, on the dissenting vote in the Constitutional Court, as regards Sr. Jordi Turull's request for the protection of his fundamental rights.
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An article by Quico Sallés on Pres. Puigdemont's 2018 arrest in Germany (2 MAY 2021)
An article by Quico Sallés, on the Spanish secret service's involvement in the capture of President Puigdemont in Germany, on charges of "rebellion, terrorism and homicide [sic]". The German court later refused his extradition. The author has kindly authorized the publication of this English translation.
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