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  • 2019-05-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Europe could punish Spain for its actions." Hungary and Poland Professor of Political Science at the University of Antwerp Stefaan Walgrave agrees with Hendrik Vos although he does not dare to say with a 100% certainty whether Europe can effectively do something about the Spanish policy against the separatists. "The question is whether Europe politically can react to that policy. The EU needs the cooperation of all the 28 European member states. But it is not evident that they are willing to speak out openly about a conflict that is occurring within Spain." "But if the member states dare to cooperate (en)
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  • In an interview in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen (paywall) on the 7th of May, Belgian liberal politician Vincent Stuer says that Europe is not able to deal with the way Spain treats the Catalonian separatists. According to him the European Union has no hard power to sanction Spain. We rate this claim as false. Cartoon: Giorgi Zibzibadze Professor politics Hendrik Vos of the University of Ghent says that Europe could do something about it, but that there has to be a political will. Among the other member states there is no willingness. The problem with this case is that there has to be a majority of member states that agree on starting the procedure (en)
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