
Catalonia: a fraught dialogue begins
The leaders of the Spanish government and that in Catalonia have met across the table—but the gap between them remains large.
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Tom Canetti has a masters in political philosophy from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. A freelance journalist, he focuses on corruption and macroeconomics in Spain.

The leaders of the Spanish government and that in Catalonia have met across the table—but the gap between them remains large.

Last week the Spanish premier, Pedro Sánchez, pardoned the nine Catalan political prisoners—to very mixed reactions.

Spain’s Supreme Court has put Pedro Sánchez between a rock and a hard place.