Pedro Sánchez has been dragged into making political decisions as head of government that he surely would never have adopted with an absolute majority. He has made concessions to nationalist parties and also to Podemos and Sumar. The PP is going down the same path in its relationship
Many years ago at a Sant Jordi party at the Alma hotel, Rodrigo Fresán told me about the plot of a book that had not been translated here. It was the story of a policeman who, in the last days before the end of the world, decides to continue doing his police work. It’s
The world is not for much joy. Perhaps the data that best exemplifies this is that psychiatric and mental health consultations have doubled in recent years. Words like depression, anxiety, or stress are much more common today than they were in the
Spain, Slovenia, and Ireland were left alone yesterday in their intention for the EU to suspend its Association Agreement with Israel. The other 24 countries did not see the demand clearly, especially Germany and Italy, which considered it inappropriate. Surely the high
With 24 hours left until the ceasefire agreed by Iran and the United States ends, the conflict is a real Dragon Khan because expectations are constantly changing. As of writing this article, there is more hope today than there was yesterday that the truce can
The idea of death is inseparable from Venice, a twilight city if ever there was one. Some surrendered to its decadence to the point of asking to be buried there when their time came, like Igor Stravinsky and his wife Vera, or the poet Joseph Brodsky. But the city
A few weeks ago, I was talking to an informed, intelligent, and politically influential person here in Spain about the global battle that defines our times, democracy versus authoritarianism. His/Her summary of the situation: “The lefts must unite.” No
Pope Leo XIV was approaching his first year of pontificate, which he will complete next May, going largely unnoticed in the international sphere as a global reference for all Catholics. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and Donald Trump’s broadsides did not generate
