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12/10/2017
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Catalonia is mired in a labyrinth of separatist conflicts and demands that are hard to integrate within the current Spanish and European political structure

José Félix Tezanos Professor of Sociology, Secretary of Studies and Programs of the PSOE and President of the Pablo Iglesias Foundation. Author/co-author of 82 books on inequality, political trends and democracy

Cataluña se encuentra en un laberinto de conflictos y reivindicaciones independentistas difíciles de encajar en la actual estructura política española y europea

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