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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The consequences of the economic crunch on migrants
The daily Le Temps reflects on the growing unemployment among migrants in Spain as a result of the economic crisis. "The Spanish Eldorado is a thing of the past. For a good ten years Spain was the major country of immigration in the EU. But today the crisis is here and unemployment has risen to spectacular heights. ... The construction industry is in ruins. And immigrants (one quarter of all construction labourers) are the first victims. This year they represent over 40 percent of new job-seekers. ... You could say people's view of Latin Americans, Moroccans and Romanians has changed radically. Beforehand they were seen as those who could rejuvenate an aging population, fill the social insurance coffers and revive the economy. Now they are considered a ball and chain. ... Even the government of José Luis Zapatero, which long pampered them, now sees them as undesirable."
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The shadow of Basque terrorism is back in Spain
For François Musseau, the breaking of the ceasefire is a serious setback for José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. "Previously famous for his luck, the Spanish head of government has been dealt a second blow just a short time after the socialist defeat in the municipal election on May 27th. For, as soon as he arrived in March 2004, Zapatero made 'peace with the Basque country' his main priority. ... The failure of discussions between Madrid and ETA - half a dozen meetings since 2005 - underlines the depth of the misunderstanding. On the government's end, it is a question of getting the armed group to agree to give up terrorism and play the democratic game. ... ETA is turning round the terms of the offer: Before possibly putting down its weapons, the separatists are demanding the legalisation of Batasuna [the political arm of the ETA] and the recognition of self-determination."
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The uncertain future of the ETA
The Spanish sociologist Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca analyses in an interview with François Musseau the future of the Basque Separatist movement after the bomb attack on Madrid's airport on December 30th. "What is most likely is that there are two opposed camps within the ETA, the radicals and the moderates. The moderates wanted to pursue the peace process, but the radicals have won the battle in this debate judging that the Madrid government did not involve itself sufficiently. ... I think that a big sector of the ETA is fully aware that armed struggle leads nowhere. The fact that they killed no-one between May 2003 and December 2006 cannot be interpreted in any other way. In addition, Batasuna, its political wing, has banked on political means. In the current state of affairs an extended campaign of lethal attacks, as practiced in the past, is unimaginable. What we are seeing today is the last convulsions of an organisation refusing to disappear, though it knows that its days are numbered."
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