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Puig, Valentí
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
NATO in difficulty in Afghanistan
Two Spanish soldiers were killed and six wounded in an attack in Afghanistan where several European countries have sent troops. For Valenti Puig, "In the EU, there is talk of a common foreign policy and a European army, but NATO's difficulty coordinating operations in Afghanistan suffices to understand why everything is advancing so slowly. In addition, NATO wishes to eliminate its fast action force. It claims that it will give it up after Iraq, but the world never stops being in conflict. Some Europeans want to be on the front line of a globalised world, but this is just a dream for the time being. ... The 27 members have yet to ratify clause of solidarity in matters of defence that would allow everyone to react if another is attacked."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » EU Policy, » Spain, » Europe
Spain is forgetting to take an interest in Europe
The chronicler Valentí Puig bemoans the fact that Spain is turning away from European news because of its own problems, such as that of Basque separatism. "Even the passionate pro-European fervour, a touch outlandish, apparent over these past few years, has not survived the head-spinning terrorist threat. And yet now is the time to discuss Spain's place in the EU and the role it can play. ... It is unequivocally unhealthy and counter-productive for Spain not to be involved in discussing subjects. (...) Overwhelmed by pressing topics of current affairs, politicians are advancing at a snail's pace on the European field. Meanwhile total ignorance is rife in intellectual and cultural circles concerning European reality, apart from among specialists on the subject. Some people can even be heard confusing euroscepticism with a lack of interest in the EU. We should on the contrary be giving thanks to technocratic governments of the 50s and 60s, for having opened the way toward the European community."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Spain
The spectre of the far-right is haunting the European Parliament
The far-right parties represented in the European Parliament are due to meet this Tuesday, January 9th, in an attempt to reach an agreement allowing the creation of a political group. Twenty Members of Parliament from five member states are necessary for this, a condition that the far-right may well meet thanks to the recent arrival of Bulgarian and Romanian MPs. "It might feel disturbing to have such forces united within the European Parliament, but in so far as they exist, it is not a bad thing for them to be represented", writes Valentí Puig. "It is one of the paradoxes of the EU: those who are going to be the allies of the Great Romania Party within the European Parliament were radically opposed to Romania's EU accession, for fear of a migratory avalanche that we are familiar with in Spain. By forming a group, these forces will be able to benefit from the economic support that they were deprived of as individuals. Old and new European ghosts are dancing around the fire like the witches in 'Macbeth'."
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