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Spain’s government will not give way on Catalonia. The next step may ruin the province or boost the rebel cause

Rajoy’s real aim is to stop Catalan independence. If that means blocking Scotland from rejoining the EU for a time, then so be it

The tale of social woe set to play out in Spain this year is both bigger and more important to the world