Comment to the last The Economist piece on Spain (Vexing Vox Spain needs a coalition of the sober. To thwart a resurgent populist party, Spanish moderates should make common cause

From the print edition | Feb 28, 2019 )

I am a bit tired of the patronizing style of The Economist. Makes the whole thing look like everything in Spain was fine and dandy before the economic crisis and the Catalan issues are "antics". Spain is a highly corrupted state and lacks a solid democracy. The head of the state, the previous king was involved in shady business and a shameless behavior. The current king is also mingled in dirty arms trade with countries at war, something condemned by all international agreements, while enriching himself well beyond taxes. The previous Popular Party was brought down when the first of several ongoing corruption trials came up with a punishing sentence. The Spanish democracy is plagued with legal restrictions to freedom of speech, free association, police brutality, undue influence of the Catholic church and a legal system mired in incompetence and venality The economic improvements we are starting to see are only for profit of corporations and is mostly due to the excellent output of the Catalan economy that carries the weight of exports and tourism. The Economist is not only very conservative and absolutely snide of the poor, but myopic and prejudiced. I am looking forward to see The Economist after Brexit....Booo