Francisco Fernández Caparrós

It may not be fully appreciated that the UK is not only seeing unprecedented treatment of direct action protestors as “terrorists”, but a lawyer representing them is himself being prosecuted for his remarks in court. Here his fellow lawyers explain what is happening and express solidarity. A crucial case for justice and the rule of law in the UK.

Spain is leading the way in defending human rights defenders.

El Tribunal Supremo de EEUU acaba de mutilar la Voting Rights Act de 1965. Es uno de los peores retrocesos democráticos de la entera historia política occidental. Hacer América grande otra vez era —para sorpresa de nadie— volver a los tiempos de Jim Crow. Aviso a navegantes.

I had the honor of writing the brief introduction to this conversation between @adam_tooze and the eminent Chinese thinker Wang Hui (汪晖). Worlds collide!

The attack on birthright citizenship is the "Geistesgehalt"—the spiritual content—of the MAGA revolution. unpopularfront.news/p/birthright-a…

When Trump announces a ground invasion and economic mayhem ensues remember only Spain had the clarity to point where things would go. Everyone else has no credibility going forward. Too afraid, blind, timid or compromised

"Existen alternativas a este vasallaje. De hecho, España ofrece indicios de cómo sería un rumbo más independiente". Brillante @AntonJaegermm.

An excellent article. Spain and Norway Expose the Bankruptcy of Europe’s Iran Response socialeurope.eu/spain-and-norw…

El Tribunal Supremo decidirá si las universidades pueden romper relaciones con Israel por el genocidio en Gaza. Por @nestorcevic eldiario.es/andalucia/gran…

“Nunca ha sido cierto que la derecha española prefiriera un país rojo que roto [...]. La patria en 2026 es el Gobierno de Sánchez y Díaz diciéndole no a Trump mientras Feijóo y Abascal le dicen que sí”. De maese @gerclouds, por todo lo alto elpais.com/opinion/2026-0… vía @el_pais

President von der Leyen just declared that Europe “can no longer be a custodian” of the rules-based order. This marks a historical departure from the EU’s foundational logic. The Union wasn’t just a defender of that order, but it was built on the same principle: binding rules, institutions above states, disputes settled by law not power. Questioning it externally means questioning the architecture of European integration itself. Three consequences follow: 1.For the EU’s political direction: vdL has picked Merz over Sánchez; power politics over principled multilateralism. That position is now Commission doctrine. 2.For EU institutions: Kallas is being sidelined in plain sight. The HR exists to give EU foreign policy a single treaty-grounded voice. VdL redefined doctrine at Kallas’s own event, to diplomats who report to Kallas. That’s an institutional possibly constitutional revolution. 3.For European integration: a Union that suspends its own normative logic for geopolitical urgency doesn’t easily get it back. The exception becomes the new normal.

Excellent piece: a sharp defence of international law against both liberal hypocrisy and cynical “left realism”.

Dismissing Sánchez’s principled positions on Iran, Gaza or Venezuela as ‘just domestic politics’ is simplistic at best and lazy at worse: Every leader’s foreign policy has electoral logic. Ironically, ‘it’s populism’ is itself a populist move.

Which leader is actually moving Europe forward?

Ahora mismo, la izquierda en España se divide entre los que queremos que Sánchez no se equivoque y los que están deseando que lo haga. Por lo que sea.

En aquella reunión del Consejo de Seguridad ONU previo a la invasión de Irak, me sentí avergonzado por la intervención de Teresa de Palacio después del gran discurso de Dominique de Villepin. Hoy no me siento en absoluto avergonzado por la posición española, que me representa.

Spain and its leaders understand their international legal obligations and are acting accordingly.

Es tan alucinante que ya nada sea alucinante. A horas, si es que no está sucediendo ya, de que EEUU ataque a Irán, con un despliegue bélico listo para cualquier escalada, y nos parece tan normal todo. Hasta hace nada "guerra en Oriente Medio" aún nos sobrecogía, hoy es rutina.

La contradicción entre la necesidad de frenar electoralmente a Vox y de construir otra mayoría social a medio plazo. Sobre eso escribo hoy en @publico_es #Echobox=1771916804" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">publico.es/opinion/column…

BREAKING: The Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, strikes down Trump’s tariffs as not authorized by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Roberts writes the court’s opinion. More to come at Law Dork: lawdork.com