The European Union's interlocking crises have had an especially severe impact on its southern states, from Spain and Portugal to Greece and Italy. A perspective from there can also be the springboard to Europe's recovery, say Francesc Badia i Dalmases & Oleguer Sarsanedas.
The hopes that inspired the "Arab spring", of jobs as well as freedom, have hit a rock. But the setbacks since 2011 are part of a wider reordering of the global as well as the Arab landscape. Three years on, Francesc Badia i Dalmases assesses a fluid period.
