The degradation of the Catalan Parliament

The then leader of CiU Joan Miquel Nadal once said that the Catalan Parliament was a “parlament de fireta”. A “parlament de toy” in a castiza version. He was right. Nadal had been mayor of Tarragona between 1989 and 2007. Until his arrival the city had been a socialist feud. He had started as a deputy in Madrid (1986-2000) to give him visibility. Later he was sent to the Parliament (2003-2008). I think he was not at all comfortable with the chan…