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Transparency
Transparency delayed is not transparency at all: Italy, Germany and Spain allow slowest replies to public information requests
In practice, compliance with transparency laws in Europe is worse due to lack of resources, arbitrary application of limits or lack of enforceability by administrations.
Justice
Catalonia has starred in one out of every three constitutional clashes between the State and autonomous communities since 2004
Constitutional challenges and conflicts of competence soared during Mariano Rajoy's first administration. Zapatero contested 4 Catalan laws; Rajoy, to June 2017, 36.
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