Lecture: The Catalan Crisis: populism and secessionism

The leader of the opposition in Spain, Pedro Sánchez, will analyse the political, social and economic factors that have led to the growth of populist secessionism in Catalonia and will propose possible solutions to the current political blockade in Spain.

Pedro Sanchez is currently Secretary General of PSOE (Spanish Socialists and Workers' Party), leader of the opposition in Spain and vice president of the Socialist International. He was also Secretary-General of the PSOE, leader of the opposition and candidate to the Presidency of the Spanish Government in the period 2014-2016. Between 2009-2016 he was Member of the Spanish Parliament. He was also Senior Lecturer in Global Economics and Economic History at the Camilo José Cela University in Madrid (Spain) from 2008 to 2014. Previously, Dr Sanchez also served as Member of the Madrid City Council and as an adviser at different international institutions, including the European Parliament and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia Herzegovina. He studied economics at the Complutense University of Madrid and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Camilo José Cela University as well as master's degrees from IESE, Ortega y Gasset Institute, and the Free University of Brussels.

This event is free and open to all, however a ticket is required. Members of the public, LSE alumni, LSE students and LSE staff can request one ticket via the online ticket request form which will be live from around 6pm on Monday 30 April until at least 12noon on Tuesday 1 May. If at 12noon more requests have been received than there are tickets available, the line will be closed, and tickets will be allocated on a random basis to those requests received. If fewer requests than tickets available have been received, the ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated.

You can find the online ticket request form using the link below. Tickets can only be requested from 30/04 18:00.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2018/05/20180508t1830vLSE/the-catalan-crisis

Join me in a nearby pub after the lecture. See you there :-)