Clara ponsati, a professor of economics and finance at the university of st. Police set to arrest st andrewsbased catalan academic. Spain will fight to bitter end over clara ponsati the. As clara ponsati s extradition hearings begin, sean bell looks at how the case is being pursued by her lawyer aamer anwar in a way which has explictly radical consequences.
Wanted catalan separatist hopes brexit brings immunity. Her book, the case of the catalans, will be published november 2019. Clara specialises in game theory, conflict, political economy and public economics. She served as minister of education in the catalan government. Exiled catalan minster clara ponsati was cheered by snp activists when she declared that referendums can never be illegal in a democracy. European arrest warrant issued for st andrews professor. Germany and uk collude with spanish extradition warrants. Excatalan minister tells cheering snp activists that. The economist and former education minister of catalonia, clara ponsati, is set to be arrested by scottish police despite protests from the university of st andrews that she may be targeted for standing up for her political beliefs professor ponsati was director of the universitys school of economics and finance until last july, when she left to become a minister in the catalan. The catalan independence campaigner in political exile in. A former catalan minister who has returned to scotland after fleeing spain said all. The books published by the bbva foundation are produced with 100% recycled paper. The 61yearold, a professor of economics at st andrews university, is wanted by the spanish regime for organising a violent rebellion and misappropriating public funds when she agreed to help her native catalonia establish an independent government.
A year ago, a small, whitehaired woman emerged from an edinburgh courthouse into a cheering crowd waving catalan banners and scottish flags. Clara ponsati, an economics professor at the university of st andrews, is wanted by spanish federal prosecutors for her role in an illegal plebiscite organised by. Clara ponsati ready to fight against extradition to. Clara ponsati, the former catalan government minister facing extradition from scotland, is to be held personally responsible for every single. Excatalan minister carla ponsati battles extradition in. Catalan separatist clara ponsati has not set foot in her native barcelona for two years for fear of the spanish authorities. A serious criminal, she has been actively encouraging violent uprisings against the spanish state, deploying propaganda and misinformation, and actively engaging in sedition against her fellow spaniards. Extradition case against catalan academic clara ponsati. Research professor at the institute for economic analysis at barcelona graduate school of economics. Currently clara is working on the dynamics of consensus building, group formation, and the stability and break up of power relationships. Spanish academics have recently criticised the universitys support for clara ponsati, while many students and staff have joined the university in vocally supporting the former director of economics and finance.
Clara ponsati clara is a catalan economist, appointed councillor of education of the generaliat of catalonia by former president charles puigdemont. A new european arrest warrant has been issued for a st andrews university professor over her role in. St andrews hits out at spanish bid to extradite catalan. The st andrews professor is facing extradition to spain. Spanish academics slam scots support for clara ponsati. Multipleissue bargaining and axiomatic solutions discussion paper clara ponsati on. Catalan academics lawyer accuses spain of abusing legal. A european arrest warrant eaw was issued last friday, 23 march, for the university of st andrews professor clara ponsati. Economics letters, 1995, 48, 34, 281285 view citations 8 the links between different versions of a paper are constructed automatically by matching on the titles. The characterization of political economy as a synthesis. We consider a model of bargaining by concessions where agents can terminate negotiations by accepting the settlement of an arbitrator. She was the head of the school of economics and finance at the university of st andrews. Clara ponsati, professor in the school of economics and finance at standrews, briefly served as catalonias education minister before fleeing overseas with former president carles puigdemont and others after the rejection of its declaration of independence from spain. Clara ponsati i obiols simple english wikipedia, the.
Interruptors on catalonia foreign policy interrupted. Exiled catalan government minister moves to scotland after. Andrews, had just been served with an arrest warrant issued by the spanish government that demanded her extradition to face charges of rebellion and misappropriation of funds. The sneering response last week of the uks unionist parties to the plight of the catalan academic clara ponsati was instructive. Arbitration systems and negotiations, econometric society 2004 latin american meetings 118, econometric society. Clara ponsati obiols is a catalan economist, appointed councillor of education of the generalitat of catalonia by former president carles puigdemont on 14 july 2017. The mep shared a story about the increase in infections and deaths in the community of madrid due to the coronavirus and added a comment that.
Prof ponsati had been working as the director of the school of economics and finance at the university of st andrews since january 2016, before being appointed as the catalan governments education minister in july of last year. News world europe exiled catalan minister criticises europes silence over separatist prisoners. Excatalan minister clara ponsati, 62, hands herself in to. Exiled catalan minister criticises europes silence over. Clara ponsati, professor in the school of economics and finance at st andrews, briefly served as catalonias education minister before fleeing overseas with former president carles puigdemont and others after the rejection of its declaration of independence from spain. Prof ponsati had been working as the director of the school of economics and finance at. The impact of pragmatic arbitrators that enforce concessions that precede their appointment is compared with that of arbitrators that act on principle ignoring prior concessions.
Spanish academics criticise university support for clara. Professor of political science at universitat pompeu fabra. Spain issues fresh arrest warrant for catalan academic. Currently clara is working on the dynamics of consensus building, group formation, and the stability and break up. Professor ponsati is charged with rebellion and sedition by the spanish government for her part in the catalan independence. Clara ponsati claims proindependence politicians held as hostages by madrid to blackmail. Andrews, had just been served with an arrest warrant issued by the spanish government that demanded her extradition to face. She has conducted extensive research on conflict resolution, negotiations, mediation and voting. Professor clara ponsati was granted a sabbatical from her post as a senior academic in the school of economics and finance to serve as a. Scottish nationalists angry at extradition order for. Clara ponsati, an economics professor at st andrews university, is facing a charge of sedition over her role in catalonias unsanctioned independence referendum in 2017, and could be sentenced. The spanish authorities ought to withdraw the warrant against clara if and when she becomes immune this is not likely to happen. A european arrest warrant was issued on friday 23 march for the st andrews professor and former minister of education in catalonia on charges of. She was the daughter of josep maria ponsati i capdevila and montserrat obiols i germa.
Political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual. Clara is a valued colleague and we are committed to protect and support her. Ms ponsati has spanish nationality and was head of the school of economics former catalan minister clara ponsati handed herself to police in edinburgh today as she faces extradition to answer a. She was appointed councillor of mankiw of the generalitat of catalonia by president carles puigdemont the 14 july 2017 biography. But her circumstances could be about to change thanks to brexit. Exiled catalan minister calls for support bbc news. News politics spanish academics slam scots support for clara ponsati dozens of leading spanish academics have slammed the head of st andrews university over her support for exiled catalan leader. St andrews university has described an attempt by spanish judges to extradite a catalan academic as a politically motivated attack on free speech. In 2019 extradition warrants were raised to return her from scotand to spain where she faced a charge of sedition because of her role in the attempt to make catalonia independent. Before she was seconded to her post, she was the head of the school of economics and finance at the university of st andrews. News politics excatalan minister carla ponsati battles extradition in edinburgh exiled catalan leader clara ponsati was back in court today battling extradition. Clara ponsati i obiols born in 1957 in barcelona is a catalan economist.
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