The politicisation of transport in Spain is an accurate reflection of how nationalistic pride and a fear of a decentralisation of power overrules logic in the country's policymaking.
The transport sector and infrastructure is and has been governed in a centralised military-style fashion - despite the implications of such on the environment and economy.
The most recent example, in September, was a three-way row between the Catalan government (the Generalitat), Aena, and the centra...
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Tom Canetti is a freelance journalist in Barcelona, focussing on corruption, conflict, macroeconomics, and political developments in Catalonia and the EU.