President Sánchez has presented the new State Plan to Combat Corruption, structured around five pillars and comprising fifteen measures. The political will to comprehensively address one of the main challenges facing any democracy: corruption, is always welcome.

In times of distrust of institutions, talking about citizen participation may seem like a risky proposition. But precisely for this reason, tools that strengthen democracy and bring citizens closer to decision-making are needed more than ever. Catalonia, in this regard, has a pending issue: passing its citizen participation law. (In the area of electoral participation, it also has another: passing an electoral law of its own.)