No political or social leader of the Catalan or Basque independence movements nor of Podemos can be surprised to find out they were spied on. Yet The New Yorker presenting evidence that sophisticated Israeli computerised espionage material that only states can access has been installed on more than 60 mobiles phones takes it to another level. It is not the same to suspect that your conversations are being listened to as to have hard evidence, with the government ending up admitting the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) is probably behind a clearly illegal espionage.

1. King. Juan Carlos I is not only the king emeritus or the former head of state. He is also the symbol of the Transition and of the political system of 78. His name appears in a Constitution that repeats the word king 42 times. Juan Carlos I (allegedly) evaded taxes, (allegedly) enriched himself through illegal commissions and (allegedly) received favourable treatment from the Spanish judicial authorities. Juan Carlos I is in Abu Dhabi.

The declaration made by the general coordinator of EH Bildu, Arnaldo Otegi, on October 18 on behalf of the nationalist Basque left has an enormous historical significance for the Spanish political system. The fact that the nationalist left recognises the specific pain of the victims of ETA without making a general reference to the "victims of the conflict" and that it points out that this suffering should never have happened is unprecedented. It is a full-fledged self-criticism of the armed struggle, only 10 years after ETA laid down its arms.