Season 2 · EP 24 · Society

Spain is living under an ever harsher dictatorship

With Mazaly Aguilar, economist and former MEP. Economist and former MEP Mazaly Aguilar on politics, freedom and where Spain is heading, from Brussels to the countryside.

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An hour with someone who has seen power from inside banking, academia and the European Parliament. We talk institutions, farming, EU funds and why she believes Spain has become a smaller country than it was.

What this episode covers

  • How decisions actually get made in the European Parliament
  • Why Spanish farmers have been sounding the alarm for a decade
  • Unfair competition, Mercosur and EU funds without the jargon
  • What the institutional crisis means for anyone running a business

About the guest

Mazaly Aguilar is economist and former MEP. This conversation was recorded for season 2 of Otra Conversación and runs 1h 22m with no cuts and no closed script.

Season 2 Society 1h 22m