Soeren Kern is an analyst and writer focused on European politics and transatlantic relations. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard covering Spanish political affairs, including the Zapatero government and the career of Judge Baltasar Garzón. He is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and has written extensively on European security and policy issues.
On February 9, the Spanish supreme court unanimously ruled to disbar Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who famously indicted former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet using the legal doctrine of universal jurisdiction, for ordering illegal wiretaps. The court found that Garzón acted illegally when…
Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's second term in office has not been a happy affair for Spain. Soundly re-elected on a post-modern platform of Socialism, pacifism and feminism just 18 months ago, Zapatero has since stumbled badly in the face of an economic crisis that shows no…