5 December 2017
Episode 1551
30 minutes
As Spain withdraws arrest warrants for a group of sacked Catalan politicians, we ask what it means for the country and for Catalonia. Plus: Georgia's former president is rescued from the Ukrainian police by a mob of supporters, Eurogroup gets its first Southern European leader and Poland approves a bill to restrict Sunday shopping.
5 December 2017
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