And therein lies a problem. Catalonia is Spain「s second-biggest region, after Andalusia. If it refuses to cut any more, it could add some 0.25% of GDP to Spain」s deficit.
Catalonia is a region of seven million people sandwiched both culturally and geographically between France and Spain.
在文化和地理方面,拥有七百万人口的加泰罗尼亚地区都位于法兰西和西班牙之间。
So, a team from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, are looking at a way to use bacteria as messengers that deliver instructions to nanobots wrapped in DNA.
Controlling regional spending, in Catalonia or elsewhere, will be a huge task for the next government.
对下一任政府来说,在加泰罗尼亚或其他地方控制地区支出将是一项庞大的任务。
Strikingly often, they come from regions with strongly independent identities, such as Catalonia or Wales.
令人惊讶的是,他们常常来自一个有强烈独立意识的地区,如加泰罗尼亚或威尔士。
He would have little trouble finding parliamentary support from business-friendly nationalist parties in Catalonia and the Basque country.
他将毫无困难地获得来自加泰罗尼亚和巴斯克地区亲商界的民族主义政党的支持。
Spanish conservatives might do well to reconsider their refusal to consider symbolic changes in national status for Catalonia and the Basque country.
西班牙的保守派不妨再次考虑他们对加泰罗尼亚和巴斯克国家地位的象征性变化的拒绝。
The beaches and cultural attractions of the capital of Spain's northeastern Catalonia region draw millions of foreign visitors each year. Read by Renee Haines.