Xavier Mas de Xaxàs
Xavier Mas de Xaxàs (b. 1964) did his studies in history before serving as La Vanguardia’s correspondent in the US from 1996 to 2002. He is the author of La sonrisa americana. Una reflexión sobre el imperio estadounidense (Mondadori) and Mentiras. Viaje de un periodista a la desinformación (Destino).
Updated: 23 October 2009
20 years after the Iron Curtain came down, Europe still has its sights set more on the East than on the South. The EU regards the Baltic, the Danube and even the Black Sea as priority macroregions, sidelining the Mediterranean, which is sundered by huge social and economic imbalances between its two shores.