Walter Oppenheimer
Walter Oppenheimer is the London correspondent of El País. Previously he was a correspondent for the same paper in Brussels. In 2001 he won the Salvador de Madariaga Prize for European Journalism. He also keeps a blog.
Updated: 25 May 2011
The victory of the Scottish nationalists in the May 5 elections has revived the debate over Scottish independence. But if the example of Catalonia and the Basque country is anything to go by, what looms on the horizon is a confederation of Europe, says El País.