Spain has been one of the worst affected countries in Europe by the coronavirus crisis. For some experts one of the reasons for this is a preoccupation over the political implications of the crisis. Attempts to recentralise and limit the power of Spain’s autonomous communities have been striking, and today we speak to Dominic Keown, a Professor of Spanish and Catalan studies at the University of Cambridge. Professor Keown sees the best example of this recentralization in the domain of healthcare.