The number of unemployed people registered with Spain’s public employment services fell by 117,985 in May from April to a total of 4.22 million, marking the best result for the month of May since records began in Spain.
The rise in job creation was mainly driven by seasonal factors, given that the country is starting to welcome summer tourists.
The Spanish government forecasts the economy will grow by 2.9% in 2015. And it has promised to create half a million jobs to cut the unemployment rate from the current 23.8% to 22.1% by year-end. PM Mariano Rajoy, from the conservative Popular Party, is facing general elections in November. The positive jobless data is being pitched by the PP as a reason for them to remain in power for another four years.
One of the debate’s key issues is the quality of work contracts: temporary ones are by far the most prevalent in Spain.
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