Nadia calviño

Spanish economy 17th July 2020

What Happens Without Nadia Calviño?

Joan Tapia (Barcelona) | Spain has lost out in the Eurogroup, but only by 10 to 9 and with the vote in favour of the powerful Franco-German axis. It is an honourable defeat that indicates our limitations. Some claim that the result is due to the fact Spain has a government with communist participation, something anomalous in Europe. I think that it is a warning from the medium-sized countries to the Franco-German axis to take them more into account. Spain is not gaining influence in Europe, but it will have little impact on economic policy.

European politics 10th July 2020

A Coalition Of Small Countries And “Nordic Frugals” Gives Eurogroup Presidency To Paschal Donohoe

Ireland’s Paschal Donohoe has been elected as the new Eurogroup President, replacing Portugal’s Mario Centeno. He beat out Spanish minister Nadia Calviño, who had the favourable support of the countries accounting for 80% of the Eurozone’s GDP, including Germany, France and Italy.

Mariano Rajoy has left the Moncloa to be replaced by the socialist leader Pedro Sanchez

Spanish Politics 6th June 2018

Two Weeks Of Political Upheaval In Spain

Fernando G. Urbaneja | Mariano Rajoy has left the Moncloa to be replaced by the socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, who 10 days before couldn´t have imagined a substitution so rapid or so brutal. However, Spain’s problems remain: whether the demands for Catalan independence and other nationalist forces that threaten the constitution and national unity, or the urgent need for profound reforms in the welfare system and the management of public accounts, threatened by the deficit and the debt.