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In Spain 10th October 2024

“The European energy transition policy in the automotive sector is a disaster. Chinese manufacturers have subsidies, Americans have tax incentives… Europeans face fines.”

The president of CIE Automotive, Antón Pradera, stated at an event organized by Deusto Business Alumni and Deloitte in Bilbao that the European energy transition policy in the automotive sector is a disaster. He warned that the sector in the EU is “very, very concerned” because it has stopped being a world champion, and in contrast to China’s subsidies for its industry and the tax incentives for US manufacturers, European…

In Europe 10th October 2024

No competition concerns raised by ACS subsidiary Turner’s acquisition of Irish engineering firm Dornan

Link Securities | The European Commission (EC) has approved the acquisition of Irish engineering firm Dornan by Turner, a subsidiary of Spain’s ACS, concluding that the deal does not raise competition concerns, digital portal Bolsamania.com reported yesterday. The EC explained that the companies are not active in the same markets or in vertically related markets as it relates to the supply of mechanical and electrical engineering services. It should be…

In the World 8th October 2024

China to implement new fiscal stimulus package of around $28bn to ensure growth reaches 5% target

Bankinter: The Development and Reform Commission has announced a new fiscal stimulus package of CNY 200 billion (approx. $28 billion) to ensure that growth reaches the 5% target. The measures will be structured in two tranches. In the first, CNY 100bn ultra-long bonds will be issued to develop as yet unspecified projects, and in the second, the same amount will be earmarked for a series of strategic investments, of which…

“It is a shame that we are able to mobilize economic resources for large-scale projects abroad, but not in our Spanish market”

In an interview with Consejeros magazine, Sacyr’s coordinating advisor, Elena Jiménez de Andrade, explains that now “We have great capacity to win projects, a capacity that until now contrasted with a series of financial limitations and balance sheet size. However, in this strategic cycle, we are going to eliminate those barriers. That is why we have set an ambitious goal for 2033: to triple the value of our assets. We…

“Mercosur is perhaps an idea that people have fallen in love with and are keeping because everyone is too embarrassed to liquidate it”

“European funds are not reaching companies. There is total inefficiency”

Isabel Dutilh, director of Elecnor, Banco Alcalá and Millenium Real State explains in an interview with Mari Pinardo in the magazine Consejeros that “Europe has to have control of the funds and this requires a certain amount of bureaucracy, but in the end it is so much bureaucracy that it generates frustration and people give up applying for them”. Q – There are continuous and constant legislative changes, what do…

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