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In Spain, Uncategorised 17th June 2025

Spain, In the Hands of an Unscrupulous Leader

The parties supporting Sánchez, who is currently surrounded by corruption allegations, want him to remain in power so they can continue to blackmail him. They’ve made this clear in recent days. The Catalan independentist parties, Junts and ERC, hope that the Constitutional Court—colonized by the PSOE, like all state institutions—will rule the amnesty constitutional, arguing it’s not explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. They also expect Sánchez to fulfill his commitment—the…

In Europe 16th June 2025

Consolidation key for European space sector: Airbus, Thales and Leonardo in talks to create agreements in satellite divisions

Morgan Stanley | Europe is under increasing pressure to upgrade its space capabilities, with more investment needed if it wants to reduce its high dependence on players such as SpaceX. In the report, analyst Terence Tsui discusses the CAPEX implications if the current European IRIS2 plan were to increase from 300 satellites for the next decade to more than 1,000 units at a cost of €10-50 billion. Overall, this would…

In the World 16th June 2025

May data from China: retail sales improve but distorted by subsidies, house prices in free fall, weak industrial production

Bankinter | Negative macroeconomic data in May: retail sales improve but influenced by government subsidies. House prices in free fall and weak industrial production. Retail sales stood at 6.4% (year-on-year) against 4.9% expected and 5.1% previously. Used house prices fell by 0.5% (month-on-month) from -0.4% in May, and industrial production slowed to +5.8% (year-on-year) versus +6.0% expected and +6.1% previously. Analysis team’s view: Negative reading of the data with limited…

“We need to approach negotiations with the U.S. on terms that are completely different from those currently being proposed”

Says Antonio Bonet, president of the Club of Spanish Exporters and Investors. He points out that “Europe has a single tariff applied by all member states, but the U.S. applies a tariff to each country, meaning it can decide that the tariff applied to Spanish black olives is higher than that for Italian olives, as it did at one point. So there is a part of the negotiation between Europe…

“Fifteen years ago, the European economy was larger than that of the U.S. Today, the U.S. economy is one and a half times that of Europe”

“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…

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