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Spanish Politics 11th February 2026

Former Socialist President Felipe González to “cast a blank ballot,” not vote for Pedro Sánchez

In statements that have swept across the country’s news outlets, former President Felipe González—who governed Spain between 1982 and 1996 and was the PSOE Secretary General who forced the party to abandon Marxism—announced yesterday that if Pedro Sánchez is the party’s next candidate, he will cast a blank ballot. Regarding his membership, he remarked: “Me leave? Those who are destroying the party should be the ones to leave.” The anger…

In Europe 5th February 2026

Factory orders in Germany see two consecutive increases: up 13.0% year-on-year in December against 10.6% previously

Bankinter | Factory orders in Germany surprise upwards for the second consecutive month in December: 13.0% year-on-year against an expected 1.2% and a previous 10.6% (revised from 10.5%). In month-on-month terms, 7.8% against a drop of 2.2% and 5.7% (revised from 5.6%). The improvement is again explained by growth in orders for metallurgical products (30.2% month-on-month against 25.3% previously) and capital goods (11.5%). Capital goods were up 10.5% against 7.9%….

In the World 11th February 2026

Trump believes Kevin Warsh can boost country’s economy to 15% growth rate

CdM | US President Donald Trump believes that Kevin Warsh, his nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed), can boost the country’s economy to grow at a rate of 15%. He made this statement in an interview on Fox Business, in which he made it clear that if Warsh ‘does the job he is capable of doing,’ the US ‘can grow at 15%, I think even more.’ ‘I think…

“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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