BARCELONA | By CaixaBank research team | The arrival of tourists from outside Europe has been key to boosting the Spanish tourism industry. Between January 2008 and December 2012, the number of non-European visitors rose by 1.5 million, an increase of 39.3%.
LONDON | By Simon Usherwood is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics, University of Surrey | We have the more diffuse and non-organised wave of opposition that has emerged in recent years: all the groups and parties that have started tacking on expressions of dissatisfaction with European integration to their programmes.
MADRID | By Nora Herrera, via capitalmadrid.com | The average Spanish spending in a year is €185, ahead of France and the United Kingdom, and mobile e-commerce has seen a spike of 141% according to comScore.
VALENCIA | By XTB analyst Miguel Rodríguez | The word is communication, one of the saddest failures of European politicians in general, who should take note of the Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke’s skills.
LISBON | A delegation of the troika is in Cyprus until the end of July to check up on the implementation of the bailout finalised in the spring. For the Greek population of the island, the therapy to restore order to the finances of the country is already being felt. Excerpts by Ana Cristina Pereira at Portuguese newspaper Público via Presseurop.
MADRID | By José Hervás, via capitalmadrid.com | If the ECB doubts about some countries’ institutions, the central bank must say so. But analysts and market players aren’t the right judges of European monetary policies.
MADRID | By JP Marín Arrese | Even if the Socialist Party is bound to fail as the ruling party holds a comfortable majority, it could expose Mr Rajoy to a damaging debate. He should overcome his inner reluctance to tell his truth on this scandal, going to Parliament on his own.
BARCELONA | By CaixaBank research team | The key lies in persevering with competitiveness and encouraging firms in the largest possible number of sectors to start exporting.
Via Presseurop | Young Europeans won’t enjoy any favorable job perspectives before at least 18 months. As we can see in the last OECD report, the end of the crisis is not here yet. In some countries such as Greece and Spain, unemployment of the under 35 is above 60 percent.
LONDON | By Victor Jimenez | A less credible Troika will spark even more investor distrust and bomb the one piece in the euro jigsaw that brings market confidence.