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Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 10th March 2023

Spain has lowest absorption rate of EU funds (54%)

Scope Rating | Slow take-up of approved EU funds could also jeopardise future EU disbursements, as these will increasingly depend on governments’ ability to deliver on investment projects (mostly ‘targets’) rather than implement reforms (mostly ‘milestones’). Indeed, the low disbursement of EU funds received to date is common among some of the largest beneficiaries of EU recovery funds, such as Greece, Portugal, Spain and Croatia, given the energy crisis, rising…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 7th March 2023

10 of the 17 autonomous communities to recover pre-covid GDP this year

According to Funcas, the Foundation of the former Savings Banks, all the Spanish autonomous communities will slow down in 2023 as a result of the impact of inflation on household purchasing power, in a context of global uncertainty and rising interest rates. Despite this, and after the strong recovery in 2022, this year five regions will already recover the GDP level they had before the pandemic: Andalusia, Valencia, Madrid, the…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 6th March 2023

55% of all employment created during Sánchez’s government is in public sector

Although the unemployment rate is still above 12%, the number of workers has once again surpassed the 20 million mark, with temporary employment at an all-time low following the labour reform. But there is a catch to this balance sheet: 55% of the net increase in employment during the legislature corresponds to public sector jobs, which are also confirmed as the most precarious. As the newspaper El Economista explains, according…

In Spain, Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 1st March 2023

Podemos effect drives Ferrovial out of Spain

Ferrovial, the large Spanish construction company owned by the Del Pino family, one of the 35 companies that make up the Ibex 35, is moving to the Netherlands and the Spanish press is talking in its editorials about “Unrest in the government over Ferrovial’s flight to the Netherlands” (Vozpópuli), “The possible domino effect of Ferrovial” (El Economista) and “The Podemos effect pushes Ferrovial out of Spain” (El Español)…. Given that…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 28th February 2023

Ferrovial moves to the Netherlands and becomes “Societas Europaea”.

CdM | The Board of Directors of Ferrovial has approved a proposal to the General Meeting to merge the parent company of the Ferrovial, S.A. group with its subsidiary Ferrovial International SE by absorption of the former by the latter. As a result, the head of the group will become a European public limited company (“Societas Europaea”) with its registered office in the Netherlands. At the same meeting, the Board…

Spanish Politics 27th February 2023

Block journalism in the mainstream media

Fernando González Urbaneja | The partiality of the so-called “mainstream media” when it comes to reporting (not giving opinions or editorialising) on the twists and turns and the ups and downs of political parties is disturbing. They have even lost the appearance of neutrality in their reporting in favour of a tiresome, one-sided view that goes so far as to distort the facts and even invent tensions. Thus, they are…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 24th February 2023

Barça, much more than a club, a disaster

Fernando González Urbaneja | If the case of the trains that don’t fit through the tunnels was a grotesque case typical of a country of breakdowns, Barça’s payments to a professional referee with a federative position confirms the hypothesis of breakdown. For almost two decades, throughout this century, the leading Catalan sports club, more than a club, has spent more than seven million euros in unexplained and perhaps inexplicable payments…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 24th February 2023

Social Security offices in state of collapse: “I’ve been waiting four months for an appointment to retire”

Getting an appointment to deal with pperwork at the Madrid offices of the National Social Security Institute is mission impossible. There are citizens who have taken up to four months to get an appointment after spending day after day in front of the computer, as nobody answers the phone. The central government is looking for ways to solve this problem, while the CSIF trade union demands an urgent meeting and…

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 23rd February 2023

Bank of Spain says only 15-20% of anti-crisis measures targeted at vulnerable

The Bank of Spain estimates that the government will allocate between €34,000 and €40,000 million in measures to deal with the energy and inflation crises arising from the war in Ukraine between 2021 and 2025 and, of this total, only between 15% and 20% has been targeted at the most vulnerable incomes, meaning that between 80% and 85% is of a generalised nature. The largest impact would be concentrated in…

Markets, Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 23rd February 2023

Senate votes today on new Securities Market Law, CNMV also looks at approving Investors Code

F.R. | The plenary session of the Senate is scheduled to debate and vote on the draft Securities Markets and Investment Services Act by urgent procedure. It is expected that the new regulation will be approved without major changes to the text published last September in the Official Gazette of the Spanish Parliament (BOCG). According to the sources consulted, the bill could return to Congress for examination and approval of…