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Spanish economy 13th November 2020

Spain’s Budget 2021: Improvable, But Far From Being The Worst Possible To Show A Responsible Country

Joan Tapia | Yesterday, the Spanish Parliament rejected, with a large majority the complete amendments to the 2021 budget. It is an important step towards political stability and the possibility of creating an economic policy to fight the crisis. From the economic point of view, the Budget may be substantially improved, but we have the government that we have, PSOE with Podemos. So the accounts for 2021 – in the midst of great world uncertainty – are far from being the worst possible.

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Spanish economy 27th October 2020

Spain’s Reconstruction Budget Plan For 2021 Includes 151% More Spending On Health Care Than At Present

The Council of Ministers today approved the draft General State Budget for 2021, following the agreement reached last night by the coalition government. The proposal will be focused on mitigating the effects of the pandemic’s effects with the largest public expenditure in history. This amounts to 239.765 billion euros – an increase of 10% – including an advance of 27 billion of European funds. Now the most difficult part remains: obtaining parliamentary support for the Budget.

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Spanish economy 16th October 2020

Spain’s Budget Plan For 2021: 7.3% Increase In Revenue, Expenditure Ceiling Over 50%

Spain sent yesterday the Budget Plan for 2021 to the European Commission. It estimates an increase in absolute terms of 33.44 billion euros (+7.3% per year) thanks to the increase in activity and by fiscal measures. The proposal is based on a non-financial spending limit of €196.09 Bn, 53.7% higher than that approved in February. The new macroeconomic framework forecasts a fall in GDP of 11.2% this year, with an unemployment rate of 17.1%, and a growth of 7.2% in 2021.

Current EU major challenges-Brexit and Italy budget- move but still remain stranded

Spanish economy 7th October 2020

The Spanish Budget For 2021: Priority, Indispensable, Inevitable

Although Spain’s budgetary credibility in Europe, built up over the past decades, is in tatters- none of the deficit or debt commitments of recent years have been met- the country needs a budget which can be presented in Brussels, in order to obtain the green light for European financial flows. These are essential. Therefore, Pedro Sánchez’ s government aspires to obtain a minimum political agreement for the approval of the 2021 Budget, without which it could not survive.

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Spanish economy 22nd July 2020

European Aid Accounts For 11.35% Of Spanish GDP In 2019

Spain and Italy have been two of the leading countries in the European Recovery Fund race. Our country will receive 140 billion euros, of which 72.7 billion will be given in direct aid and the rest in loans. This is a figure equivalent to 11.3% of Spanish GDP in 2019. It is a balm for Spain’s public accounts that will be able to sustain the recovery with greater guarantees. The European agreement for the reconstruction fund will be decisive for presenting the 2021 General State Budget as soon as possible. It should be remembered that the current government continues to manage public accounts under the previous government’s budget. This is technically possible, but lacks political sense.

Pedro Sánchez falls short of majority but will likely prevail tuesday

Spanish Politics 3rd March 2020

Madrid Closer to Striking a Budget Deal

J.P. Marín Arrese | Budgets stand as the paramount evidence for any government that it commands enough legislative backing. Especially when the governments in question cling to a fragile minority in order to stay in power. The Spanish Cabinet ranks high in this category, its survival is balancing on the thin rope the pro-independence ERC party is ready to offer. The price of this offer is engaging an open-ended dialogue on self-rule for Catalonia, plus an amnesty for the sentenced leaders of the derailed coup attempt. Both sides acknowledge that negotiations will lead nowhere. None the less, this offers political ammunition to ERC for quelling resistance at home in providing a life-jacket to PM Sánchez.

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Spanish economy 12th February 2019

The Fear Of An Accident Is Beginning To Dominate Spanish Society

Joan Tapia (Barcelona) | BBVA says that Spain could grow 2.4% this year (it grew 2.5% in 2018) and 2% in 2020. This would create 800,000 jobs over the two years and unemployment would fall to 12.6% (compared to 15.3% in 2018). Yet, BBVA also warns that the probability of an accident has increased. Spain’s public debt is 12 points above the eurozone average, around 100% of GDP. Moreover, the Catalan situation is explosive as it represents 16% of the population and 19% of GDP.

Current EU major challenges-Brexit and Italy budget- move but still remain stranded

In Europe 14th November 2018

Current EU Major Challenges- Brexit And Italy Budget- Move But Still Remain Stranded

The European Union lived an intense day on Tuesday. UK agreed on deal with the EU, but now the question if it will pass the test. Also Italy announced no changes in budget, while the IMF showed a cautious view. Further confrontation ahead between Rome and Brussels is expected. As commented by analysts at Julius Baer, “the EC is trapped in a philosophy of austerity whilst the Italian government is committed to fulfilling the election promises of a fiscal boost.”

The EC rejects Italy's budgetary plans

In Europe 24th October 2018

The EC And Italy’s Game Of Chicken: Draft Budget Dismissed. Next Step To Fine The Country ?

“The narrative of expected compromises, a watering down of stances and the serving of another “Brussel’s fudge” seems to have become less convincing after the EU rejected the Italian budget proposal in an unprecedented move,” says analysts at Monex Europe regarding the rejection of Italy’s budgetary plans. In fact, for the first time in the history of the EU, the European Commission has rejected a draft budget proposal of a member country, while sounds from the Italian camp have an equally confrontational ring to it.