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The Supreme Court suspends the electoral effects of a “Grandchildren Law” that had already generated nearly half a million new voters

The Third Chamber (Administrative Litigation) of the Supreme Court has issued a precautionary suspension of the electoral effects linked to the “Grandchildren Law” (eighth additional provision of the Democratic Memory Law). The decision comes in response to appeals filed against a ministerial instruction that arbitrarily broadened the criteria applied in consulates following the law’s entry into force. The instruction in question applied a blanket presumption of exile status to those…

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Inflation Spain

Spain: Retail sales drop for the first time since 2022

The National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that retail sales in Spain fell by 0.9% in July compared to June, a month in which they had rebounded by 0.3%. By distribution channel, e-commerce sales experienced the sharpest decline during the month (-2.5%). Excluding gas station sales, which dropped 4.4% in July, retail sales decreased by 0.6% month-on-month. By product category, food sales declined by 0.7%, while non-food products fell by 0.6%….