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Álvaro Martín // 22 November 2021
Agenda setting is both important and difficult. Politics tends to veer towards topical issues which are not always the most relevant. Moreover, parties tend …
14 October 2021
The voting patterns of political parties in the national parliaments of Greece, Italy and Spain, and of their members of the European Parliament, show …
Álvaro Martín // 26 April 2021
In February, the Bank of Spain published its statistics on the Spanish public debt, indicating that state liabilities reached 117.08% of GDP at the …
1 February 2021
Since the 2017 constitutional crisis in Catalonia, the momentum to secede from Spain has grown, but the potential economic impact has not been thoroughly …
Klaus Ulrich // 9 April 2020
Periods of economic crisis are a breeding ground for all sorts of populist ideas, often ideas that had been discarded in the past due …
Juan Angel de Soto // 8 August 2019
As stated in the latest edition of EPICENTER’s Nanny State Index, Spain is one of the freer countries in the EU, coming 6th out …
26 June 2019
This paper explains why additional taxes on the turnover of companies with a large digital presence would be disproportionate, discriminatory and damage the European …
Juan Angel Soto // 28 January 2019
The National Convention of the People’s Party (PP) which took place earlier this month may well become a turning point in the economic landscape. …
Josh Moss // 16 August 2018
Having recovered from the recession that was brought about by the financial crisis, Spain’s economy is improving, but vulnerable. With the advent of Pedro …
Richard Williams IV // 23 July 2018
Is Spain due to become a more influential power within the European Union? The country is expected to become a net contributor to the …
30 June 2017
The situation on the Spanish labour market is being debated by specialists and policy makers with respect to two central questions: on the one …
27 June 2017
In 2017, the average Spaniard will have worked 178 days in order to fulfill their tax obligations. In other words, Tax Freedom Day, calculated …
28 April 2017
As the Spanish economy recovers, rethinking education reform should be a top priority. Spanish workers are Europe’s most overqualified, but also suffer from the …
Civismo // 12 April 2017
Last week, EPICENTER’s Spanish partner, CIVISMO, published a report about the Spanish General State Budget. The 2017 General State Budget, presented on April …
9 January 2017
It is increasingly evident that public pensions are going to be hard to sustain in the future: the ratio of workers to pensioners is …
Diego Sánchez de la Cruz // 18.07.2016 The introduction of a higher degree of flexibility in the Spanish labour market has created one …
Diego Sanchez de la Cruz // 27.06.2016 Spain’s center-right has clearly advanced its electoral position with last Sunday’s General Election. Polls predicted a good …
Diego Sánchez de la Cruz // 03.05.2016 When former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his Socialist party (PSOE) took office in early …
Diego Zuluaga // 01.03.2016 As the debate on British membership of the European Union gathers steam, the Eurozone is getting a fair amount of …
Diego Zuluaga // 11.01.2016 In many ways, Spain is the EU’s poster child. The country’s determination to be part of the European project was …
Diego Zuluaga // 05.11.2015 One of the consequences of the Eurozone crisis has been to popularise the extremely high levels of unemployment now prevalent …
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