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Influence and image of Spain

Politically fractured Spain’s pressing need for consensus post COVID-19. Congreso de los Diputados (Spanish Parliament). Photo: Börkur Sigurbjörnsson (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Influence and image of Spain Experts Comments

Politically fractured Spain’s pressing need for consensus post COVID-19

The post COVID-19 crisis in Spain can be better tackled with consensus, but politics is bitterly polarized and fragmented.

By William Chislett
02 Jun 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. Photo: Jan M. Henrich (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Future of Europe Analyses

Life beyond multilateralism? COVID-19, European strategic autonomy and Spanish foreign policy

COVID-19 raises questions whether international politics will be characterised by a renewal of multilateralism or an aggravation of great power competition.

By Félix Arteaga, Luis Simón
20 May 2020 //
15 mins Reading time
Flags of Spain and the European Union. Photo: Arturo Rey (@arturorey)
Future of Europe Analyses

The influence –and weakness– of Spain’s European policy in the face of the pandemic: from a diagnostic to proposals and recommendations

This paper analyses the position of Spain in the EU’s management of the present health and economic crisis.

By Ignacio Molina, Federico Steinberg
15 May 2020 //
25 mins Reading time
Chinese Embassy in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Luis García (CC-BY-SA-3.0-ES)
China, the US and the new world order Analyses

Spain-China relations and COVID-19: the bright and dark sides of a necessary partnership for Spain

The COVID-19 crisis may be a turning point for China’s foreign relations. We analyse its impact on Spanish-Chinese relations

By Mario Esteban, Ugo Armanini
06 May 2020 //
16 mins Reading time
COVID-19 in Spain: tentatively moving toward a ‘new normality’. Disposable glove thrown on the street in Madrid. Photo: César (CC BY-SA 2.0). Blog Elcano
Influence and image of Spain Experts Comments

COVID-19 in Spain: tentatively moving toward a ‘new normality’

What will the ‘new normality’ look like in Spain, a country facing what Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez terms an ‘extraordinary’ recession?  

By William Chislett
05 May 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Is Spain doing well or badly in its response to COVID-19?
Influence and image of Spain Experts Comments

Is Spain doing well or badly in its response to COVID-19?

According to the GRID Index Spain is ranked last. Is there any basis to this comparison in which Spain emerges so badly?

By Carmen González Enríquez
04 May 2020 //
11 mins Reading time
Coronavirus (COVID-19) tips and warnings. Photo: duncan c (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Influence and image of Spain Analyses

Coronavirus: trends and landscapes for the aftermath

Possible trends in the world and in Spain originating from the coronavirus crisis, the policies implemented and their consequences, in four dimensions: temporal; economic and social; political; and geopolitical.

By Andrés Ortega
20 Apr 2020 //
32 mins Reading time
Pavilion of the Council of Ministers at the the Moncloa Palace. Photo: Yeray Díaz Zbida from Melilla, España (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Influence and image of Spain Experts Comments

Coronavirus in Spain: time to revamp the Moncloa Pacts

The Moncloa Pacts proved to be the right approach. More than 90% of Spaniards are in favour of a new national accord, according to polling firm Metroscopia.

By William Chislett
13 Apr 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Madrid’s Plaza Mayor after the lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic (15/3/2020). Photo: Nemo (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0). Elcano Blog
Influence and image of Spain Experts Comments

Spain in times of the coronavirus

Every evening on the dot of 8pm my neighbours in Madrid applaud those in the healthcare system working to combat Spain’s spiralling coronavirus.

By William Chislett
27 Mar 2020 //
5 mins Reading time

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