Gibraltar, a possible solution: diffused sovereignty and shared functions
Brexit opens a small window of opportunity to attempt to resolve the status of Gibraltar.
Influence and image of Spain
The international aid of subnational governments: the case of Spain
Spanish Autonomous Communities (regions) and municipalities gave some US$220 million in development assistance in 2015. This accounts for a third of total Spanish bilateral ODA, making Spain the world’s most decentralised donor.
Spain’s protests over pensions: no room for populist measures
Old age pensioners (OAPs) have been protesting across Spain at their ‘miserable’ pensions which since 2014 have stopped being automatically indexed to inflation and have risen by only 0.25% a year under reforms aimed at making the creaking system sustainable.
Spain’s main listed companies notch up record revenues abroad
The companies that comprise the Ibex 35, the benchmark index of the Madrid Stock Exchange, generated a record 67.7% of their revenues abroad in 2017.
Towers and walls against multiculturalism: Hispanics and Spanish in the Trump Presidency
The election of Donald Trump has generated new tensions around the public use of Spanish in the US and, above all, over multiculturalism.
Maximising the outcomes of Spain’s political engagement with the UN
With its current seat on the Human Rights Council (2018-20), Spain should strive to continue and revitalise its foreign policy in respect to reinforcing both the UN and multilateralism.
Spain’s continuing export boom
Spain’s exporting prowess continued in 2017 when sales of goods abroad increased and notched up a new record of €277.1 billion.
Catalonia secessionist parties regain control of the region’s parliament
The election clearly showed the depth of pro-independence sentiment and the profound polarisation of society.
Spain in the world: an analysis of the Elcano Global Presence Index 2016
Spain maintains its 12th position in the Elcano Global Presence Index, although it has lost some measure of global presence in all of its dimensions (as have the other countries of the region).
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