Challenging Times for Spain
Spain has another Socialist-led minority coalition government that faces a host of challenges, most of them not new but with an added urgency.
Influence and image of Spain
Mixed education results in PISA international tests
Spain suffered a sharp fall in science, mathematics and reading, but not as much as some regions’ results were better than Finland’s.
The OECD’s recipes for the Spanish economy
The OECD’s policy recommendations will not be easy to implement by the Spanish government supported by parties with such disparate agendas.
Spain’s European policy: development and priorities
What are the main priorities that guide -or should guide- Spain’s European policy to achieve substantive results in its EU membership?
The government’s controversial amnesty in order to remain in power
Pedro Sánchez is moving toward forming a new government, but the price demanded by Catalan separatist MPs is an amnesty for all those involved in the illegal 2017 referendum.
5th Spain-Israel Strategic Dialogue
ELNET’s Forum of Strategic Dialogue partnered with the Elcano Royal Institute to bring together experts from Spain and Israel.
In search of a government
July’s snap election has yet to yield a government. The Popular Party will have the first attempt on 27 September but is unlikely to succeed.
Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2023
For the fifth time, Spain holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, one of the EU's seven most important institutions.
Ten principles for Spain’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2023
Spain should approach the EU Council presidency as a country project and use it to improve its influence and image.
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