A record year for jobs and better quality ones
Job creation was strong in 2023 and the quality of employment improved, but there is still work to be done to improve job security and stability.
Inside 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.
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.
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.
Young adults and pensioners: too deep a divide
Government policies for young adults and the elderly have been slanted for too long toward the latter, creating an intergenerational gap.
What May’s local and regional elections tell us about politics in Spain ahead of July’s snap general election
Spain will go to the polls with a political class that has become increasingly more polarised and vitriolic than society itself.
Spain prays for rain on the plain
An enduring drought caused by record-high temperatures and a lack of rain has brought water rationing in Spain.
The long and winding path to Spain’s modernisation
Penguin History of Modern Spain places the country in Europe’s mainstream narrative, showing the country not as exceptional as painted.
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