Spain's re-elected Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stands with new members of the government for a family photo before their first cabinet meeting at Moncloa Palace in Madrid. | JUAN MEDINA
Palma24/11/2023 10:34
Is it a question of I’m All Right Jack in Spain? Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was forced to make what some would call a pact with the devil, to form a government. Not only did he enlist the support of Catalan nationalists who want a breakaway from Spain, his government asked for the help of Carles Puigdemont, vilified as the ringleader behind the independence vote in Catalonia.
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Morgan WilliamsAnybody out there ?
Morgan WilliamsAny comment about the 140 billion being handed to Spain or is that not important ?
Morgan WilliamsAnd before you start arguing your case, you need to define what an unemployed person is according to the current (communist) minister of work. Her idea of an unemployed person differs vastly from that of other EU countries. You also need to distinguish between people who are unemployed between jobs and those who have never had a job and are under 35 years old. And also the statistics of the numbers of the un-neccesary burocratic jobs created by the government to bolster their numbers. Also the number of small business owners who have had to close due to the pandemic or lack of business and who don’t appear in the unemployed statistics, as officially they are not workers so they can’t be unemployed. Good luck
Morgan WilliamsNot working……….like Spain’s unemployed
https://d3fy651gv2fhd3.cloudfront.net/charts/spain-unemployment-rate.png
Morgan WilliamsSpain isn’t the Balearics, or, if you prefer, the Balearics (Mallorca) isn’t Spain. And if you are right, why has the EU donated/loaned Spain 140.000 million Euros to recuperate from the pandemic and why has Spain got the highest unemployment rate of the entire EU ?
I don't know what planet you live on, but the Spanish economy has been a rather remarkable success story on the past 15 years. And there's no sign of any economic "dire straits". Lots of new businesses here - tech, retail, construction, renovation and of course, tourism demand is higher than ever. The Spanish economic growth has consistently outperformed much of Europe (including the UK), unemployment falling rapidly, and every credible economist is predicting even more growth in 2024... Look it up. That's not any endorsement of any political party. It's just the plain truth. Spain is doing rather well. Perhaps you're assuming that the stagnant "dire straits" of the UK economy must be much worse everywhere else. Because, well... Fog in the channel?
“Yes, life is good, the economy is in a fine state and Sánchez is not doing a bad job” I presume you are being ironic to the n’th degree. If not, I am afraid you are right. Most Spaniards are unaware about the dire straits the economy is in. Not only did the PP win more seats but they also won more seats in combination with VOX than the PSOE did in combination with SUMAR. In any civilised country with a rational voting system (even Argentina has one), the Spanish left would have been sitting on the opposition benches for at least the past four months.