Perplexity. The Government’s decision to selectively break the municipal confinement that governs Catalonia due to the pandemic to go to events within the electoral campaign has further increased the gap that separates the business community from those responsible for the Generalitat, quite a bit open taking into account the complaints about the null capacity to […]
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The agrarian sector calls for the resignation of Luis Planas for “giving in to nationalism” in the cava war
“The Extremadura countryside cannot be a bargaining chip for assignments with nationalisms as has happened with the cava conflict, we will not allow it.” This is how forceful the Extremadura agricultural sector has manifested itself today after the final ruling of the Supreme Court declaring null the limitations on the cultivation of cava that had […]
Judicial blow to the Government by preventing the expansion of cava in other Autonomous Communities in favor of Catalonia
Judicial blow to the Government of Pedro Sanchez, which in its first months in Moncloa ceded the powers of regulation of cava plantations throughout Spain to the Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Origin (in the hands of the Catalan industry), in a decision that was interpreted in the sector in December of 2019 as […]
The tourism sector uses the United Kingdom as an example and offers its network and hotels to accelerate vaccination
The tourism sector, which before the pandemic was the economic engine of Spain and is now one of the hardest hit by the health crisis, demands that the Government accelerate the vaccination process so that 70% of the population before the summer I have already been vaccinated and offers its entire network -hotels, travel agencies, […]
The black year of tourism: its weight on GDP falls from 12.4% to 4.3% and they see the recovery already towards summer
The tourism sector confirms its worst forecasts for the year that has just closed, with a loss in billing of more than 106,000 million euros (a drop of almost 70% compared to 2019) and already It is no longer the engine of the economy, as the weight of the sector over GDP has fallen from […]
The weight of trade and the low technological intensity of the industry limit the response of the economy to Covid
He strong weight of trade and low technological intensity of the industry of the Valencian Community limit the response of the region’s economy to Covid-19, according to the latest report of the Observatory on Government, Strategy and Competitiveness of Companies (GECE), promoted by Bankia and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), in which the […]
A court reduces the rent to a tourist apartment company to 50% due to the losses caused by the covid
Taking into account the clause “rebus sic stantibus”, which allows modifying a contract in the event of a sudden and extraordinary change such as a pandemic, the Court of First Instance number 20 of Barcelona cut the rent of 27 properties paid by a specialist company by half in tourist accommodation. After arguing that due […]
Tourism in the Canary Islands collapses in high season, while Catalonia and Madrid disappear as destinations
The month of November has also been devastating for tourism in Spain: the arrival of 456,956 international visitors has been registered, 90.2% less than in the same month of 2019, and total spending has decreased by 90 , 8%, to stay at 467 million euros, as shown by the sectorial data provided this Tuesday by […]
The Andalusian Government accuses Sánchez of “paying favors” to his partners with the distribution of European funds
Andalusia will receive 1,881 million in European funds, which makes it the community that most benefited from the distribution of 10,000 million euros from the European Union (EU) that the Government has just distributed among the autonomous regions. However, the Andalusian Executive of the PP and Citizens is not satisfied because, if the criteria indicated […]
Maroto announces more measures by the communities for trade and tourism
The Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, said this Monday that there are many communities that they will announce more measures to support tourism, hospitality and commerce. He pointed this out at a press conference after meeting with the autonomous communities and municipalities at the intersectoral conference on trade and tourism. At the […]