The Spanish ceramic sector, whose production is based on more than 90% in the province of Castellón, is crucial for tax collection in Spain. The industry contributes one of every 217 euros collected by the Tax Agency, with a global amount that is close to 1,000 million euros. Specifically, the figure stands at 982 million […]
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The Tourism Sector Asks Europe To Speed Up The Approval Of The Vaccination Certificate To Save The Summer
The tourism sector has welcomed the proposal for the green digital certificate, or vaccination certificate, made this Wednesday by the European Commission. This document, which will be digital and printed and will have all the tourist’s health information related to Covid-19 (if they have been vaccinated, what evidence does they have, if they have passed […]
The Xunta charges against the Government for taking the battery factory to Catalonia
The counselor of Economy and Industry, Francisco Conde, has charged Pedro Sánchez, whom he has accused of changing “the rules of the game” after the creation of a battery factory in Martorell (Barcelona) was announced. It will be the first battery factory in Spain and was born after the creation of a public-private consortium with […]
The EU and the US suspend the tariffs of the Boeing-Airbus dispute as a show of goodwill
The European Union and the United States have decided to temporarily suspend the reciprocal tariff measures that both parties approved in recent years within the framework of the Airbus and Boeing debate. This was announced this afternoon by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, after a phone call with the president […]
The European Commission proposes to keep the Stability Pact frozen until 2023
The European Commission has proposed today to maintain the escape clauses of the Stability Pact until 2023. In this way, the rules on deficit and debt would remain frozen until the Community economy recovers. the levels it had in December 2019. The final decision rests with the capitals, but the Eurogroup is expected to make […]
The EU aspires to have a vaccination certificate before summer, but there is no agreement on how it would be used
The EU aspires to have a digital certificate of vaccination, or at least to develop all the criteria and technical work necessary, before the summer. It will not be easy there are many doubts and misgivings, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has encrypted this Thursday, after a Summit by […]
Brussels revises Spain’s growth forecast up two tenths this year
The European Commission predicts a very difficult end of winter, but begins to see “the light at the end of the tunnel”. This is reflected in the Winter Macroeconomic Forecasts, one of the four forecasting exercises carried out each year and in which, despite the third wave, the vaccine problems and the prolongation of the […]
The EU economy falls 6.4% in 2020 and 6.8% in the eurozone due to the pandemic
Gross domestic product plummeted 6.4% in the European Union and 6.8% in the euro area in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, ending seven years of growth in both areas, according to preliminary data published this Tuesday by Eurostat and collected by Efe. In Spain, the fall was historic: 11%, the worst figure […]
The fear of a second recession gains weight in Europe with Spain at a disadvantage
Europe fears a new recession and has very few tools to own its destiny in the short term. The president of the European Central Bank said it a few days ago, Christine Lagarde, the economists warn and begin to suggest (although not yet confirm) the data. The fourth quarter of 2020 was bad, but not […]
The vaccination passport does not convince an EU that asks to limit non-essential travel to the maximum
There are two ways to tell. The short and simplified summary is that the heads of State and Government of the 27 have seen each other today by teleconference with two problems on the table: the general coordination against Covid and the idea of establishing a vaccination passport to try to save the next tourist […]