Author: William Chislett
A former correspondent of The Times of London in Madrid and then the Financial Times in Mexico writes a monthly article (Inside Spain) for the Elcano Royal Institute. Elcano published four of his books on Spain. He also covered Turkey for the Institute.
¡Viva ‘compromise’!
En el desagradable clima actual de crispación (una palabra que, por cierto, no tiene equivalente en inglés), los políticos deberían prestar atención al significado inglés de compromise, definido por el Oxford English Dictionary como “un acuerdo al que se ha llegado con ambos lados haciendo concesiones”.
Mi carta sobre el supuesto exilio del Rey Juan Carlos
COVID-19 ups Spain’s income inequality
Politically fractured Spain’s pressing need for consensus post COVID-19
COVID-19 in Spain: tentatively moving toward a ‘new normality’
Inside Spain (24 March-22 April)
Coronavirus lockdown extended until 9 May, some restrictions lifted.
Sánchez wins backing from Popular Party for national pact.
Deeper recession than after the global financial crisis.
Coronavirus in Spain: time to revamp the Moncloa Pacts
Spain in times of the coronavirus
Inside Spain (24 February-24 March)
Government keeps open border with Gibraltar, but closes it with Portugal and France.
State of emergency over coronavirus extended to 11 April
Ciudadanos choose Arrimadas as leader.
King Felipe renounces inheritance of scandal-hit father.
Sánchez launches €200 billion aid package for coronavirus crisis
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