Coverage tagged: Spain (ESP)
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Finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Portugal and Spain jointly asked the Irish presidency to put a windfall tax on Hormuz-inflated oil profits on the Sept 18-19 Ecofin agenda, with Dublin open to the debate. Fiscal-policy signal, no score moves.
France's worst fires since WWII burned 100,000+ acres in Gironde with ~200,000 evacuated, prompting the first-ever national wildfire emergency; one of Spain's largest fires ever burned 111,000+ acres near Madrid (~63,000 evacuated) as a fourth 40C+ heatwave began July 28; Greece lost three firefighters. ~330,000-375,000 evacuated across the region in Europe's worst recorded heatwave season. Drove France climate near -1 to -2; Spain climate held at -5 with confidence up.
David Sanchez, brother of PM Pedro Sanchez, was convicted July 14 of nepotism and banned from public office for 9 years, atop charges against the PM's wife and a former aide's 24-year corruption sentence. The judiciary reaches the PM's family even as the corruption pattern widens: held Spain rule_of_law at 0.
The Los Gallardos (Almeria) fire became the deadliest wildfire in Andalusian history: 13 dead (updated July 12), 9 injured, 23 missing, most victims caught fleeing via a dry riverbed; Barcelona logged a record 40.5C. Drove Spain climate near -4 to -5.
The High Court placed Sanchez's former chief of staff under investigation with phone data seized (July 10), atop ex-minister Abalos's 24-year sentence for rigging pandemic medical contracts - the judiciary functions while corruption's breadth around the government grows. Drove Spain rule_of_law 1 to 0.