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In Spain 2nd January 2026

Demand for natural gas in Spain grows 7.4% in 2025 thanks to electricity generation

Alphavalue / Divacons | Demand for natural gas transported in Spain, including domestic demand and exports, grew by 7.4% in 2025, reaching 372 terawatt hours, according to provisional data from Enagás. This growth has been driven by electricity generation, which has shot up by 33.3% to 99.3 terawatt hours, and by exports, which have risen by 17.4% to 40.5 terawatt hours. Spain has reaffirmed its commitment to European security of…

European economy, In Europe 31st December 2025

Financial Times survey of economists forecasts Eurozone GDP growth of 1.2% for 2026

Link Securities | A Financial Times survey of economists forecasts Eurozone GDP growth of 1.2% for 2026, compared to 1.4% for 2025 and forecasts of 1.4% for 2027. The region’s economic outlook depends heavily on Germany, Europe’s largest economy, which is expected to recover thanks to the strong fiscal expansion announced by the German government. However, there has been disappointment so far with the pace of reforms and doubts about…

In the World 31st December 2025

Fed minutes reflect wide division among board members amid above-target inflation

Bankinter | Fed minutes reflected a wide division among board members. They correspond to the meeting held on 9-10 December and acknowledge a wide-ranging internal debate regarding the decision to cut rates. A few board members who had supported the cut acknowledged that they could also have supported the option of maintaining rates, given the various risks facing the economy. Specifically, six of them could have opposed the cut, although…

“We need to approach negotiations with the U.S. on terms that are completely different from those currently being proposed”

Says Antonio Bonet, president of the Club of Spanish Exporters and Investors. He points out that “Europe has a single tariff applied by all member states, but the U.S. applies a tariff to each country, meaning it can decide that the tariff applied to Spanish black olives is higher than that for Italian olives, as it did at one point. So there is a part of the negotiation between Europe…

“Fifteen years ago, the European economy was larger than that of the U.S. Today, the U.S. economy is one and a half times that of Europe”

“It is a shame that we are able to mobilize economic resources for large-scale projects abroad, but not in our Spanish market”

In an interview with Consejeros magazine, Sacyr’s coordinating advisor, Elena Jiménez de Andrade, explains that now “We have great capacity to win projects, a capacity that until now contrasted with a series of financial limitations and balance sheet size. However, in this strategic cycle, we are going to eliminate those barriers. That is why we have set an ambitious goal for 2033: to triple the value of our assets. We…

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