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In Spain 8th October 2026

Government will raise the minimum wage, which is already the most frequent in Spain, before the elections

It has been years since tripartite social dialogue—between the employers’ association, trade unions, and the Government—broke down due to the Government’s insistence on relying solely on the unions. The unions have called a general strike—’against the opposition,’ as explained by the PSOE—for November 11, two days before the electoral campaign begins. Thus, the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy under Vice President Yolanda Díaz—a card-carrying communist who a few days…

In Europe 21st September 2026

AfD Also Prevails in Mecklenburg, Where the CDU Is Left Out of the Regional Parliament

The CDU falls by 8.2 points in Berlin and nearly eight in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where it is reduced to 4.9% and obtains the worst regional result in its history. By failing to clear the electoral threshold, this will mark the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic that it is left out of a regional parliament. Alice Weidel’s prophecy is beginning to come true. Following the victory of…

In the World 25th September 2026

Xi asks Trump to be “partners, not rivals” to avoid military conflict

After receiving the Chinese president at the airport, Trump finally met with Xi Jinping yesterday in New York, in a meeting that reflected, in itself, what Xi termed a “common understanding” on several relevant issues, though without reaching an agreement on any of the major core topics: Taiwan, Iran, or artificial intelligence, whose development must remain “always under human control” according to Xi, while Trump defended American leadership in the…

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“Many companies complicate CSRD implementation more than necessary”

Rosa Mª García Piñeiro, board member at Caixabank, Acerinox, and Ence—serving as chair of the sustainability committee for the latter two and as a committee member at Caixabank—explains that “the directive does not set the materiality threshold. The company decides it based on its own criteria. There is nothing in the legislation that prescribes what is material and what is not. The auditor-verifier may have one opinion, the company may…

“We are one of Europe’s leading R&D investors: €1.45 billion last year”

“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…

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