Economía

The impact of the war in Iran on the energy system has put Europe in front of the mirror. Is it possible to maintain supply on the continent in the face of global-scale disruptions like those experienced in the Strait of Hormuz? The Annual Meeting of the Cercle d’Economia brought together this Tuesday two heavyweights of the sector in Spain, the president of Naturgy, Francisco Reynés, and that of Repsol, Antonio Brufau, to resolve this question and many others. And their answer to this first question is clear: Spain can withstand the “shock,” but only as long as the conflict does not last too long.

Catalonia was the top tourist destination in Spain in the month of April. The autonomous community received 1.88 million visitors, 7.7% more than in the same month of the previous year. It represents 20.8% of the total visitors to the country in the fourth month of the year.

“No vengo a pedir favores, ni tampoco a regalarlos”. This is how the president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, positioned himself this morning at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cercle d’Economia following yesterday’s defense of a majority with Junts and PNV to force the calling of elections.

Fundación Telefónica has taken a decisive step in modernizing career guidance with the launch of OrientaHub, an innovative program that uses artificial intelligence and real-time data analysis to guide people in making decisions about their professional future.

The approach of summer boosts the labor market. If in the Spanish economy May is always a good month for employment, this year’s has been even better than usual. An increase of 232,000 affiliates, which is the second-best May in the historical series and leads to a new record in the total number of contributors, who have already exceeded 22.3 million. And a significant fact: practically half of the increase in contributors in May comes from foreign workers, with 111,000 new affiliates. Among Spaniards, the employment growth rate is clearly lower.

In view of the speech he gave yesterday at the Cercle d’Economia, it would seem that Salvador Illa simply wanted to paint a radiant picture of current economic growth and a bright future but without talking about the problems. New budgets and future model of…

One of the fashion companies, Anthropic, reported this Monday that it confidentially filed its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), laying the groundwork for a possible historic stock sale aimed at investors willing to bet on artificial intelligence (AI). This could happen this coming fall.

“We are at a decisive moment. We must go further than autonomy, and instead move towards sovereignty.” This was expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, on the occasion of the first day of the Annual Meeting of the Cercle d’Economia. According to Albares, “Europeans must guarantee security in a broad sense, and for that a federal leap is needed. It is not ideas that we lack, but the will to put them into practice. We must remove the obstacles in the internal market, particularly the capital market, and ensure it finances innovation in Europe, so that it is not in the hands of foreign companies.”

The Ministry of Finance has set to work to begin holding bilateral meetings with the autonomous communities (and cities) to address the reform of regional financing. The department has reported that this Monday it sent letters to the ministries of the common regime communities, as well as Ceuta and Melilla, with the aim of arranging dates.

President Salvador Illa has put on the table 3.3 billion euros in infrastructure investments at the start of the 41st edition of the Annual Meeting of the Cercle d’Economia, which began this afternoon in Barcelona. The investment will be through a public-private collaboration mechanism, the president explained at the inauguration of the traditional sessions that were previously held on the Costa Brava and now in Barcelona. Last February, the Government already said it would survey the market to see if there was interest in recovering concessions for road networks and metro stations.