Economía

“Europe needs to change.” This is the premise of the opinion piece published this Tuesday by the Cercle d’Economia, which will mark the central theme of its upcoming Annual Meeting, organized next week. This year’s sessions will analyze the strategic autonomy of the European Union (EU) in the face of geopolitical and technological changes that threaten its welfare model. The text highlights that the community space must overcome its internal fragmentation, truly building the European single market, especially in key sectors such as telecommunications, energy, or finance.

Jonathan Andic, son of the founder of Mango, announced this Tuesday that he is temporarily stepping down from the company’s vice presidency to focus on defending himself against the homicide charge against him, sources close to him have confirmed. The heir of Isak Andic will nevertheless retain his responsibilities in the “family, business, and social projects” he holds. In addition to the non-executive vice presidency of Mango, Jonathan Andic chairs the family holding company, Punta Na Holgind, under which hangs the company through which he controls 95% of Mango along with his two sisters, Judith and Sarah. He is also chairman and secretary of Punta Na SAU, which consolidates the real estate businesses.

The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda has opened sanctioning proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi, two prediction platforms where bets are placed, for a possible violation of gaming regulations. They would be operating in Spain without the mandatory administrative authorization.

Almost all autonomous communities under the common regime are halting the tax cuts they approved in previous years. The years are coming to an end when the prevailing trend was to approve reductions in transferred taxes, such as in the IRPF, inheritance and donations, or wealth tax. The current trend is quite the opposite, warns the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (Airef) in its latest report. The only exception is Madrid, which continues to increase its tax reductions.

The shock of energy prices due to the Iranian conflict is beginning to claim its first victims. A report from Caixabank Research warns that the manufacturing industry risks weakening its growth, even sinking into stagnation. The intensity of energy consumption as well as dependence on foreign trade cause this sector to be the most sensitive to the international situation.

Jonathan Andic’s defense will file the appeal against the detention order for an alleged homicide crime, which Magistrate Raquel Nieto signed exactly one week ago for the death of Isak Andic, before Thursday. Lawyer Cristóbal Martell started working on the document today and has until Thursday to submit it to court number 5 of Martorell, but addressed to the Barcelona Court, responsible for resolving it.

The jet fuel crisis caused by the war in the Middle East continues to take its toll on the airline industry. This time, the impact reaches Barcelona airport, which temporarily loses a route to Tangier due to the rising price of fuel. This is the connection that Royal Air Maroc operated until now from El Prat and which transported 83,580 people between January and April, 0.5% of the total passengers, according to Aena data.

Since Friedrich Merz took office as chancellor, it seemed that Germany’s extreme and chronic aversion to debt was softening. First, in 2025, with the historic change in the Constitution relaxing the debt prohibition pushed by the current chancellor before he had even taken office; and later with the announcement of the huge investment of 780 billion euros in defense over five years. However, it now appears that either the transformation is not so radical or it only applies domestically and not in the European Union, where the German “Nein,” so often repeated during the financial crisis, is back.

The Vatican intends to give a high socioeconomic content to the upcoming visit of Leo XIV to Spain, between June 6 and 12. Its representatives in Spain, led by José Cobo, cardinal, archbishop of Madrid and vice president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference,…

It was the year 2017. Donald Trump had recently moved into the White House. Seen through today’s eyes, he was a more moderate Trump than the current one. But even then Edmund Phelps (1933, Illinois), Nobel Prize in Economics in 2006, sensed that the magnate was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.