The pressure that the U.S. president, Donald Trump, wants to exert on Germany, from where he has just withdrawn his troops, also extends to trade agreements. Yesterday, out of nowhere, Trump announced that he will raise tariffs on European cars again, from 15% to 25%, stating that the European Union does not comply with the agreements of the Joint Declaration that both parties signed last July.
The Community of Madrid rectifies and puts up for sale the penthouse that it had supposedly acquired for temporary office use for Isabel Díaz Ayuso and her team on General Martínez Campos promenade while works were being carried out in Puerta del Sol.
The first ordinary plenary session of the political course in Congress has started with the approval of a law promoted by Sumar to grant Spanish nationality to Sahrawis born under Spanish administration – before September 29, 1977 -. The regulation now goes to the Senate for final approval and is passed at a significant moment for relations between Spain and Morocco following the massive entry of immigrants into Ceuta from late July.
Good news in the labor market is terrible for investors. This was confirmed this Friday on Wall Street where the three indices suffered severe drops, led especially by the Nasdaq (down 4%) due to a massive sell-off of AI-related stocks once the good job creation results were announced.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday asked Spain for evidence of its alleged involvement in a disinformation campaign that would have caused the migration crisis in the autonomous city of Ceuta, as hinted yesterday by the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.
A bad August awaiting a September that will likely be worse. The data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) this morning confirmed that prices soared last month to 4.3%, the highest rate since February 2023.
Renfe has already accepted France’s rejection of its growth plans in the country and is now looking to Portugal as a new internationalization bet. The company has started the process to homologate its Talgo trains of series 106 and 107, with an eye on the high-speed corridor being built between Lisbon and Porto, and later on the one that will connect Lisbon and Madrid.
Now comes the second part of the no to war. Now come the bills and reprisals for not having unconditionally supported the United States. The economic bill of the war is yet to be determined. It is the great global unknown at this moment. Germany
CaixaBank has been awarded Best Digital Private Banking in Europe 2026 at the Wealth Tech Awards, which are annually presented by the Professional Wealth Management (PWM) magazine of the Financial Times Group. This is the third consecutive year that the entity receives this recognition, placing it at the forefront of the high net worth management sector in the European continent. Additionally, the entity has received a special mention (highly commended) this year as Best Private Banking in Digital Innovation in Europe 2026.
The King highlighted, this midday, after visiting with the Queen a group of residents evacuated from the fire zones, the importance of the coordinated work of all administrations, emergency services, and volunteers. “United, any risk can be faced,” the King said upon leaving the La Chopera sports center, in the Madrid municipality of Villamanta, which hosts residents evacuated from Villa del Prado, Aldea del Fresno, and other municipalities in the southwest of the Community of Madrid.
