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From Europe its “welfare state” was envied. But it is increasingly difficult to pay, and France is the best example

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Europa presumed for decades of having found the perfect formula to combine economic prosperity with social justice: hospitals open to all, affordable universities and worthy retirements after a work life. That pact between generations, envied on the other side of the Atlantic, became the identity mark of the continent. And yet They begin to become visible. And one of its banners wobbles: France. A price too high. I told this week The Washington Post. Europe lives a historical crossroads: the social model that guaranteed universal health, accessible education and decent retirements begins to show cracks that can no longer be hidden. France It is the epicenter of that tension. There, the runaled public debt, political paralysis and succession of Fallen prime ministers In just fifteen months they show deep wear. The State Spend more than any other country rich in social protection, but that expense seems unsustainable in a context of low growth and growing polarization. The recent resignation From Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, unable to agre as inalienable. Model under generational pressure. There are more, since, in France, new generations feel that they inherit a system that they cannot sustain. He Post counted Cases of young people such as Anastasia Blay, who depend on intermittent subsidies to survive, convinced that they should not load with the mistakes of the past or give up a decent life. In front of them, retirees like Christine Boucau-Podorski They defend The pensions achieved after decades of hard work and are willing to limited sacrifices, but not losing acquired rights. This struggle between young and old reflects the intergenerational shock that crosses To all of Europe: Who pays the invoice, what benefits should be preserved and to what extent intergenerational solidarity can continue to be the base of the European social contract. Germany and France Wobm up. Fragility is not limited to France. Germany, the other great Historical support of the European Union, faces industrial recessiondeterioration of infrastructure and a government that admits since “the current system is unassumable.” Political tensions are intense, with the social democratic opposition refusing to accept drastic cuts and the extreme right by capitalizing citizen discomfort. Meanwhile, the Ultras games grow On both sides of the rhine fed by social disenchantment and the feeling of stagnation. The paradox is that Italy or Spainonce considered weak links, they exhibit today greater stability macroeconomic than European locomotives. The center, formerly balancing, has become the area of ​​greatest uncertainty, which weakens the European project at a time of growing external threats. The southern paradox. It is quite striking that countries historically seen as fragile, such as Spain and Italy, today appear (either They seem) as relatively more stable. Italy, after decades of political instability, lives its strongest period with a controversial government that has even achieved An improvement of the credit rating. Spain, meanwhile, has reduced by half unemployment in the last decade and maintains growth above the European average, despite spend less on well -being than France or Germany. This roles investment shows to what extent the clichés of the southern Europe have been exceeded: the Mediterranean nations, previously accused of fiscal laxity, seem to have learned to navigate austerity, while “the rich north” It sinks in its own budgetary rigidity. The perfect storm. The challenge is aggravated by external factors that multiply internal pressures. The Russian Invasion of Ukraine pushes to increase the defense expensejust when public coffers They are already exhausted. China Compete fiercely With European industry, from electric cars to nuclear energy, eroding the international position of German and French manufactures. And the United States, far from offering security, Add uncertainty with a president who changes position in a matter of days and threatens tariffs to his own allies. Europe must decide If prioritize shield Your welfare state, to reorient resources towards military security or find a balance that does not sacrifice either global competitiveness or social cohesion. The great unknown. Experts Like Andreas Eisl They argue that the dilemma is first of all politician: it is not if Europe can maintain its social model, but to what extent it wants to do it and what sacrifices is willing to assume. Attempts to apply cuts, such as 44,000 million euros proposed in the budget that demolished Prime Minister François Bayrou, have caused A massive rejection on the street and fed polarization. However, mathematics is relentless: with a aging populationa Birth in Declive and one Increasing resistance To immigration, the fiscal base narrows while the needs increase. Europe may not be on the verge of a Greek collapse, or it does not seem, but the sustainability of its “way of life” indicates that it has ceased to be An unquestionable dogma. And that is, perhaps, the true battle of the future: if the old continent manages to reinvent his social contract without dynamiting him in the process. Image | Pexels, Martin Greslou In Xataka | Spain has a big problem with the generational relief of the labor market: 3.5 million young workers are missing In Xataka | Birth in Poland is a disaster and hotels have had an idea: money for those who conceive in a stay

“Who will pay the 30,000 euros of daily expenses?”

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In response to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Europe and the US agreed to international blocking measures to the assets of Russian millionaires. That measure allowed states confiscate the mansions and yachts Of the Russian magnates who were in their respective territories, something that many cities and small states have not stopped repenting due to the high cost of maintenance of the Millionaire luxury superstars Russians The last to jump to fame for its high costs has been the Sailing Yacht aa latest generation That, with its 149 meters in length, it is considered the largest in the world, much ahead of the Koru of Jeff Bezos and its 127 meters. He Sailing Yacht a It was blocked In March 2022 when he anchored in the port of Trieste, for belonging to the Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko. Since then, the luxury superveler has been nothing more than a headache for the mayor of Trieste, who In an interview With the local news channel Telequattro expressed restlessness for municipal coffers due to the high cost of their maintenance: “Who will pay the 30,000 euros of daily expenses?”, The indignant Italian mayor requested. The superyate floats, but the municipal coffers sink In the port of Trieste, the megayate Sailing Yacht aowned by the Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, has been retained for three years due to European sanctions against Russia. Far from being a source of pride or tourist curiosity, the presence of this giant of the sea has meant a huge disbursement for the city. In the words of the mayor of the town of just over 200,000 inhabitants, Roberto Dipiazza, keeping the ship docked in its port is a daily disbursement of about 30,000 euros, together adding an invoice higher than 11 million euros Since the European authorities decreed their embargo on the Russian millionaire. The Sailing Yacht A has 149 of length The superveler, whose estimated value is around 600 million dollars according to The specialized pressremains in custody of the municipal authorities waiting for a definitive resolution on their destination. However, the legal situation of Melnichenko’s sailboat is not that of a confiscated good, but An administrative block. This distinction is crucial since the Italian jurisprudence dictates that A blocked asset must be returned under the same conditions If the sanctions are raised or if the owner successfully challenges the inclusion in the list of sanctioned by Europe. That is, the Municipal Corporation, as responsible for its Navy, must ensure its conservation While European Justice Solve its auction or return to its owner. Maintenance only within reach of a millionaire The 30,000 euros daily mentioned by the mayor of Trieste only ensures the essential operation for the conservation of the luxurious yacht. During the more than a thousand days tied in the Marina de Trieste, the maintenance cost of the ship has shot over 11 million euros, although local media as Il piccolo Increase this estimate to 18 million euros. As the Mayor Dipiazza has stressed in his television statements, the city is not responsible for the blockade of the Sailing Yacht abut responds to a European Union decision against Russian magnates close to the government of Vladimir Putin, but his presence is causing an unassumable expense for his citizens. Sailing Yacht to anchored near the port of Trieste The problem is repeated: the case of the Alpha Nero and the eclipse Trieste’s case is not the only one in which the confiscation of a Russian yacht has put the local economy in check. On the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda, El Superyate Alpha Nero He became In a similar nightmare. Only in fuel, the superyate owned by the Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev consumed 2,000 dollars of fuel daily only for keep the air conditioning in operation. This procedure is essential to prevent exclusive interior finishes in noble and metal woods deteriorating through the saltpeter of the sea and moisture. In that case, the weekly maintenance bill reached $ 28,000. The long judicial blockade for the ownership of the ship prevented the sale or auction of the yacht for monthswhich forced Antillean taxpayers to pay crew, fuel and maintenance expenses. When finally It was sold For 40 million dollars, the authorities recognized that this money would serve to cover “the huge hole that the superyte has left in the public coffers of the small Caribbean island,” in words of the Secretary of Cabinet of Antigua Lionel Hurst. He SUPERY Eclipseowned by the billionaire Roman Abramovich, is another example of the high cost of these superyates confiscations. He Eclipse He was docked for more than three years in Muğla, Türkiye. Your engines never turned offsince its generators had to stay at 24 hours to keep the air conditioning system into operation. In this case, the Eclipse registered a consumption of 1,000 liters of daily fuelwhich does not only imply an economic cost but also affects the environmental pollution of cities by CO2 that their engines, in permanent functioning, pour to the atmosphere. In the case of Sailing Yacht ahe High price of maintenance Not only is it given by fuel consumption, but also including the ship’s bearing expenses, the salary of the minimum crew on board to operate maintenance systems, safety patrols that monitor the superveler and The mandatory insurance that must cover all the boats. In Xataka | The sanctions against Russia sought to stop the Russian elite: they have ended up creating new fortunes in full war Image | Flickr (Paul Fenton, Adrianovero), Wikimedia Commons (Maximum marmur)

Europe has filled with Stellantis cars that are not sold. And Madrid and Zaragoza will pay the consequences

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Zaragoza and Madrid will suffer a temporary stop in vehicle production. This has been confirmed to us from Stellantis, who we have asked about the rumored machine stop in six European floors. With a stock that is not giving out, the company does not want to return to past times. Temporary. That is the makeup: a temporary stop. Although we have asked in Stellantis about stops distributed throughout Europethe company has only confirmed in our case those related to Madrid and Zaragoza. Nor have we been offered data on when and how long these stops will take place. If it is confirmed that the company for the Poissy factory, which produces the DS 3 and Opel Mokka, from October 13 to 31, 2025, according to the French media Echos. In Bloomberg They expand the stop to the Italian Pomigliano factory where the Alpha Romeo Tonale and the Fiat Panda are manufactured. There are already four confirmed plants but in the French media it was ensured that the strikes could affect up to six European factories. Spain. What is manufactured in our country? In Madrid, Stellantis produces the Citroën C4y C4 X, as well as its completely electric variants. For its part, in Zaragoza produces the small electric electric. That is, Los Lancia Ypsilon, Opel Corsa Ey Peugeot E-208. In addition, it had recently confirmed that the B10 Leapmotor would arrive in Spain and, everything indicates, should land in Zaragoza. The one that will not stop is the Vigo plant. There Stellantis produces the commercial vehicles of Peugeot and Citroën, as well as the 2008 Peugeot and its completely electric version that takes advantage of the lines of the electric vans. The stock. Stellantis’s intention is to reduce the stock of his stores. The company has long dealt with its stores at a healthy level. In fact, during The last call with shareholders Following the middle of the year results, the message was sent that the company had maintained a “strong discipline in inventories after the corrective actions of 2024” and that it is “maintaining that discipline throughout 2025”. These messages are not causal. The company has been dealing with an enormous overstock, especially in the United States. So much so that in that market some of their concessionaires came to accumulate so many fiat 500 electric that ended give them away to take them off. The company does not want to be in a similar situation but some of its products are becoming outdated and are increasingly complicated to sell. That is why the production of cars such as the Alfa Romeo Tonale or the DS3, which do not reap good results. A serious problem. In your latest results reportStellantis confirmed that the network has more than 1.2 million cars without selling. Of these, 300,000 are possession of the group but there are more than 900,000 cars distributed by independent dealers to those who have not given exit. In Europe, in addition, this inventory has grown by 7% compared to 2024 because products to the available cars portfolio have been added. Among the data maremagnum, he emphasizes that Stellantis has produced fewer cars but his margin has also collapsed. If we talk about Europe, the company had already reduced its production in about 100,000 units but its benefit for the sale of these cars has collapsed at 2,000 million euros, because of discounts to sell vehicles in stock, low sales and the obligation to repurry units set on the market. Sales. In that last fact, sales were made. At the end of August, According to AceaStellantis has reduced its sales by 8.9%. And what is worse, the rivals eat ground because their market share has gone from 17,%to 15.9%. The reorganization in the portfolio of its range leaves us dramatic falls in what we have been. For example, Opel, its third best selling brand, falls 11.8%. Fiat, its fourth best brand, falls 19%. Lancia, which only has the electric ypsilon, falls by 72.8%. And the electric? When it was confirmed that Zaragoza was going to continue receiving electric cars, Like the Leapmotorwe already explain that the news can be seen from two perspectives that seem contradictory. The optimistic is that Zaragoza will manufacture the electric cars of Stellantis, which should guarantee the future of the long -term factory, especially if we take into account that, together with CATL, the company will raise a battery production plant To nurture your lines. This should be the confirmation that the bet is very serious. The pessimistic is that although the small electric car Sales should increase (especially if manufacturers want to meet the maximum limits set and flee) They will have to put these cars on the market. But, for now, they continue to demand certain complications from their owners and, therefore, they are being more complicated to sell even if they lower their prices. And a financial situation … difficult. To all of the above we must add what we have already counted a few weeks ago. Stellantis is going through a complicated moment in some decisions made by Carlos Tavares in the past. His commitment to the multienergy platform has forced the company to make great efforts to develop the Stla Medium and Small. Those economic results are still green. But, in addition, they have gotten into investments such as hydrogen and two electricity cars that They have been canceled. In total, 3.3 billion euros in the trash. Photo | Stellantis In Xataka | Before developing a pile of hydrogen or competing with Chinese electric, Stellantis has chosen a third way: surrender

3,200 years ago Egypt could not pay his artisans. So he found something unexpected: the first work strike

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In the Egypt of the twelfth century AC, the reign of the Great Ramses III, one would expect to meet many things: portentous tombs, pyramids, rich hieroglyphs and farmers pending the rise of the Nile to guarantee the prosperity of their crops. Images that fit well in the idea we have of ancient Egypt. If we look at the Deir el-medina From the year 1157 AC, a town of artisans located near the Valley of the Queens, we would nevertheless see something that seems to adjust less to that period: workers promoting a work strike. And not anyone, The first of history. In a remote place in Egypt … Set Maat (better known as Deir el-medinahis Arab name) was a prosperous populated with workers and artisans founded by Pharaoh Tutmosis i. It was located in a privileged place, near the Valley of the Queens and that of the Kings, in front of what is now the city of Luxor. At first The settlement It had just a few dozen houses surrounded by a wall, but it grew and gain relevance. There, in their adobe houses, the workers and artisans lived who at first had An idea: Change the pyramids and mastied for a more protected sepulcher, excavated in the mountain itself. Unexpected protagonist. Deir El-Medina could have gone down simply because of that, forever linked to the name of the pharaoh Tutmosis I, if it were not because in the mid-twelfth century AC it became an unexpected protagonist of one of the most relevant episodes of the world’s work chronicle. The reason? A good day of 1157 AC (Up, downstairs) those same operators who dwelt in their adobe homes and dedicated themselves to shaping the real graves decided to plant. And in doing so they promoted the first work strike in history, a title that today He recognizes him Guinness World Records. Where the hell is my salary? The artisans and workers of Egypt from 3,200 years ago were different from today’s workers. His motivations, no. What ended the patience of Deir El-Medina operators was the delay in the collection of their salaries, which they perceived In speciessuch as grain, cereals, dry fish, beer, vegetables or even The usufruct of certain cultivable plots. As remember The green compassWe know that the workers began to protest when they had more than a week of collection delay. At 20 days the thing worsened and well entered the second month of delays the artisans decided to leave their tools and plant themselves. The problems however were not punctual. They crawled over several years. AMENENKAHT tracks. If we know what happened in that corner of Egypt 3,200 years ago it is largely thanks to a scribe called Amenenkaht, who was in charge of taking good note of everything to inform when vizier. For him we know that the strike arose during the reign of Ramses III, who took the reins of the kingdom approximately between 1186 AC and 1155 AC it is believed that the problems with the workers of Deir el-Medina began Towards 1159 AC And they were dragging, without solution, until “the payment system of the workers of the necropolis collapsed completely”, Comment Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson. “Year 20, second month of the flood, day 10. Today the work squad crossed the walls of the necropolis (the control post) shouting: ‘We are hungry!’ 18 days of this month go that (men) sit behind the funeral temple of Tutmosis III “, The scribe said in a document that is known today as the strike papyrus. It even echoes the bitter complaints of the artisans of the town: “If we have reached this point it is because of hunger and thirst; there are no clothes, there are no ointments, there is no fish, there are no vegetables …” And what did they do? They said enough. They refused to wait more for a payment that was delayed and went to the city to the shout of “We are hungry!”making clear their demands in the temple of Ramses III and in the vicinity of Tutmosis III, where they came to camp. They even went to the Central Gray Warehouse of Thebes and blocked the accesses to the Valley of the Kings, which complicated that the priests and family made the offerings to the dead. In a long pull and loosen they managed to pay back payments and everything indicates, slide Worldhistorythat in the end both parties reached an agreement so that the workers could collect their salaries as agreed. Why is it important? The first reason is the historical relevance of protests. It is not crazy To think that before, in Egypt or even Mesopotamia, similar situations had been lived. And there is Who thinks that the first real strike was lived centuries later, in 494 AC, in Rome, with the Secessio plebis. The truth, however, is that the mobilization of the artisans and workers of Deir El-Medina was officially considered the first documented work strike to date. So figure In fact on the pages of Guinness World Records. Beyond that ‘title’ the episode is relevant for its impact and Egypt. As Remember Joshua J. Mark In World History, in ancient Egypt there was a basic concept called ma´atthe individual, social and universal balance that deposited in the pharaoh a series of responsibilities, including the well -being of the population, the security of the borders and the fulfillment of religious rites. Ramses III highlighted in the second, but his reign was marked by economic turbulence that complicated the payment to artisans. With this he found a peculiar situation: protests before which the authorities did not know very well how to react and that, in a way, “violated the principle of Ma´at.” A milestone that today highlights Deir el-Medina in history books. Images | Wikipedia 1, 2 and 3 In Xataka | The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt have always fascinated archaeologists. They just missed a key track to understand them

that companies pay fortunes to their employees for having children

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South Korea has been plunged into one of the worse demographic crises of the world, with a fertility rate that reached a historical minimum of 0.72 children per woman In 2023, one of the lowest in the world. This figure is far from the population replacement level, located in 2.1 children per womanand evidences a rapid population aging which complicates the country’s economic and social sustainability. This demographic emergency It has been defined by President Yoon Suk Yeol as a “national emergency” in the face of the risk of decreasing productivity and deteriorating the fiscal health of the State. According The published by Bloombergin the face of such demographic and economic challenge, the companies of the country have brought their shoulders offering generous “baby checks” to those employees who decide to have children. Decades fighting low birth. The South Korean government has been implementing decades The most varied policies to encourage birth, destined to Relieve the economic burden of families. These include direct children’s subsidies, housing aids, paid paternity permitsfacilities for access to child care and early education. However, despite these measures and mass investment in public initiatives, the birth rate in Korea has only achieved A very modest reboundwhich has led to the authorities to consider additional reforms and to promote the private sector participation In approaching the problem. Aminar to have children from your pocket. Given the growing concern about the impact that the population decrease will have on available labor, important South Korean business conglomerates decided to act on their own. According to published Bloombergcompanies such as Booyoung offer economic bonds of up to $ 72,000 (100 million wones) for each child born, and some even apply a custom retroactive effect to facilitate parenting. It is not the only one, The local press He ensures that other companies have also implemented bonus plans and additional benefits for those employees who expand their family. “I was spent. So, after Hong and his wife, who also works in Booyoung, processing the news, did what many would do if they were offered a fortune to expand the family: they had another son to get the bonus for their birth. This is the economy of Korea. The economic incentives that Korean companies are offering do not start from an altruistic or patriotic commitment. But companies have become aware of the serious demographic crisis and, Therefore workwhich must face in the coming years. South Korea looks in the mirror of other countries with serious demographic problems such as Japan and the image is that of a aged labor market in which labor shortage It has been generalized. It is estimated that by 2050, the population of 65 years or more will amount to 40%, potentially the largest proportion of any country in the world. On the other hand, the companies that offer these incentives have become those preferred by professionals who want to form a family, so they ensure the attraction and retention of better qualified professionals, who are going to prefer a company that offers Family conciliation benefits. An encouraging rebound in birth. Such and as he collected Reutersthe set of Stimulus measures implemented by the Government with the Private sector support begins to show its first effects with A slight increase In the birth rate. After almost a decade of constant falls, the fertility rate in South Korea rose to 0.75 children per woman in 2024, marking A change of trend descendant and marks a first significant advance in many years to reverse the historical. However, they warn that cultural and social transformation necessary to sustain more significant increases will take time. In Xataka | Japan believed to have touched back on his birth crisis. Now another question is asked: if there is really a background Image | Unspash (Laura Lee Moreau)

that Castilla y León and León and Galicia pay him

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In the middle of August, with the return or start of the holidays for many, Renfe encountered an unexpected problem, the icing on a summer of delays and cancellations: the fires. Although these caused delays throughout Spain, the Zamoran and Galician fires They brought together the greatest delays to the company. In fact, For more than a week Renfe met the obligation to Cancel or delay trains that cover the link between Madrid and Galicia. The company has many hopes in this corridor since it is the only company that, for technical reasonscan operate in it and also has achieved a spectacular increase In the number of travelers. During those days of August Renfe ordered buses in the first hours But then he chose to change the dates of the tickets or offer a completely free cancellation. At the same time, The airlines took the opportunity to raise prices of the tickets thanks to the traveler transfer. Now, Renfe is studying to denounce Castilla y León and Galicia for the economic damage suffered. The first complaint “Renfe is studying for the first time a claim of patrimonial responsibility against Castilla y León and Galicia. Because it is not a receipt that Renfe and Adif had to lose three million euros during those nine days. There are some administrations that have to dimension a prevention and fire extinction service and have not done so and the consequences are paid by Renfe, and on top service” The words are from Oscar Puente, Minister of Transportation, in an intervention in the Congress of Deputies where he has had to give the face of the Popular Party for “The Railway Chaos” this summer. The statement has been collected by Europa Press. Bridge confirms that Renfe and Adif (The company that manages the roads) understands that, having had proper prevention, the service could have been provided normally. According to Puente, delays cannot be attrmed to either of the two companies because the infrastructure did not suffer any damage. However, it was necessary to cut electricity because emergency services understood that there was a risk if they sprayed the nearby areas with water. In his speech, Puente also assured that it was impossible to establish a bus service because each train transfers 500 people and that would mean mobilizing 10 bus buses. It is the same answer as The company already gave Xataka A month ago. However, the threat of a complaint to the Galician and Castellanoleonese institutions coincides with the confirmation that, with the latest changes in claims for delays, Up to two million passengers They have run out of compensation for arrivals that until a few months ago would have been compensated with the return of the ticket, totally or partially. Photo | Ume and Phil Richards In Xataka | If something has taught us summer is that Spain does not need more trains. Simply need to work

Mediumkt has the cheap Apple Watch for those who want to pay less than 200 euros

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Although in the last presentation of Apple the most anticipated devices were the iPhone Air and the iPhone 17the new was also announced Apple Watch Se 3. After that, Mediamarkt has not hesitated to launch its biggest offer to date in the Apple Watch Se 2whose price has fallen to 199 euros In the 42 mm GPS configuration. Apple Watch Se (GPS, 40 mm) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links The lowest price of Mediamarkt He Apple Watch Se 2or 2nd generation, it is the cheapest smartwatch of those of Cupertino. After a time in which it has remained price, It is finally below 200 euros. If you are looking to make the leap to Apple without spending too much money, this is currently one of the best ways to do it. This smart watch stands out mainly because it has an excellent aluminum construction and an elegant design. Mount the Apple S8 processor and comes with 32 GB of storage internal To install apps and save music, which allows us not to have to wear the mobile always on top of listening to music. It incorporates a good assortment of sensors such as heart rate, it has Accident detectioncomes with accelerometer and also with GPS, among others. It incorporates an emergency call function. In addition, it is worth mentioning that it incorporates a screen Retina Oled Ltpo and that offers water resistance up to 5 atm. You may also interest you Apple Airpods 4 Active noise cancellation, wireless headphones, Bluetooth, adaptive audio, ambient sound mode, custom space audio, USB-C load case and wireless load The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Apple Airpods Pro 2 Wireless headphones, Bluetooth headphones, active noise cancellation, hearing aid, ambient sound mode, personalized space audio, high fidelity sound, USB C load C The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Jose GarcíaApple In Xataka | The best smartwatch (2025): their analysis and videos are here In Xataka | Better smartwatch in quality price. Which to buy and 10 recommended smart watches

The great fortunes in Spain had dodged the heritage tax for decades. In 2023 99% have chosen to pay it

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According to him last report Of the Tax Agency, the collection of the Patrimony Tax in Spain marked an important rebound in 2023, with an increase of 58% compared to the previous year, reaching 1,970.7 million euros, compared to the 1,250 million that were collected in 2022. This significant increase is not exclusively due to the boom in the number of Millionaires in Spainbut to Reactivation of the Patrimony Tax in several autonomous communities that previously or totally bonus it. Thus, the number of statements and payments has increased significantly after modifying the fiscal rules that affect To the great fortunes. Taxpayers and declarants. According to data of Tax Agency, in the last decade the number of taxpayers who declare to have assets exceeding 30 million euros has passed from 471 in 2013 to 865 in 2023. During this period the number of declarants with high assets has increased by different stages, with notable increases between 2018 and 2019 and then between 2020 and 2021. At the same time, the total statement of the Patrimony Tax descended slightly in 2023, standing at 228,575 compared to 230,365 of the previous year. It should be noted that being a declarant of this tax does not imply being a taxpayer, since sometimes the declarants are exempt from paying that tax since an exempt minimum of 700,000 euros is established (in most communities) and that exist Deductions in habitual home or certain business goods. 99% of millionaires pay the assets tax. The Finance data suggest that, with a lower number of declarants, it was possible to increase the annual collection in 2023, increasing the number of those who had to pay this tax. In 2022, the number of declarants with assets above 30 million euros was 852, of which only 235 (27.6%) paid the assets tax for living in communities that did not bonate this tax. In 2023, of the 865 declarants with more than 30 million euros, 853 pay this tax, which implies that almost 99% of the great fortunes already pay tax for their assets. THE KEY: TEMPORARY TAX OF SOLIDARITY OF THE GREAT FORTS. The increase in collection at 720.7 million euros between 2022 and 2023 is due to the elimination of bonuses to assets that applied communities such as Madrid and Andalusia that in 2022 allowed to pay Little or nothing of this tax. With the entry into force of the Temporary Tax of Solidarity of the Great Fortures in 2023, the State applied a rule that, with the excuse of Avoid double impositionI could tax with this tax those assets that were not taxed by the Patrimony Tax. Being especially exposed those communities that had this bonus tax. The communities were not going to give up that income. With this maneuver, the State could directly raise what autonomies insisted on bonus. Given this new scenario, communities such as Andalusia or Madrid, which applied 100% bonus in this tax, lost the “Fiscal advantage” for great fortunes With respect to their neighboring communities and if they did not collect it, they would lose those income that would also be collected for the state coffers. The Community of Madrid, for example, He went from raising Zero euros in 2022 to enter 613.7 million in 2023 of 10,659 declarants who did not pay for this tax before. Andalusia also increased its income In 20.79 million euros Thanks to this measure that allows homogenizing the Taxation to great fortunes throughout the country through the coexistence of the state tax and the autonomic, preventing that Great heritages are exempt Thanks to regional bonuses. As evidence of this rebalancing in the collection, the Tax Agency ensures that the entry by the Temporary Solidarity Tax of the great fortunes of 2023 was only 35 million euros, compared to the 630 million euros that collected in 2022, when the autonomies bonus the assets tax. In Xataka | How much money Amancio Ortega has: how the fortune of the richest man in Spain is distributed Image | Unspash (Shane)

Citizens were not supposed to pay the closure of the nuclear, but there is already a hole of 11,600 euros on the bill

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Closing nuclear is not just a political decision, but also an economic problem. The dismantling bill and radioactive waste already exceeds 20.3 billion euros, and the debate between electric and government has only started. An invoice that does not stop growing. According to Enresa’s memorythe public company in charge of dismantling, the total expected cost already reaches 20,367 million euros. The majority corresponds to the dismantling of the reactors, with 17,520.5 million, while waste management and spent fuel, the so -called “electric rate”, adds 2,846.8 million. The rest of the activities, such as the management of the enusa fuel factory in Salamanca, complete the invoice. The fund that finances these operations, nourished with contributions from the electricity, accumulated 8,677 million at the end of 2024, after the 30% rise in the valuation rate since July of last year. This means that it only covers 43% of the planned cost, leaving in the air a gap of 11,690 million euros still to finance. The plan that changed everything. The 7th General Radioactive Waste Plan (PGRR), Approved at the end of 2023was a change of stage by definitely abandoning the centralized temporary warehouse project (ATC) in Villar de Cañas. Instead, waste has been chosen in independent temporary stores (ATI) located in each central, waiting for deep geological storage (AGP) that should be ready in 2072. The PGRR extends the forecasts up to 2100 and delays the total closure of the nuclear park until 2035with Trillo and Vandellós II as the latest plants in going out. To this is added the legal obligation to annually review the forecasts, which adjusts the costs to inflation and the new technical conditions. Electric against rates. The companies, headed by Iberdrola and Endesa, say that operating under this cost scheme is unfeasible. Both have presented resources in the courts against the increase of 30% of the Enresa rate and have claimed millionaire compensation. Besides, They have requested that the closing calendar be reopenedarguing that prolonging the useful life of the reactors would relieve pressure on the electrical system. According to a report by the consultant EY cited by Nuclear ForumSpain supports the highest nuclear fiscal burden in Europe, with 27.3 euros per megavatio hour in specific encumbrances, which in the opinion of companies places them at a clear disadvantage against other countries. The red line of the government. The Executive maintains its position: the costs of dismantling and management of waste will not fall on consumers. The minister for ecological transition, Sara Aagesen, has responded to electricity with three conditions for any extension of the nuclear park: that does not involve additional costs for citizens, that supply security is guaranteed and that plants strictly comply With the standards of the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN). The Government insists that there are no formal negotiations to extend the lives of the centrals and accuses companies to try to transfer their invoice to the whole citizenship. The Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard, summarized the position In statements collected by eldiario.es: “They want part of the dismantling costs to be paid among all, and we will not transfer it to the whole citizenship.” Forecasts and uncertainties. Costs can continue to grow. The French case is a notice as they have advanced at eldiario.es: The Andra agency reviewed in 2025 the cost of the AGP Cigéo between 26,100 and 37,500 million, an increase of up to 60% compared to 2016. In Spain they have prepared The 9th R&D Plan (2024-2028) of Enresa It includes 31 million in research to develop containers, confinement materials and recover fuel. A modest figure compared to billions at stake, but key to preparing the future AGP of 2072 and reducing long -term risks. In addition, Spain faces this solo calendar within Europe. While France, Sweden or Switzerland choose to expand the life of their reactors or even promote new projects, the Spanish PGRR maintains a plan of Progressive closure without planned extensions. A debate that goes beyond closing. The balance of the electrical system is also present. This summer a paradox has been evidenced: historical record of solar production in Europe, but invoices fired by the lack of storage and the need to resort to gas in night hours. In that hole is where the nuclear has played so far a stable backup role, but does not solve that background problem: it only postpones the closure, it makes the costs more expensive and aggravates the inheritance of waste. The dilemma is clear: can you do without it before the network is prepared to guarantee the same stability without firing the price of light? For the Government, the response is to accelerate renewables, storage and interconnections. For electricity, to keep the nuclear live longer. Image | Unspash Xataka | The largest nuclear fusion project on the planet has survived the setbacks. This is the date on which Iter should be ready

AI has become the best example that if you don’t pay for the product, you are the product

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They said it in The documentary ‘The dilemma of social networks’: If you are not paying for the product, you are the product. Surely you have heard the phrase more than once in reference to the apps and services that we do not pay with money, but with another type of currency. Social networks, browsers, GPS apps … almost all They collect our information staff and navigation data to do business. Artificial intelligence apps are not different, in fact, there is a career to attract more and more users and forge alliances to get data with which to continue training their chatbots. Improve experience. “When you share your content with us, you help our models more precise since it can better solve your specific problems,” this phrase is taken from the Chatgpt Privacy Policy And in the one of Gemini There are other similar ones. Anthropic was the only one who held the conversations with Claude privately, but Yesterday they announced that they changed their policy. Our personal information, use data and especially conversations serve to continue training and improve. We can disable this option if we want, but we have to be we who do it. By default it is activated. Data shortage. AI needs many data to be trained, many. With the first language models all kinds of content were used, including Content protected by copyright as books or images of works of art. But the data is not infinite. At the end of 2021 there was already a talk of a shortage problem already early this year, Elon Musk said that AI had already consumed all human knowledge. This is a problem for the advance of AI and would be responsible for The rhythm has slowed down. Solutions. IA companies have had to look for life to get new data. OpenAI transcribed a million youtube hours To train GPT-4, Google decided that it would use Any information published on the Internet to improve your AI and Musk believes that the future is in the synthetic data generated by AI itself. But there is something that can also be used to train AI and they are our conversations with it. With the first models they did not have so many users, but currently the volume of data that users generate is much greater. Only Chatgpt has 800 million usersit sounds like a booty too juicy not to use it. Giving away. The conversations we have with ChatgPT can be useful, but it is even more useful when they are data from more specific groups. They count on Rest of World That to achieve this, IA companies are forging alliances with other companies and organizations that allow them to access data that cannot be achieved Web scraping. Openai has been associated with Shopee and offers its Plus plan for VIP users in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. Google offers its free Gemini Pro plan for a year to students in India and Perplexity Pro is available free through operators such as Movistar or Airtel in India … These alliances increase their user base and provide real data of consumption of specific groups, which allows them to train their models more precisely. The Chinese case. China is an example of how to access specific data can give advantage when developing effective solutions. Pharmaceutical research companies that use AI have access to the national health system data, which covers more than 600 million people. This gives them a competitive advantage and has made Chinese companies sign Millionaire agreements with large pharmaceuticals. Worry. Experts such as Sameer Patil, director of the observer Research Foundation, calls to establish a clearer regulation, especially in sensitive sectors such as health or finance: “participating companies will have to ensure that data sets are not personalized and anonymous,” he says in statements to Rest of World. Image | Chatgpt In Xataka | Goal goes for all with AI: announces a data center almost as large as Manhattan and up to 65,000 million investment

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