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Spain looked at Chinese cars as a salvation table. In the commercial war, the risk of dying drowning runs

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“Spain is in favor of more balanced relations between the EU and China,” with these words Pedro Sánchez, president of the Government, has defended his approach to China before the commercial war that is being freed and during the same. And the automobile sector has a lot to do. “Essential partner”. With those words Pedro Sánchez has defined the relationship that China should have with the European Union. The words have pronounced them during their meeting with Xi Jinping, president of the country. The Spanish is in a round of visits by Asia in which he is stopping in China and Vietnam. Both countries have been severely punished by the United States. China still maintains 125% tariff Despite the 90 -day truce that Donald Trump has granted. Vietnam had been punished with some 46% tariffs. The importance of words. This “essential partner” is not accidental and shows Spain’s approach to China in full tension for the commercial war that are pounding the United States and the Asian country. In fact, the words of the words of the European Union is unmarked as “partner, competitor and systemic rival”, collected by The country. Sanchez needs to play with tact with his statements. Only a few days ago, Scott Besent, secretary of the United States Treasury, said that “I am not sure if it was the prime minister or the Minister of Economy of Spain, who made some comments this morning: ‘Maybe we should align more with China.’ That would be to cut off the neck”, in words collected by The confidential. Xi Jinping, meanwhile, thanked Sánchez for the “firm will” to maintain good relations between the two countries, emphasizing that it is the third time that the president of the Spanish Government visits the Asian country, they point out in The world. The equilibrium game. Spain has encountered the most uncomfortable view at the right time. With the agenda already scheduled, it was seen if the president of the Government would be willing to go to China in the middle of the commercial tension with the United States. The single presence is seen as a Spanish approach to the Chinese side and, of course, It is unmarked from European politics that bets to get wet as little as possible. However, Spain has a good number of Chinese investments in our country. The commercial balance between the two countries It is still very unbalanced In favor of China (we import goods worth 45,174 million euros and export there products worth 7,467 million euros) but China has the key in key sectors. Putting the carpet. Without a doubt, one of the sectors in which Spain wants to influence is the car. China is disembarking in Europe. His commercial war with the United States will force him to disembark in greater force in Europe and Spain is a perfect gateway. With the fees to the electric car, the plug -in hybrids and the Chinese low ranges vehicles have A huge opportunity in countries like Spanish where “electricity” is not so developed. All their companies need to open markets outside China to seek profitability. If the perspectives are maintained, byd will be in 2025 One of the five greatest manufacturers of the world. Given this situation, Spain is clear that it wants to be a very important part of Chinese landing in Europe. The automobile sector is essential for Spain. Not only in its factories, you have to add ports that receive cars, distributors and a Powerful auxiliary and component industry. It is better for us. The biggest problem facing Spain is that it is best to open to China if you want to open your business routes in the automobile sector. When the tariffs of Chinese electric car were voted for the first time, Spain was favorable. A visit to China and a threat of attacking the Spanish pig directly (whose exports to China are key) He changed the Executive idea. But, in addition, other threats float in the air. In Europe, France or Italy remained firm in their favorable vote to tariffs on Chinese electric cars. Then, China ordered to stop investments In those countries and since then we have not had news of new approaches. At the moment, Spain has Chinese investments in different ports To receive and start distributing cars that arrive from Asia, the investment of Chery in Barcelonathe agreement between Catl and Stellantis For a battery plant in Aragon or the Extremadura projects to produce batteries for electric cars. But there are certain problems. In a first reading, it seems clear that if Spain has the opportunity to continue expanding its Chinese investments in the automobile sector to be key in the European car of the future and if you have a threat to its head of withdrawing investments or torpedoing trade between the two countries, the approach to China seems completely logical. The problem is to pull the rope tense, irremediably, on the other. The United States has already warned Spain that its position is not correct and some sectors are (obviously) worried. The direct impact In the automobile industry it is not too high but, for example, shipments to the United States of olive oil They have shot under the threat of tariffs. What can we expect? Given this context, Spain will have to play its cards to several bands. Approach enough to Beijing but without burning. It will be necessary to see if the United States maintains its commitment to tax trade with the European Union with a flat rate or if it extends tariffs by sectors, which can be an indirect attack on a specific country. A good example is the 25% tariff to the car. The United States government has repeatedly decided to pause its tariffs to Mexico or Canada but keeping them in the car market is a clear attack on these countries. Also to Germany, in Europe, which is The country that exports more vehicles to the United States. We will have … Read more

Spain is the second largest almond producer in the world. There are tariffs or farmers, farmers are already in trouble

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The world has entered an impasses. Except for the particular battle between the US and Chinathe rest of the planet is entering a period of calm and uncertainty that will last approximately three months in response to the sui generis Peace flag that Trump raised a few hours ago. Today von der Leyen has announced that the EU also pause the tariffs for 90 days to give “a chance to negotiations.” The problem is that this truce is far from being a return to “normality” and dozens of sectors They are preparing For what can happen. With the enormous problems that can generate: we talk about almond How did the European response work to Trump’s challenge? But, before that, let’s do some memory. On Tuesday, April 8, the European Commission presented its plan to impose tariffs on more than 1,500 US products. Once approved by the 27 Member States, the plan consists of three phases. In the first two (between April 15 and May 16), almost all of those tariffs would come into force. But there were certain products (such as soybeans and almonds) that They would not be affected until September 1. That is why almond is a key product to understand what happens. Or, being more specific, to see the distortions than the simple possibility that tariffs end up entering into force. Because as soon as the Plan’s phases the Coordinator of Agricultural and Livestock Organizations Coordinator He came up denouncing The “the great distortion that the national almond market will experience by postponing tariffs.” Do not forget that Spain is The second world producer of almond. The first, with much difference, is the United States. In the case at hand, the delay of the tariffs “will encourage importers to advance their purchases of Californian almond, causing a sense of excess supply in the domestic market, which will serve as a crop broth for speculation and to press down the prices that our producers perceive.” It will be necessary to see how the campaign of this rainy year evolves, but the problems of almond producers have been the same as those of the olive. That means that if the price collapses, many drying farms will have a really bad time. The tariff delay is, as the COAG defined it“a perfect trap.” 90 days to prepare for the worst. And that means what happens with the almond can happen with many other products. In recent weeks we have seen, for example, the Wine Importers Alliance in the United States (USWTA) recommended “Sorted to US companies that suspend all the shipments of wine, liquors and beer from the EU. “That has happened with many other products: the ‘cancellations’ They have been constant. And this 90 -day truce is the perfect excuse to collect generating distortions in the normal functioning of raw material markets that, without a doubt, will give us some scares. Image | TIM MOSSHOLDER | Michael In Xataka | Right now there are thousands and thousands of tons of olive oil embarking on the United States

In the middle of the largest commercial chaos, olive oil seems immune thanks to a factor: consumption in Spain

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For months, a fear has persistently toured the oil world. Often fear is undefined, inaccurate, it has no face. This time, on the other hand, it was something clear and easily identifiable: producers feared that, after the crisis of recent years, the olive oil consumption figures They will not recover. Now, the data start drawing an answer. An extremely rational fear. Throughout the last decade, the consumption of olive oil It has been falling year after year. It is not clear why, or what are they Sociodemographic factors that influence; But yes, crisis after crisis (and with the mediation of A deep cultural and gastronomic change), wide layers of the population have gotten out of the oil and the vast majority has not returned. It is evident that in Spain there is a “oil culture” and that, in a sense, makes the Spaniards a “captive public”. We can see it by analyzing the inelasticity of the demand. According to the year dataolive oil has been the product that has most increased this April. It is worth 62% more than last year and 100.4% more than two ago. The demand, on the other hand, only 19.8% fell with respect to the last year and 44.5% compared to two years ago. That is the great trick of the industry and, therefore, the simple idea that this culture is eroding is terrifying for them. And even more in times of change. Not just for The commercial chaos that has caused the tariff vailed of the US, but for The endemic paradoxes of the Spanish oil industry. Do not forget that we talk about a sector that, despite growing 15% every yearis seeing how its productive structure is de -industrialized to forced marches. But Spain has returned. After several bad years, this campaign has finally been the return to normal. That has hehco that prices, little to Cpoco, return to normal. In February, in fact, the year -on -year price had already fallen by 40%. But the good news is another: that demand has grown 48%, According to Nielsen data collected by Cordopolis. Has the curse broken? It is still early to know. In a few months, we can examine in detail how sales go and we can know if consumption levels have really recovered or not. But the sensations are good. And more at a time when, despite everything, the Oleícola sector has managed not to resent with the tariff measures of Donald Trump. For the first time in years, a smile is intuited in the Olivos Sea. Image | Norberto Ortiz In Xataka | The two speeds of the price of olive oil: much more in origin is being reduced than in the supermarket

Eight years later, Spain is still hooked to see Simón Pérez and Silvia Charro shattered life live

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Simón Pérez and Silvia Charro They became famous In 2017 thanks to An unusual recorded video for digital journalist but rapidly disseminated by social networks and media in which they talked about the convenience of investing in fixed -term mortgages (A good advice at that time, by the way). That was about the role, because his gestures and looks out of his own, as well as his broken breaths, suggested something else: in a business meal that had left a mother. Rarely before someone so openly intoxicated had been in front of the camera. A long polythoxicomaniac tradition. Simón and Silvia were the last link in a long tradition of the times of the first private televisions, when they offered an alternative content to traditional TV, and also of YouTube times prior to social networks. Programs like ‘streets’ They issued several deliveries in which highly intoxicated young people launched almost born slogans with a primal meme in places that were repeated again and again: arkings of discos, breathalyzer controls, peripheral neighborhoods … In fixed term. When characters like The Chuky de Cieza either Eclipse gunmen They had passed to the collective imaginary, Simón and Silvia appeared. The scandal with the video left them without work. A financial advisory company directed by Simón broke in one day. They tried to take advantage Fame Trying to take advantage of the knowledge about economy that, in effect, had (Simon taught at the International School of Administration and Finance and had studied Business Management, and Silvia was specialized in real estate investments) which distanced them from the Techno-Kids Levantines populated street. First challenges. For a while, installed in Galicia and prisoners of all kinds of addictions, as they told the magazine Hempthey lived to make Viral challenges that their YouTube followers asked for. A first step towards the situation in which they are now: tattoo the Forocoches logo, bathe in public sources, attend parties with strangers … They tried to dignify their situation trying to set up a financial advice company, Neotecalia, but that was not the most ambitious business in which they embarked. One million euros. A short time later, in 2024, apparently renovated and after passing through detoxification clinics, they founded Green Capital, a company that produced cannabis derivatives dedicated to the medicinal industry in Macedonia del Norte. They came to travel several times to the country to supervise plantations and make decisions that betrayed their wood as entrepreneurs. They added ninety partners and raised more than one million euros, with which he intended to transfer the cultivation operations to Spain. Not only was there no luck, but they contracted very strong debts with those who supported them. Many denounced them. Others add a sinister background to history. The drug show of drugs. The current situation of Simón and Silvia is chilling: through direct on Twitch (his channel has been closed several times due to the extreme of its content) they resume the dynamics of carrying out the challenges asked for their followers. Simon consumes live drugs (especially inhaling base paste), he goes out to shout extremist slogans disguised as Pikachu, Tira printers on the balcony, Destroza appliances And, above all, bet without brake, adding a more addiction to the many with which it loads. Meme addicts. Converted into Memberships At the orders of their more than 30,000 followers, Simón and Silvia have already carried out some calls for help between lines. A few days ago They let some friends enter the directthat were left in shock when they saw the conditions in which they live. Simon has asked for one of his followers “in case he needed it”, which suggests a state of drug -induced paranoia or a real target debt with poorly recommended lenders. Bad news in the medium term, in any case. Of the phenomenon, absolutely unusual in the Spanish internautic sphere, we can stay with how eight years later, they continue to generate an interest that they can only maintain starring in increasingly extreme and dangerous content. The limit does not seem to see, but the consequences are clear. In Xataka | An inexhaustible reef for Telecinco: Montoya is now translated into Japanese or German thanks to AI

While Spain was pending the rains, something strange was happening with the polar vortex

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The meteorology of the month of March has been marked by the wave of storms that have left intense rains throughout the Iberian Peninsula. While many monitored attentive to the possibility that the channels overflow in their surroundings, in the high layers of the atmosphere there was an important phenomenon, the disruption of the polar vortex. New animation. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), The agency responsible for analyzing weather and weather in the United States, has shown us the disruption of the polar vortex occurred during last March. He has done it through a new animation in which the drastic changes can be seen The polar vortex. First of all, remember that Polar vortex It is an intense atmospheric current that transports cold air around the pole at stratosphere. In winter, the polar circle stops receiving sunlight so the air at the height of the stratosphere cools. In contrast, the warm air of sub -reliable areas continues to be tempered at these altitudes, which leads to expand north. The terrestrial rotation makes this pressure a powerful current of air that surrounds the pole in winter. Although the current is always active, it suffers important changes throughout the year. The first change is in intensity: it is during the winter months that the winds of this current reach greater force, reaching its middle peak towards the beginning of January. The second change is in the direction. Due to the inclination of the earth’s axis, approximately between spring and autumn, the current moves away from the pole to the torque that loses intensity because the sun enlightens the pole again, heating his stratosphere and reducing the contrast with lower latitudes. This implies that high latitudes the current stops moving from west to this but does it from this to west. When the vortex breaks. However, the current can suffer a sudden change, a disruption. These cases are usually due to sudden stratospheric warming in the pole. This “pushes” the current out. This is what happenedexplains the NOAA, last March 9: rapid stratospheric warming generated a disruption of the current that has led her to circulate in reverse and intense in high latitudes. Return to normal. If a disruption occurs during winter, it is common for the vortex to return to its usual circulation after one of these disruptions. If this disruption occurs during spring, it is likely that the circulation will pass to its summer shape, outside the pole. It can be expected, due to the dates, that the evolution of the vortex now takes it back to the average. Last year We saw a vortex disruption that reversed the dominant direction of the wind in early March, however the vortex recovered its direction and intensity of these dates before reversing its spring channel. Graph in which the speed and direction of the stratospheric wind is illustrated in the 60ºN latitude. The fine blue line marks the average evolution in the 1991-2020 period; while the thickness marks the evolution between 2024 and 2025. The shadow represents the variability observed and the pink forecasts. Laura Ciasto/NOA “Like an atmospheric diva. ” This year the models indicate that this will not be the case, which implies that we are facing the change in earlier in the records since 1958. This concludes the “season” of activity of the polar vortex, a season marked by a high intensity circulation and important volatility. A closure that has lived up to the season, according to NOAA. “For a good part of this winter season, the polar vortex has been strong, stretched, and not very interested in interacting with the troposphere. But like a real atmospheric diva, the polar vortex had a last ace in the sleeve, disintegrate in a spectacular way and bring with him some cold air,” NOAA itself explains in a piece in his blog dedicated to the polar vortex. And then what? In the result of all this is that the circulation of the vortex is now maintained in northern Europe and that can reach affect weather of the continent. How this arrival will depend on factors such as the interaction between this mass of air and the troposphere or what low latitudes could reach circulation in that month of April. In Xataka | It seemed impossible for the rains of March to be bad news for someone. Until the watermelons and melons arrived Image | NOAA

The best -selling electric scooter in Spain has been renewed. The problem remains the same as always

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There is a scooter that has managed to make a hole in Spain. One with removable battery, an autonomy that is around 100 kilometers, with a peak speed above 100 km/hy manufacturing. And if, It can be driven with the car card B. We talk about Silence S01 Actiona, also marketed by Seat as MO. A version that has been renewed for this 2025 and that is especially relevant for its draft in the market: it is the only Electric Scooter with potential to compete with combustion motorcycles. What it offers. The Silence S01 is a scooter equivalent to 125cc. In its new 2025 version promises up to 133 kilometers of autonomy and a tip speed up to 110km/h. It has a 7.5 kW engine, a 5.6 kWh battery and specifications very similar to those of any combustion scooter. Its differential factor is that this battery is extracted in a cart with wheels to be able to load it at home. If we have a load point, nothing prevents us from performing the process with its Shucko connector. What costs. The price of this motorcycle starts from 5,140 euros before aid. And the phrase is literal, since you are paying the motorcycle, the battery is not included. There are three ways to get it. Unique battery payment: 1,000 euros. Subscription: Monthly payment for the use of the battery, including three full load cycles (about 300km per month): 20.5 euros. Subscription: Monthly payment for battery use, including six full load cycles: 29.5 euros. The small print. The goal of battery rental, according to Silence, is to forget the obsolescence inherent to them. Actiona has a battery stations park, so we can change it in one of them for one that is completely charged to forget to load. If we decide to make the loads, complete it at home will take between seven and nine hours, thought especially to perform the cycles during the night. We must also take into account that, although the battery has a format of Trolleyweighs 41 kilos. The best selling in Spain. S01 is, by far, the best -selling electric motorcycle in our country, the only one that has broken the barrier of the 1,000 units (1080) in 2024. It is still very Of the almost 9,000 units that sold the Honda PCX or the Yamaha Nmax, but not so far from the brand that occupies the 25th stand in combustion: Aphrillia, with Mr. GT 125 and its 1,888 units. Electric motorcycles are still expensive. In Xataka we made accounts: Electric motorcycles cost (not counting aid), practically double with respect to combustion scooters. With an average mileage and a journey of about 20km per day, we would take about ten years to amortize the purchase of electricity. Beyond numbers, the Silence S01 remains the most attractive scooter within its land, and this new 2025 version with improved suspensions, more peak speed and a light Restyling It arrives with even more arguments. Image | Act In Xataka | An electric motorcycle “125” with Spanish blood and 200 kilometers of autonomy: we tried the Velca One

The good news is that we have an anticyclone about Spain. The bad is that stability will last a sigh

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All those who thought that the rains of March were A kind of Vogone curseit seems they were right. In fact, I don’t know if it is worth continuing to call them “March rains” because, despite appearances, the rain has not left anywhere. I was taking a breath. But we have a dorsal on top! It’s true. These days, it has entered A gigantic anticyclonic dorsal of subtropical origin that is not only very warm and very stable, but will cross the Peninsula and will continue to the north until it almost arrives in Iceland. And we will notice. Because, As Aemet already pointed out In his forecast for this week is that “it will be warmer than normal throughout the country, especially in the peninsular northwest.” However, it is not a normal dorsal. As Ángel Rivero explainedthis dorsal has a characteristic “finger” form (it is very elongated, but very narrow). That exposes the Peninsula below Danas and Borrascas Frías, both for the East and West. The problem is that this type of structures (very rare before, but from 2020 more and more frequent) are characterized by An extremely winding polar jet With air bags, ripping continuously. And, as we know, those airbags have a very erratic behavior: they are very difficult to pursue. And the first example comes Wednesday. The European model draws two cold storms one between the Canary Islands and the Azores (Olivier) and the other in the Gulf of Lion. As Collect Sergio Escaama in Meteoredboth storms go to Cerner on the Peninsula and will cause rains both in the northeast and in the southwest. If the scenarios are right, both storms would merge into a About the Gulf of Cádiz creating a fairly complex situation. Although we cannot determine the intensity and the trajectory, we do know that we must monitor it closely. From the middle of the week, we can expect rains in many areas of the country. And in Holy Week? As we are experiencing in our own flesh, the country’s meteorological context is complex. We are living a spring full of thermal ups and downs and huge rains. Thus, it is difficult to know what is going to What yes We can discard it is a persistent scenario of stability. If it does not rain on the key days of next week it will be by chance and not because it must necessarily be so. As I explainedduring the next few days we will have to be aware of the Azores anticyclone. Because if as it seems, zonal circulation is restored, everything will depend on whether the anticyclone lets go storms or not. Image | WXCHARTS In Xataka | Someone has left the water key open: the rain is back and the models say it will not leave until after Holy Week

The rains have left a splendid Spain and a tourist destination is benefiting from it: the reservoirs

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“While the world wobbles, nature seems to want to compensate us.” This phrase of Jose Luis Gallego summarizes very well what is happening in the Spanish countryside. With full swamps and aquifers recharging, Spain is living “its most splendid spring in decades.” And that has an unexpected beneficiary: tourism. The many droughts in each drought. Galician explained in El Confidencial That, in broad strokes, there are three types of droughts: the meteorological (linked to the shortage of rainfall), the hydrological (which has to do with the water in the system. – rivers, swamps and aquifers) and the edaphic (which is related to the soil and its ability to provide the vegetation of the water it needs). The good news is that we have overcome all three and the land knows. It is no longer that the fields of Extremadura, Castilla or Andalusia are a show; It is that even the ugliest and dirty surroundings of any Spanish city are pretty. It is true that the wetlands plagued by birds and overflowers of vegetation are the areas where this “March miracle” It shows morebut even the most arid places are full of surprises. The Sea of ​​Castile. The best example can be seen in that corner between the provinces of Cuenca and Guadalajara that is usually known as “Mar de Castilla“. There are five reservoirs (Almoguera, Bolarque, Entrepeñas, Estramera and Zorita) in the Middle Tagus and one more (good day) in the Low Alcarria with a capacity of 2,515 hm³ and a tourist capacity that has lived better times. In the 60s, as consequences of the hydrological and developmental policies of the Franco regime, the region was filled with urbanizations, restaurants and small embarrassing. It became a tourist claim that improves infrastructure, first, and The Tajo-Segura transfer, afterthey put in a slow decline. The drought of recent years did the rest. However, with the rains of March, the Sea of ​​Castile It is back. How to turn water into gold. Just read the chronicles of the local press to verify that the residents of the riverside municipalities are really excited. Entrepeñas has only transferred water to good times eight times since 1956, The last almost 30 years ago; But this weekend it has happened again. The swamp has such a amount of water that you have been able to see really unprecedented images (or that had been not seen decades). He Runrun of the situation He has made “every day more curious who arrive at the riverside region to witness in the first person and immortalize with their cameras or with their mobile phones such an exceptional moment and who knows if unrepeatable.” The question that is asked in the Sea of ​​Castile is how much the situation will endure and if the Lcoal Tourism of it can be used. Although, in reality, it is a question that many more people are asked. Our country has more than 1,200 swamps and “almost double the fresh water coast than Marina in the country.” The reservoirs have historically been much more than water reserves: they have been tourist attractions that contributed to stop the demographic bleeding of emptied Spain. The problem is that, in recent decades, that interest has been falling little by little. And rural tourism has failed to fill the hole fully. Therefore, the councils of Cáceres, Lugo, Badajoz and the 530 municipalities associated with the Federation of Municipalities with Hydroelectric Plant and Embalses of Spain (15 communities and 46 provinces) have decided Bring Pantanos Tourism back. Upon? Indeed and with A very simple value proposal: Adventure activities (“Barranquismo, the paragliding or balloon walks”, “Boat routes or kayak, candle courses, sport fishing or paddle-south”, but also “horseway or bicycle routes, enjoy the observation of birds or practicing hiking”), proximity gastronomy and cultural, monumental and historical heritage. A new solution for a worrying problem. As We counted a few days agowhile in 2024 the hotels in Spain registered 7.5% more of foreign travelers, the speakers of Spanish tourists stagnate with a minimum rise of 0.2%. The price increase and the massification of the most important tourist areas are the main reasons for that break of national tourism. Therefore, now it is the least exploited areas that seek their part of a cake that grows 4.9% per year. And, seeing the photos of the country’s reservoirs, it makes a lot of sense. Image | Riaño, León (Paulo Valdivieso) | Pelayo Arbués | Eduardo Kenji Amorim In Xataka | Mass tourism has the days counted in Spain thanks to a phenomenon outside its control: extreme heat

Youth unemployment is the key for Spain to cease to be the EU strike champion

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For a long time, Spain has been sadly famous in the European Union for having the higher unemployment rates. However, the panorama could be changing, with countries like Sweden and Finland registering a worrying increase in their unemployment figures. Regardless of the particularities of the labor market of the Nordic countries, there is a factor that seems to be the key to this change in tendency: youth strike in these countries has not stopped growing, while In Spain it goes down. A CYCLE CHANGE. According to the February 2025 data Presented by Eurostat, Spain has reduced its 10.4%unemployment rate. In general terms, these are not good figures taking into account that the average unemployment rate in the EU is 5.7% and 6.1% in the euro zone, but they suppose one more step in a progressive downward trend that began in 2013, the year in which there was a disastrous 26.06%. However, expectations have not been so flattering for Sweden, that he has seen how his unemployment rate did not stop increasing to 8.9%, while Finland is 9.2%. Although these numbers are still lower than those registered in Spain, the upward trend of the Nordic countries has already lit some alarms. The situation in Sweden. In Sweden, the labor market is experiencing a significant transformation, especially among young people. Eurostat shows a worrying escalation in the youth unemployment of Sweden that has gone from 23.8% in February 2024 to 25.1% in February 2025. EU sources They attribute this increase in youth strike to the lack of alignment between education and the needs of the labor market. To give an example, Sweden does not have a strategy to prevent premature school abandonment. That reverses in a labor market with young people with little job training. In 2022, before the relentless increase in youth unemployment, Sweden began to encourage professional training among their young people to increase the employability rate of their youth. Despite the measures taken in this regard, the country has failed to stop its escalation. Unemployment in children under 25 years. Source: Eurostat Finland: next unemployment leader? Finland also faces similar challenges, with an unstoppable increase in its unemployment rate. Eurostat data indicates that, in February 2024, their unemployment rate was 8.1%, marking a sudden ascent up to 9.7% in January 2025, and moderating at 8.8% in February 2025. Despite the efforts to diversify its economy, the dependence of certain sectors, such as technology, makes Finland more vulnerable to the fluctuations of the global economy, especially in agitated times such as those that are marking the Trump Tariff Policy. Again, just take a look at the unemployment figures of young people under 25 years to observe the same pattern of increase in the youth unemployment rate, which in February 2024 marked 18.1%, while in February 2025 it was already 20% The key to change for Spain: its young people. Observing youth employment data in Spain, there is a trend opposite to that of Sweden or Finland, with an unemployment rate in young people under 25 who has gone from 29.5% in February 2022, to 25.5% in February 2025. Again, without these bright figures, if they mark a sustained trend that is reflected in their total unemployment figures. Unlike what happened in Sweden, the Reform of Vocational Training (FP) in Spain Yes has had a good answerfacilitating the insertion of young people in the labor market. According to INE data, youth employment has marked a strong decrease in recent years, from 50.23% in the fourth quarter of 2021 for the strip from 16 to 19 years and 27.20% for the strip of between 20 and 24 years, to 38.79% and 22.02% respectively. Youth unemployment in Spain. Age strip from 16 to 19 years and 20 to 24 years Source: INE FP as a quarry again talent. According to Study data ‘How to promote professional training in Spain: recommendations on the basis of German and Austrian models‘prepared by the Royal Institute Elcano, around 50% of the Employment opportunities in 2025 They will be reserved for people with the qualification of the Superior Technician for Vocational Training, evidencing that the labor market needs new qualified talent. This data is complemented with the published By the Ministry of Education, Professional Training and Sports, which shows that the number of FP students increased during the 2022-23 course by 32.6%, highlighting especially in higher degree students, who had increased by 41.9%. Much to do. Despite the advances in the reduction of unemployment, especially youth, Spain still has a long way to go and is far from power celebrate your unemployment data. The Spanish labor market remains vulnerable to seasonality due to the preeminence of hospitality and tourism dependence. In comparison, countries such as the Netherlands (3.8%), and especially Germany (3.5%), with a serious crisis that keeps its economy on the edge of the recession, have managed to maintain their unemployment rates under control thanks to a strong investment in the Formation of their young people already efficient active employment policies. In Xataka | The Z generation hooks the work ghosting: do not go to interviews or disappear on the first day of work In Xataka | Find work in less than nine months: the FP begins to fulfill its great promise to end youth unemployment Image | Unspash (Mitchell Luo, Flyckt Tobias)

The doors of green hydrogen from Spain have found its starting point: the Basque Country

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While Spain account With several hot green hydrogen points, infrastructure for distribution, such as H2Med, still Keep in development. However, the Basque Country has emerged as a new channel. Short. The H2BIDEA project, coordinated by Nortegas, aims to boost the development of a pure hydrogen distribution network in the Basque Country. The initiative will have the aid of the company Tubos gathered, in charge of creating the special tubes where high pressure hydrogen (160 bar) will be transported. A great initiative. Through a consortium of Basque companies, H2bidea It is cemented The pillars for the Basque Corridor of Hydrogen (BH2C). With this corridor they seek to establish an interconnected green hydrogen infrastructure that facilitates its transport and distribution, both regional and European. In three years, H2BIDEA hopes to have a distribution network demonstrator called H2TESTLAB, which will allow evaluating the efficacy of the installed infrastructure, according to has had notic access from Álava. Mass support. The project has the support of the Basque Government and the European Union, as well as with the collaboration of the Basque Companies Consortium, such as Arizaga, Bastarrica and Company (ABC Compressors), Orkli, Commercial of Electronic Applications (FIDEGAS) and Calcinor Servicios. It is not the only one. Because Spain continues to advance in the creation of more projects, such as the Mediterranean corridor (H2Med). This development initiative intends to interconnect Spain, France and Portugal by 2030 in what will be the first European hydrogen infrastructure. However, in recent weeks, has faced a controversy In Zamora on the use of water in the production of green hydrogen. More challenges at European level. A recent study by West Wood Energy consultant has estimated that only 17% of green hydrogen projects in the continent will materialize within five years. In that context, According to a Global Energy Monitor reportEurope faces difficulties to fulfill its decarbonization strategy due to the shortage of hydrogen produced in a renewable way. The limited amount of available green hydrogen and the slow progress of the announced projects question the viability of the energy transition plans of the continent. From another perspective. The Basque Corridor is an initiative that has emerged as a strategic point for the production and export of green hydrogen. In this way, it joins the ambitious plans of Spain to become a European green hydrogen leader. In fact, recently, the Spanish nation launched A hydrogen project with an investment of 1,214 million euros from the NextGneu funds. Image | TUBOSREUNIDOS Xataka | The Plan of Spain for leading green hydrogen has been faced with an unexpected problem: Zamora

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