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Rural Spain produces more energy than consumes. And in Teruel it is already proposed to take the VAT of the electricity there

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In a recent report, the Ember Analysis Agency has demonstrated that the total electric production of Spain is 60.2%. However, the generation and distribution of energy are not equal throughout the country, and in the community of Aragon they know well. Proposition. The Aragón-teruel parliamentary group exists has registered A proposition of law in the autonomous chamber so that the collection of VAT obtained from the electricity companies is redistributed to compensate for the territories according to their energy production. The parliamentary spokesman for this training in a press conference, Tomás Guitarte, He explained that this initiative aims to compensate for those areas that produce more electricity than they consume. In his statements he has exposed the case of Aragon, which generates 9% of the country’s energy, but consumes only 4%. However, he added that with the current VAT to 21% and a forecast of 2,000 million euros, he would correspond about 180 million. Previously. The proposal has a historical basis, since it is inspired by the fee created in 1981, which compensated for the territories sacrificed in the production of electricity before being replaced by VAT in 1986. In addition, the law seeks to promote the well -being and development of The regions that generate energy, not only from the economic point of view, but also with a vision of territorial justice, where environmental and landscape impacts are compensated by the benefits generated by the energy transition. To Congress. The proposition of the law has been registered in the courts of Aragon and is protected in the Article 292 of the Regulation of the Courts of Aragon and in him Article 87 of the Constitution. This allows the proposal to be raised to the Congress of Deputies, where it would be processed if it exceeds the procedures in the Autonomous Courts. Once approved by the regional government and taken to Plenary, if accepted, it would go to Congress for processing. This proposal does not imply the creation of a new tax, but a redistribution of electric VAT income. The core of the problem. A couple of months ago, Aragon tried keep their surplusesbut the Constitutional Court stopped him. This situation reflects a broader imbalance which affects many producing communities, whose energy surplus is directed towards other regions of the country, generating tensions about the control and distribution of these resources. For that reason, there is a distancing between urban and rural areas In energy terms. While cities are provided with more energy and do not have the same installed infrastructure, rural areas have to live with large -scale facilities, thus generating an environmental impact and an imbalance in the territory. For example, Madrid only produces 4.8% of the energy that consumes and depends on territories such as Extremadura that produces an energy surplus of 423%. The next steps. The proposal is already in the Courts of Aragon and, after its approval by the regional government, it will be taken to the plenary. If approved, it will go to Congress for processing, which could take several months. Meanwhile, Aragon-teruel exists continues to struggle to ensure that energy producing communities receive fair compensation for the sacrifices they make. Image | Unspash and Unspash Xataka | In a town in Badajoz they have encountered a strength of 5,000 years ago. And a Roman with a suspicious burial

The price of housing in Spain is already higher than in the bubble peak. But the data has a small trick

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That Spain has A problem With housing it is no novelty. Even so, it is interesting to find data that specifies to what extent it has been complicated to access a house in this country. The Property Registrars they just disseminated one that results especially valuable And it shows that those who want to buy an apartment today meet the highest prices of the historical series, even above those of the 2007 real estate bubble. However, it is convenient to handle those figures with perspective. Prices above 2007. The real estate market is in full Price climbing. That also does not suppose any surprise and can be seen in the ascending curves that have been showing for a long time graphics like those of the idealistic portal. This week the College of Registrars published A report That leaves an extra, more interesting reading. The sustained price increase has led to the average housing price has reached in Spain “A new historical maximum”overcoming the values ​​that were handled in 2007, before the real estate bubble. According to the data collected by the registrars, the average cost during the last quarter of 2024 stood at € 2,164/m2. Table of the study of registrars on the evolution of the price of housing. Going down to detail. The dossier It allows to delve even more and check for example how the new and ‘second -hand’ housing housing market is responding, which has accumulated from afar the largest volume of sale operations. In fact, almost 637,000 transactions Scored by the professional body throughout 2024, just over 505,000 were starring used properties, 6.4% more than the previous year. The new house left ‘Solo’ 132,000 sale, although that data reflects a considerable increase with respect to 2023, of 21.6%. As for prices, at the end of 2024 the square meter of the release was charged on average to 2,338 euroswhile that of the already used properties was quoted at 2,133. In the first case the price exceeds that it was handled between 2006 and 2007, before the brick bubble exploded. The same does not happen with the second -hand housing, which although it has been more expensive, it would still continue slightly below of those prestisis values. Prices with small print. The study of registrars of Spain effectively shows an average price of housing in historical maximums, above of the 2007 level, but the big question is … does that mean that the houses are more uninquerable today than before the real estate bubble? To answer that question, you have to take into account the difference between the nominal valuesthat measure the current prices of each moment (in this case 2024) and The real onesin which the effect of inflation is taken into account. A few days ago, after the publication of the registrars dossier, Doctor of Economics Daniel Fuentes He warned in x which shows nominal prices, with which the comparison between 2007 and 2024 has 17 years apart. And its inflation. The nuance does not remain value to the report data, but it should be taken into account if comparisons are made with the prices prior to the 2007 brick crisis. Click on the image to go to Tweet. More perspectives. In fact, registrars are not the only ones who have published more or less updated information on Spanish real estate market prices. In April 2024 the Bank of Spain launched A report in which it clearly reflected the differences between nominal and real values. According to their calculations, in 2023 the average housing prices had been recovered since 2014 with a nominal revaluation of 56%; But in terms of real revaluation that rise was much lower, of 30%. What does that mean? That in the first case the prices of 2023 were about to exceed those of 2007 (they were 2% below); But in the second, taking into account the real values, the average of 2023 was still 28.5% lower at 2007. The indicator Tinsa Imie (monthly real estate market index) December It also shows that, although the values ​​have grown clearly, the general indicator It is still below of the scored in 2007. Graph of the Annual Report of 2023 on the housing market in Spain. Graph of the Bank of Spain on the evolution of the price of nominal and real housing. Evolution of the price of housing in Spain reflected in the October October report. Different situations. That current prices approach or exceed those of 2006 and 2007 also mean that the current scenario is the same as that of the years prior to the brick crisis. “The demand after the bubble was speculative, the one now is demographic,” says Fuentes In your tweet. During A talk with The country Santiago Carbó, Professor of Economic Analysis, also ruled out a crisis similar to that of the bubble. The reason: the great current challenge of Spain is the mismatch between supply and demand, rather than indebtedness, as was the case then. The problem, Carbó aboundsis that finding affordable housing becomes “increasingly difficult” and it will be difficult for the measures taken by the Government to let their effects feel this year or even the next one. “The incorporation of thousands of floors to the market would be needed to relieve this tension, and that requires years.” Is there more? Yeah. The study of the registrars allows to know three other factors equally interesting: the differences between regions, the number of signed mortgages and the weight of foreign buyers. With regard to the first issue, that of the lags between communities, the report shows that disparate realities coexist in the Spanish market. For example, while Madrid led the cost of the house, with € 3,780/m2, in Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura that average did not even reach the € 1,000 barrier. The weight of the foreign buyer … and the banks. The report also shows that the vast majority of purchases are made with bank financing. Throughout the last quarter of 2024, 124,000 … Read more

It is the first time that happens in Spain

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The strike they propose through the CGT union The workers of Ubisoft Barcelona, ​​the only headquarters in Spain of the French multinational plans to begin next week, as of February 13. It is not the first labor achievement that these workers achieve, which They syndicated last summer through the video game union coordinator And, in November, they sued Ubisoft for changing what was agreed with respect to Teleworking policy. The date is not accidental: it is the same in which different companies in the sector will stop In France, organized by the Syndescat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), French Industry Union. And although the conflict of workers with the company’s decision to reduce teleworking is the basis of the strike (a 33% reduction, after five years with 60% of the days of the month remotely), as a background is The tremendous crisis that the sector is going through. This crisis has caused layoffs for months, and in Ubisoft, according to CGT, About 500 jobs have been taken ahead. In Spain, the crisis He has hit hard to studies such as Novarama, Smilegate or Tequila Works. That is why the decision of the Ubisoft Barcelona team is especially relevant, which thus becomes The first study that carries out a strike within the industry of the country. The delicate situation that the industry is going through in Spain has led to the Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, support workers’ decision from social networks. Ubisoft Barcelona has about one hundred and ninety employees and has collaborated in the company’s games such as ‘Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege’, ‘Watch Dogs’ and some deliveries of ‘Assassin’s Creed’. They could currently be working on ‘Beyond Good and Evil 2’. Header | Ubisoft In Xataka | The new delay of ‘Assassin’s Creed: Shadows’ points to Ubisoft is for sale. The question is whether you will have who bought it

What does a Mongolian horse in Palencia? The introduction of species in Spain has just achieved a new milestone

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The loss of global biodiversity is a fact against which they alert, day too, experts from around the world. At the same time, our globalized world is also winding the arrival of new animal species to ecosystems never before inhabited by their ancestors. And not, We are not talking of invasive exotic species. A very unique birth. The European Bisonte reserve located in San Cebrián de Mudá, on the Palencia mountain, has witnessed the first birth of a przewalski breeding according to advanced the Chain ser. The Przewalski horse. The Przewalski horse (Equus Ferus Przewalskii) It is a subspecies of the domestic introduced in various parts of Spain whose origin is not entirely clear. Its origin is in the steppes of Mongolia (although there are populations introduced in other parts of the globe) and is considered the last wild horse. Are relatively small horseswhich reach between 1.3 and 1.5 meters high, lengths between 2.2 and 2.6 m, and a mass of between 250 and 360 kg. They are, yes, resistant horses, capable of surviving in the harsh conditions of the Mongolian steppes or the Gobi desert. Endangered species. According to IUCN’s red list (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), The group in charge of monitoring the state of conservation of the different species of animals, plants and fungi on our planet, the Przewalski horse is an endangered species. Estimates on the number of individuals vary, but the most optimistic They calculate that the total population does not reach 2,000 individuals. European bison reserve. The new copy was born in the European Bisonte reserve, where a population of Przewalski horses lives with one of European bison (Bison Bonasus) composed of specimens of two subspecies: Lowland and Lowland Caucasianexplains the reservation itself On its website. According to points out the BEthe father of the new foal belonged to the population of the reserve itself, while the mother was decide by the association Paleolithic alivean initiative focused “in promotion and conservation of nature.” This association manages a reserve located in Salguero de Juarros, Burgos. Uncertain origins. Przewalski horses are related to domestic horses, but it has only been during the last decade that we have been finding out little by little and studied this relationship. Genetic analyzes have estimated that domestic horses and przewalski are “distant cousins” that shared common ancestors about 500,000 years ago. In 2024, A job Posted in the magazine G3 Genes | Genomes | GeneticsHe studied in depth the genetics of this species reaching the conclusion, among others, that these animals share 99.63% of their mythogenoma with domestic horses. (Re) Introductions. Even when it is done with the aim of conserving a species, the introductions and reintroductions of animals usually come accompanied by important doubts To consider. The introduction of the European bison is an obvious example since there are serious doubts about whether this species inhabited the peninsula along with the native bison, the steppe bison (Bison Priscus). Another singular case is that of the Castores, who in recent years have thrown out in the basins of the Peninsula rivers. After this expansion, all An “bombing” initiative (Beaver Bombing). The controversy also usually accompanies the reintroduction of native species. This is a good example of the reintroductions of the wolf and the bear, protested by farmers from the areas where these animals have their new habitat. In Xataka | If the objective is to save a species in extinction, Brazil has a rupturist approach: that humans leave it alone Image | BS Thurner Hof

Spain will go from an opposite olive oil crisis in less than a year. The industry begins to see the ears to the wolf

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Two weeks. Two weeks of consecutive falls in the price of olive oil in origin have enough to put the entire sector on red alert. But … why? Wasn’t high prices They were also suffocating To the industry causing millionaire losses? What are low is also a problem? Let’s go in parts … how much has the price of oil dropped? As reported Agroinformationas of January 31, the average price in extra virgin olive oil was 4,275 euros/ton, in the virgin oil of 3,701 euros/ton and in the lampante of 3,452 euros/ton. That represents a fall of 3.20%, 6.80% and 2.80% respectively compared to last week and a 50.55% drop, 52.55% and 56.55% compared to the year past. And why is this a problem? Because, As we explained a few weeks agothe historical profitability limit for the traditional dry land olive tree is around four euros. If the low price of that figure, the farmers (dry) will not be able to cover the fixed costs. And this would not be a problem if it were not because more than two thirds of the Spanish olive grove is dry (1.913,531 hectares in front of 874,553 of irrigation). From a crisis to the opposite. It is curious because, in recent years, the situation has been the opposite: but the result is the same. The Olivareros de dryo did not have enough olive to compensate for fixed expenses – although the price was in the clouds. In addition, the distributors could not impact all the rise in the final prices (deoleo, the largest oil company in the world, owner of brands such as hojiblanca or carbonell, It was left 34.3 million euros in 2023). Isn’t it a bit weird? The truth is that no. In recent years, we have seen exactly the same problem with The lemons, The almonds either bananas. The olive grove has been relatively protected because it is a product with a limited international competition: what was not protected is of climate change. In fact, those who have been (those of irrigation who have not suffered cuts) have not had this problem. The irrigation has been the great beneficiary (or the least harmed) of these successive crises: they had more olives when prices were expensive and have less costs now than prices are low. Can the olive grove be saved? That is the big question. If the industry continues to hook financially complicated years, the problems can be increasing. Therefore, the Olivar tendency has been “go passing“To irrigation (or to ultraintensive models). There is no water for everyone. “The difficult thing is to have water because the Guadalquivir basin is already deficient, so there are no new concessions,” explained in DAP Diego BarrancoProfessor at the University of Córdoba. These concessions do have “historical plots of other crops that were always irrigated or the olive groves that emerged” directly as “irrigation”. However, transforming 1,901,529 hectares of olive groves before it is too late one of the most important agricultural challenges of the century. And it is not clear that we can do it. Image | Kostas Morfiris | Visual Karsa In Xataka | Spain faces the problem contrary to a year ago: an olive oil so cheap that it is no longer profitable for farmers

The consumption of amphetamines in Spain is concentrated in an autonomous community. And we know it with a “single” trick

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The surveys are very useful for “taking the pulse” to the population, but they can also lie (or at least fool) in many ways. Not this is not a cooking thing and how its results are interpreted: sometimes the lack of truth comes from the basis, and asking for some issues can be very delicate. And a great example of this is found in illegal substances, such as drugs. OEDA report. He last report prepared by the Spanish Observatory of Drugs and Addictions (OEDA) and the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan He investigated not only social perceptions about the drug use of Spaniards, but also in their consumption habits. One of the most striking results was the “differential clear” in the pattern of amphetamine consumption: and the report found that the consumption of this substance was concentrated in an autonomous community: Euskadi. Estimates on the consumption of this substance in the Basque Autonomous Community far exceed the state average and records in the regions treated in the report. According to these calculations, the consumption of SPEED (name with which reference is also made to this substance) oscillates, according to areas Between 700 and 2,100 milligrams A day for every 1,000 inhabitants, while in the rest of the areas of study the average estimated consumption was 24 mg/(day 1,000 inhabitants). Not as easy as it seems. Estimating the consumption of this and other substances can be complicated. In the case of illegal drugs, its illicit nature makes the task of investigating its consumption complicated through simple surveys. To this we must add the social perception of drugs as taboo, something that also applies to legal substances such as alcohol and tobacco. So how are scientists save the scientists studying these substances? OEDA reports They consult the population to know their perception of this type of substance (both legal and illegal). However, to know drug use habits follow another strategy: search in waste. Sewage. Specifically, in wastewater. Our body discards these substances or their metabolites (the compounds derived from the medicalization of a compound) through the urine, which implies that the tests end up in our wastewater and from there in the water treatment plants. The equipment responsible for the analysis took water samples in a series of purifying stations sewage (WWTP) distributed in various autonomous communities, 28 in total. The samples were taken over a week (usually in spring) in the years between 2021 and 2023. In some of the stations additional samples were taken in the second half of the year. Different habits. None of the substances analyzed presented a pattern of consumption as centered as the case of amphetamines, although in the case of cannabis, for example, some trends with the Catalan stations and the Canarian station can be interviewed indicating the areas of greatest consumption. On average, a consumption of 13 g/(day 1,000) of THC (tetrahydrocannabidiol) was estimated. The study of wastewater also gives us information about legal substances such as alcohol and nicotine. The median reading of the national WWTP ethanol showed an estimated consumption of 7.6 l/(day 1,000 inhabitants). In the case of nicotine on the other hand, the global median indicated a consumption of 1,641 mg/(day 1,000 inhabitants). Not only Spain. This type of analysis based on wastewater is not exclusive to Spain. At European level we can also find similar studies. Another recent study Performed by the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) analyzed consumption patterns in European countries and observed that Spain (as well as the Netherlands) showed a relatively high consumption of substances such as cocaine, MDMA, THC or ketamine. Of course, in this case, the study analyzed less water treatment stations: six located in different parts of the Mediterranean coast and one more in Galicia. The concentration of stations in the Mediterranean and absence of samples in other highly populated areas such as Madrid implies a serious limitation in this study if we want to extrapolate its results to the whole. In Xataka | Drugs, mental health and pre -Hispanic civilizations: the clash between modern medicine and millenary traditions Image | Colin Davis / Abdo Alshreef

Panini confirms that DC Comics will publish in Spain from April

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After months of rumors, accentuated after Bankruptcy announcement of ECC Editionsthe editorial that for just over fourteen years was responsible for publishing DC Comics, Panini has made it official: as of April, it will be the one who is in charge to publish the mother publisher of Batman and Superman, in Spain. Soon you will present your editorial plan. Alejandro M. Viturtia, editorial director of Panini Comics, has stated that “I can hardly express the emotion that causes me to welcome the Panini Comics pantheon. I assure you that, from the first moment, the DC superheroes will feel at home with us. “He also recalled that” Panini is also DC’s house in Italy, Germany, Brazil and Mexico “” He Timing It is impeccable, because according to the editorial, this launch will coincide with the start of the DC All In line, a kind of opening of DC to new readers that serves as a letter of presentation of this Superhero Cosmos complex. This initiative involves all DC collections in a common plot line, but also Open the way to the Absolute Universe, a visual and plot redesign of the editorial classics outside of classical continuity and that is drawing attention for its aggressiveness and revolutionaries designs. A fire test for Panini. It is essential to remember that in Spain, Panini also publishes Marvel, so there is an unprecedented situation in our country from the eighties and the times of Bruguera: the same editorial will publish the two rival comics brands mainstream American in Spain. Panini, as it is deduced from your press release, will apply the recovery formulas of classics and diversity of formats that are such a good result with Marvel to present the DC universe in very different ways to the Spanish reader. Header | DC Comics In Xataka | How to see all the films and series of DC in chronological order

Spain was going to invest a fortune in data centers. And then Deepseek arrived

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Data centers They looked like the new gold fever in Spain. Recent data revealed how investments of Various Big Tech They promised to significant this market. Artificial intelligence promoted all those efforts, but these days some companies are rethinking what to do. The reason is, of course, Deepseek. Deepseek. The arrival of the models Deepseek v3 in November and Deepseek-R1 Just a few days ago it has made all these investments now questioned for a single reason. It may not be necessary to spend so much money. Chinese models of this startup seem to show that the same can be achieved (or more) With much less. “Unrealistic”. As revealed expandingSpain could attract more than 43.7 billion investment until 2030. However, sources in the sector have indicated in that economic newspaper that some millmillonarium projects to build large data centers in Spain were “unrealistic” and there is talk of figures that were not even guaranteed by the funds. Market adjustment. The Search for efficiency You can make these analyzes a certain adjustment in the market. Both investment funds and risk capital companies can now show more prudence when investing. Spaindc provided for the arrival of 58,000 million euros to the data centers sector until 2030. But there will be (a lot of investment). Although it seems clear that there will be a review of the budgets in various projects, as long as the need for the creation of data centers will continue to exist. The demand, due to the rise of AI and cloud services, will be remarkable. Great plans. In our country ACS has for example plans to invest globally 60,000 million euros (12,000 million in Spain). Merlin, another of the leading companies in this sector, announced the promotion of two megacampus in Extremadura with 1 GW capacity in each. Repsol, also cited expanding, It has plans to invest 4,000 million in Spain in this area. Long -term optimism, but short caution. The movements that have occurred these days after the impact caused by Depseek seems to have made many companies be recalibrating their short, medium and long term plans. However, it is impossible to know what the impact of medium -term Deepseek will be. Some experts pointed out In the Independent How they were not entirely convinced of the real efficiency of Deepseek, but they admit that that will certainly force a potential rethinking of the data centers. Image | Amazon In Xataka | We have calculated how much money the Big Tech are being spent on data centers. The numbers are dizzy

Cyclist accident in Spain

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Once again the imprudence of drivers in the world causes accidents. This Tuesday it was known that Germany’s selection was embedded by a car while doing its workouts. “Seven members of the German track cycling team were injured on Monday, six of which were transferred to the hospital, after being hit by a car in Palma de Mallorca, according to the Spanish Civil Guard,” said the AFP agency. And he added: “Some of the hospitalized victims have fractures, but no one has serious injuries”an AFP source indicated. The agency said the accident occurred in Palma, the main city of the Spanish archipelago of the Balearic Islands, when “for reasons we do not know,” an 89 -year -old driver left the road, “added the source. The group “started from its hotel in Palma for a training session and was hit by a car at 2.7 kilometers,” said the German Cycling Federation in a statement. Six cyclists -Benjamin Boos, Tobias Buck-Gramcko, Bruno Kessler, Moritz Amarenstein, Louis Gentzik and Max-David Briese- “suffered serious falls and had to be transferred to the hospital to receive medical treatment,” added the Federation, specified that no one suffered lesions that put their lives in danger. “To the place they have moved sanitary from Samu 061, who have served the injured, all with polytontusions. Four of them have been evacuated to the Rotger Clinic and the remaining two have been transferred to the Palmaplanas Clinic, ”said the newspaper AS. In recent years there have been numerous traffic accidents out of competition in which professional cyclists have been affected. In the most recent until Monday, the Italian promise of cycling Sara Piffer died on Friday, at age 19, after being hit by a car while training, AFP sentenced. Continue reading: 19 -year -old Italian cyclist Sara Piffer dies when she is run overRohan Dennis, double world cycling champion, declares himself guilty of his wife’s murderArgentine cyclist dies after being hit by a car (tagstotranslate) cycling

Classic between Real Madrid and Barcelona in May could be played outside Spain

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The Spanish LaLiga Classic between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, corresponding to the next May 10/11, could be played outside Spain Given the problems of the Catalans with the construction of their stadium and not having the municipal permission to continue playing at the Lluís Companys Stadium on that date. According to information from Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga Español, the status in which the advances of the Spotify Camp Nou and Although the other option is the Lluís Company, said permit for use is in force until April 30 and have not yet received the respective renewal. “They have not communicated anything to us (that the classic cannot be played at Barcelona’s house). I know what I have been able to read. There was talk outside Spain, but we don’t know anything. In fact, if there is a problem of force majeure due to the works, as there have been on other occasions, it has played outside its stadium, ”explained Thebes on Monday. “They would have to have the authorization of Real Madrid, and it would be studied“He added about the possibility of playing abroad. Thebes also referred to the controversy over the schedules of LaLiga, with complaints from some clubs. “Every year there are complaints about the schedules, it is very difficult to square the schedules when there are European competitions and Copa del Rey. One feels a lot, but sometimes they touch these circumstances, ”he said. Finally, the head of the Spanish competition also spoke about the complaints regarding the actions of the referees. “It is an issue that, unfortunately, we have seen a couple of years. It is not a new topic. I do not like such criticism, such as those that are being carried out by Realmadrid TV or those of Joan Laporta. On February 6 we have a meeting with all the clubs and the Technical Committee of Referees and see if we advance or see some type of solution. A year ago LaLiga clubs said the arbitration system had to be changed, ”he said. Even though In the past there have been a history of editions of the classic outside of Spain, so far there are no indications of a country that can receive the clash. However, due to alliances for several years of the Royal Spanish Football Federation with Saudi authorities, it is likely that like the Spanish Super Cup the classic can be carried out in the Asian continent. Continue reading: (tagstotranslate) the cl \ u00e1sico

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