summers, it's not separate waves we face, but one long heatwave stretching from June through August. This is now the new normal,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the country experienced its hottest summer on record. A <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//26//summer-2025-ranks-among-spains-hottest-ever-after-historic-august-heatwave/">16-day heatwave<\/strong><\/a> in August saw temperatures top 45\u00b0C, according to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).<\/p>\n<p>The average temperature in Spain has risen by 1.69\u00b0C between 1961 and 2024, leading to more frequent episodes of above-normal temperatures. <\/p>\n<p>Climate change is driving this rise in temperatures and the increasing occurrence of extreme heat events, as confirmed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)\u2019s analysis of global temperature trends.<\/p>\n<h2>Spain is building a national network of climate shelters<\/h2>\n<p>The new <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//07//21//climate-shelters-when-the-heat-is-on-where-can-you-escape-to/">climate shelters<\/strong><\/a> will provide spaces for people across the country to stay cool next summer. <\/p>\n<p>These are particularly vital in urban areas. \"The heat island effect is intensified in these heatwaves and usually happens in cities,\" data scientist Manuel Banza told Euronews Green.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is because we have cities that are densely built, and we have a lot of tarmac that absorbs the sun, and at the end of the day, we see that at six or seven in the evening, it's still possible to be very hot, even though it's no longer sunny, because the ground has absorbed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//05//from-extreme-heat-to-poor-mental-health-how-climate-change-is-harming-the-workplace/">From extreme heat to poor mental health: How climate change is harming the workplace<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//12//09//excessive-heat-warning-how-rising-temperatures-are-harming-young-childrens-developm/">Excessive heat: How rising temperatures are harming young children's development<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The government will make funds available for those in areas \"that need them most, where the heat really hits people the hardest,\" Sanchez said.<\/p>\n<p>The network will build on schemes already established by regional governments, including in Catalonia, the Basque Country and Murcia.<\/p>\n<p>In Catalonia\u2019s capital, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//21//an-exceptional-solution-catalonia-is-bringing-in-water-by-boat-to-top-up-dwindling-supplie/">Barcelona, about 400 climate shelters are already available in public buildings like libraries, museums, sports centres and shopping malls.<\/p>\n<p>These spaces, which are air-conditioned and usually equipped with seating and free water, are designed as places of refuge from the heat, particularly for the elderly, babies, those with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//08//05//amid-brutal-heatwaves-spain-sees-one-of-its-worst-months-for-heat-related-deaths/">health issues<\/strong><\/a> and those who lack resources at home to cope with high temperatures. <\/p>\n<p>According to Spain\u2019s daily mortality surveillance system (MoMo), more than 21,700 people died from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//17//spain-has-suffered-22000-heat-related-deaths-in-the-last-8-years-how-will-a-new-map-help/">heat-related causes between 2015 and 2023, most of them over 65 years of age. <\/p>\n<p>This summer, more than 3,800 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//health//2025//08//05//amid-brutal-heatwaves-spain-sees-one-of-its-worst-months-for-heat-related-deaths/">heat-related deaths<\/strong><\/a> were recorded - 88 per cent more than in 2024 - according to estimates by the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1766058452,"updatedAt":1766234626,"publishedAt":1766064602,"firstPublishedAt":1766064602,"lastPublishedAt":1766064602,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/74\/89\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8bb79ce0-2b19-5fba-9ba8-965e7aa03d93-9587489.jpg","altText":"In 2025, the country experienced its hottest summer on record.","caption":"In 2025, the country experienced its hottest summer on record.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Andrea Comas\/Copyright 2021 The AP. 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In 2020, an old factory occupied by around 100 migrants in the Catalan city near Barcelona\u00a0caught fire, killing four people.","summary":"The Badalona town hall had argued that the squat was a public safety hazard. In 2020, an old factory occupied by around 100 migrants in the Catalan city near Barcelona\u00a0caught fire, killing four people.","keySentence":"","url":"spanish-police-evict-around-hundreds-of-migrants-from-squat-deemed-safety-hazard","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/17\/spanish-police-evict-around-hundreds-of-migrants-from-squat-deemed-safety-hazard","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Police in Spain carried out eviction orders on Wednesday to clear an abandoned school building where around 400 mostly undocumented migrants were living north of Barcelona.\n\nMany sub-Saharan migrants, mainly from Senegal and Gambia, had moved into the empty school building in Badalona \u2014 a working-class city that borders Barcelona \u2014 since it was left abandoned in 2023.\n\nBadalona Mayor Xavier Garc\u00eda Albiol announced the evictions in a post on X.\n\n\"As I had promised, the eviction of the 400 illegal squatters in the B9 school in Badalona begins,\" he wrote.\n\nAlbiol, of the conservative Popular Party (PP), has built his political career on an anti-immigration stance.\n\nKnowing that the eviction in the middle of winter was coming, most of the occupants had left the squat to try to find other shelter before police in riot gear from Catalonia's regional police Mossos d'Esquadra entered the school\u2019s premises early in the morning under court orders.\n\nThose who had waited left peacefully.\n\nThe judicial order made the Badalona town hall provide the evicted people with access to social services, but it did not oblige local authorities to find alternative housing for all the squatters.\n\nLawyer Marta Llonch, who represents the squatters, said that many people would likely end up without shelter in the cold.\n\n\"Many people are going to sleep on the street tonight,\" Llonch said. \"Just because you evict these people it doesn\u2019t mean they disappear. If you don\u2019t give them an alternative place to live they will now be on the street, which will be a problem for them and the city.\"\n\nMany of the squatters lived from selling scrap metal collected from the streets. Others had residency and work permits but were forced to live there because they could not afford housing during a cost-of-living crunch that is making it difficult even for working Spaniards to buy or rent homes.\n\nThat housing crisis has led to\u00a0widespread social angst and public protests.\n\nThe Badalona town hall had argued that the squat was a public safety hazard. In 2020, an old factory occupied by around 100 migrants in Badalona\u00a0caught fire, killing four people.\n\nLike other southern European countries, Spain has for more than a decade seen migrants come to the country after risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean or Atlantic in small boats.\n\nWhile many developed countries have taken a hard-line position against migration,\u00a0Spain\u2019s left-wing government\u00a0has said that legal\u00a0migration has helped its economy grow.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Police in Spain carried out eviction orders on Wednesday to clear an abandoned school building where around 400 mostly undocumented migrants were living north of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Many sub-Saharan migrants, mainly from Senegal and Gambia, had moved into the empty school building in Badalona \u2014 a working-class city that borders Barcelona \u2014 since it was left abandoned in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Badalona Mayor Xavier Garc\u00eda Albiol announced the evictions in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\"As I had promised, the eviction of the 400 illegal squatters in the B9 school in Badalona begins,\" he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Albiol, of the conservative Popular Party (PP), has built his political career on an anti-immigration stance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//60//68//808x539_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg/" alt=\"A migrant's belongings are packed before he leaves as police in the background prepares to carry out eviction orders at an abandoned school in Badalona, 17 December, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/384x256_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/640x427_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/750x500_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/828x552_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/1080x720_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/1200x800_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e24b4450-0c64-584b-aa4a-1a57c3c1ef1d-9586068.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A migrant's belongings are packed before he leaves as police in the background prepares to carry out eviction orders at an abandoned school in Badalona, 17 December, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Knowing that the eviction in the middle of winter was coming, most of the occupants had left the squat to try to find other shelter before police in riot gear from Catalonia's regional police Mossos d'Esquadraentered the school\u2019s premises early in the morning under court orders.<\/p>\n<p>Those who had waited left peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>The judicial order made the Badalona town hall provide the evicted people with access to social services, but it did not oblige local authorities to find alternative housing for all the squatters.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Marta Llonch, who represents the squatters, said that many people would likely end up without shelter in the cold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//08//hundreds-of-migrants-arrive-in-spains-canary-islands-continuing-the-record-breaking-influx/">Hundreds of migrants arrive in Spain's Canary Islands continuing the record-breaking influx<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//08//14//spain-accused-of-failing-to-reopen-genuine-and-effective-access-to-asylum-at-enclaves-sinc/">Spain accused of failing to reopen 'genuine and effective access to asylum' at enclaves since COVID<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"Many people are going to sleep on the street tonight,\" Llonch said. \"Just because you evict these people it doesn\u2019t mean they disappear. If you don\u2019t give them an alternative place to live they will now be on the street, which will be a problem for them and the city.\"<\/p>\n<p>Many of the squatters lived from selling scrap metal collected from the streets. Others had residency and work permits but were forced to live there because they could not afford housing during a cost-of-living crunch that is making it difficult even for working Spaniards to buy or rent homes.<\/p>\n<p>That housing crisis has led to widespread social angst and public protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//60//68//808x539_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg/" alt=\"People gather during a demonstration to protest high housing costs in Barcelona, 5 April, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/384x256_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/640x427_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/750x500_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/828x552_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/1080x720_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/1200x800_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/1920x1280_cmsv2_c569af4f-43b1-57c1-b47a-d3c15b3d8bc1-9586068.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People gather during a demonstration to protest high housing costs in Barcelona, 5 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Badalona town hall had argued that the squat was a public safety hazard. In 2020, an old factory occupied by around 100 migrants in Badalona caught fire, killing four people.<\/p>\n<p>Like other southern European countries, Spain has for more than a decade seen migrants come to the country after risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean or Atlantic in small boats.<\/p>\n<p>While many developed countries have taken a hard-line position against migration, Spain\u2019s left-wing government has said that legal migration has helped its economy grow.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765967710,"updatedAt":1765993199,"publishedAt":1765974387,"firstPublishedAt":1765974387,"lastPublishedAt":1765992994,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/60\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9a1ba95e-7a09-5612-80ce-000d3408e2c9-9586068.jpg","altText":"Migrants confront police as they begin carrying out eviction orders at an abandoned school building in Badalona, 17 December, 2025","caption":"Migrants confront police as they begin carrying out eviction orders at an abandoned school building in Badalona, 17 December, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. 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Protests focus on the handling of a livestock disease outbreak and wider farming concerns, including trade policy. <\/p>\n<p>Barricades remained on the A63 near Bordeaux and at a level crossing south of Toulouse, worsening delays for cross border traffic.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765892308,"updatedAt":1765896059,"publishedAt":1765895518,"firstPublishedAt":1765895518,"lastPublishedAt":1765895518,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/48\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b18ac7f2-7859-56b5-ad5e-0bba7704dd33-9584848.jpg","altText":"Queues on Spanish motorways heading towards France","caption":"Queues on Spanish motorways heading towards France","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"TVE","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":176,"urlSafeValue":"caraco","title":"Alexis 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In June, Spain also ordered Booking.com to remove more than 4,000 illegal accommodation listings.\n\nBarcelona\u2019s Airbnb ban and growing public anger in Spain\n\nBarcelona has become the most visible flashpoint in Spain\u2019s fight against short-term rentals.\n\nThis year, the city announced plans to phase out all tourist apartments by 2028, effectively banning platforms like Airbnb from operating private holiday rentals in residential buildings.\n\nCity officials argue that short-term rentals have hollowed out local neighbourhoods, pushed residents out of the rental market and reshaped entire districts around tourism.\n\nLocal communities have increasingly echoed those concerns, staging protests \u2013 from marches to impromptu water pistol attacks \u2013 against mass tourism and living costs.\n\nElsewhere in Spain, regional and national governments have followed a similar path.\n\nAuthorities recently removed more than 53,000 illegal tourist flats from official registers nationwide, the bulk of them in Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Catalonia and Valencia.\n\nA record 94 million foreign tourists visited Spain in 2024. This year is on track to top that record.\n\nWhile tourism remains an economic pillar, officials say tighter regulation of short-term rentals is essential to balance visitor growth with quality of life for local residents.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain has just drawn a hard line on short-term rentals.<\/p>\n<p>The country has fined Airbnb \u20ac65 million for continuing to advertise short-term rental properties that were banned or lacked proper licences to operate.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s consumer affairs ministry said the fine is final and ordered the US-based platform to remove the illegal listings immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said more than <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//20//spanish-court-rejects-airbnb-appeal-and-keeps-order-to-block-66000-rule-breaking-listings/">65,000 Airbnb adverts<\/strong><\/a> breached Spanish consumer protection rules, including listing properties without licences or with licence numbers that did not match official registers.<\/p>\n<p>The penalty is equal to six times the profits Airbnb made between when authorities warned the company about its offending listings and when they were taken down.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes as pressure mounts on the government to curb tourist accommodation amid a deepening housing crisis, especially in major cities grappling with huge tourism numbers.<\/p>\n<h2>Why did Spain fine Airbnb?<\/h2>\n<p>According to the Spanish authorities, 65,122 Airbnb listings violated regulations designed to protect tenants and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the properties were located in regions where short-term rentals are restricted or require explicit authorisation.<\/p>\n<p>The consumer affairs ministry said platforms such as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//24//airbnb-safety-reviews-can-turn-off-some-travellers-could-increased-transparency-help/">Airbnb are expected to check that properties advertised in Spain meet local and regional housing rules, including the use of valid licence numbers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//04//09//barcelona-to-create-special-selfie-zone-to-curb-tourist-chaos-at-sagrada-familia/">Barcelona to create special selfie zone to curb tourist chaos at Sagrada Familia<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//23//from-street-protests-to-an-airbnb-ban-all-the-ways-barcelona-said-no-to-tourists-in-2024/">From street protests to an Airbnb ban, all the ways Barcelona said no to tourists in 2024<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>When they do not, it added, these rentals stay on the market longer than they should, which reduces the number of homes available to residents looking for long-term housing.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by the consumer affairs ministry, consumer rights minister Pablo Bustinduy said there were \u201cthousands of families who are living on the edge\u201d because of the country\u2019s housing crunch, while some companies were profiting from \u201cbusiness models that expel people from their homes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown has not been limited to Airbnb, either. In June, Spain also ordered Booking.com to remove more than 4,000 illegal accommodation listings.<\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona\u2019s Airbnb ban and growing public anger in Spain<\/h2>\n<p>Barcelona has become the most visible flashpoint in Spain\u2019s fight against <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//12//05//milan-bans-self-check-in-key-boxes-for-short-term-rentals-starting-in-2026/">short-term rentals<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the city announced plans to phase out all tourist apartments by 2028, effectively banning platforms like Airbnb from operating private holiday rentals in residential buildings.<\/p>\n<p>City officials argue that short-term rentals have hollowed out local neighbourhoods, pushed residents out of the rental market and reshaped entire districts around tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Local communities have increasingly echoed those concerns, staging protests \u2013 from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//12//23//from-street-protests-to-an-airbnb-ban-all-the-ways-barcelona-said-no-to-tourists-in-2024/">marches to impromptu<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//06//17//how-the-water-gun-has-became-a-symbol-for-barcelona-residents-fed-up-with-the-tourism-indu/"> <strong>water pistol<\/strong><\/a> attacks \u2013 against mass tourism and living costs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//07//tenerife-introduces-new-eco-tax-as-canary-islands-report-record-tourist-numbers/">Tenerife introduces new eco-tax as Canary Islands report record tourist numbers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//19//smoke-free-beaches-in-spain-san-sebastian-joins-the-push-for-cleaner-calmer-coasts/">Smoke-free beaches in Spain? San Sebasti\u00e1n joins the push for cleaner, calmer coasts<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Elsewhere in Spain, regional and national governments have followed a similar path.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities recently removed more than<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//09//15//spain-removes-53000-illegal-tourist-flats-from-the-register-to-boost-permanent-rental-mark/"> <strong>53,000 illegal tourist flats<\/strong><\/a> from official registers nationwide, the bulk of them in Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Catalonia and Valencia.<\/p>\n<p>A record 94 million foreign tourists visited Spain in 2024. This year is<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//02//spain-smashes-summer-visitor-records-in-2025-despite-overtourism-measures/"> <strong>on track<\/strong><\/a> to top that record.<\/p>\n<p>While tourism remains an economic pillar, officials say tighter regulation of short-term rentals is essential to balance visitor growth with quality of life for local residents. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765807789,"updatedAt":1765812347,"publishedAt":1765809112,"firstPublishedAt":1765809112,"lastPublishedAt":1765809112,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/35\/36\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2e9a342d-d64b-543e-bde3-99615127070f-9583536.jpg","altText":"Spain has levied a sizable fine on Airbnb for failing to remove illegal listings","caption":"Spain has levied a sizable fine on Airbnb for failing to remove illegal listings","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ronnie Schmutz \/ Unsplash","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3274,"urlSafeValue":"sauers","title":"Craig Saueurs","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12639,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel","titleRaw":"Travel"},{"id":12484,"slug":"airbnb","urlSafeValue":"airbnb","title":"Airbnb","titleRaw":"Airbnb"},{"id":7809,"slug":"spain","urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","titleRaw":"Spain"},{"id":6159,"slug":"barcelona","urlSafeValue":"barcelona","title":"Barcelona","titleRaw":"Barcelona"},{"id":25664,"slug":"rental-properties","urlSafeValue":"rental-properties","title":"rental properties","titleRaw":"rental properties"},{"id":27352,"slug":"cost-of-living","urlSafeValue":"cost-of-living","title":"cost of living","titleRaw":"cost of living"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2851050},{"id":2854099}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","online":0,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news\/travel-news"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","url":"\/travel\/travel-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":21,"urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":435,"urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","url":"\/news\/europe\/spain"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/travel\/2025\/12\/15\/spain-fines-airbnb-65-million-why-the-government-is-cracking-down-on-illegal-rentals","lastModified":1765809112},{"id":2854674,"cid":9583351,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"IA in child porn - 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After obtaining judicial authorisation, they entered and searched his home where he was arrested on charges of corruption of minors through the production and possession of child pornography.\n\nDuring the search, police seized a large amount of material. According to police sources, some of the images had been created through the use of AI tools.\n\nThe suspect had also taken photographs of minors in public spaces, including streets and municipal swimming pools, and used AI to manipulate them into sexualised images by digitally removing their clothing.\n\nThe case is the latest in a series of AI-enabled child abuse material investigations in Spain. In December 2022, National Police in Valladolid made what they described as the first discovery of child sexual abuse material created using AI, involving images of extreme severity.\n\nIn October 2023, a 17-year-old computer science student was arrested in the Catalan municipality of S\u00faria for producing and distributing AI-generated child pornography.\n\nThe teenager had been storing such material since age 14 and was offering a service to transform any photo of a minor into pornographic images.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spanish police have arrested a man in the northern Basque province of \u00c1lava on suspicion of using artificial intelligence tools to create child pornography images.<\/p>\n<p>The National Police investigation began in August when cyber agents first became aware of the material circulating on the internet through international cooperation channels and cyber patrolling and monitoring work.<\/p>\n<p>However, locating the suspect proved particularly complex due to advanced anonymisation techniques the suspect used to conceal his identity online.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators finally tracked the suspect down to \u00c1lava and located him on 18 November. After obtaining judicial authorisation, they entered and searched his home where he was arrested on charges of corruption of minors through the production and possession of child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, police seized a large amount of material. According to police sources, some of the images had been created through the use of AI tools.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"2000497810949775671\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The suspect had also taken photographs of minors in public spaces, including streets and municipal swimming pools, and used AI to manipulate them into sexualised images by digitally removing their clothing.<\/p>\n<p>The case is the latest in a series of AI-enabled child abuse material investigations in Spain. In December 2022, National Police in Valladolid made what they described as the first discovery of child sexual abuse material created using AI, involving images of extreme severity.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, a 17-year-old computer science student was arrested in the Catalan municipality of S\u00faria for producing and distributing AI-generated child pornography. <\/p>\n<p>The teenager had been storing such material since age 14 and was offering a service to transform any photo of a minor into pornographic images.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765800829,"updatedAt":1765805618,"publishedAt":1765805612,"firstPublishedAt":1765805612,"lastPublishedAt":1765805612,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/25\/91\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2f96c168-286b-5e75-8201-82b34f98500b-8259160.jpg","altText":"FILE: Police officers stand guard as they cordon off the area in Madrid, 30 November 2022","caption":"FILE: Police officers stand guard as they cordon 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News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":435,"urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","url":"\/news\/europe\/spain"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"es","storyId":9583225,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/12\/15\/man-arrested-in-northern-spain-accused-of-using-ai-to-create-child-pornography","lastModified":1765805612},{"id":2854101,"cid":9581209,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"NEXT CHILD PORN TIKTOK","daletPyramidId":3586160,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Thousands of AI videos featuring sexualised minors shared on TikTok, report finds","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Thousands of AI videos sexualising young girls found on TikTok, report","titleListing2":"Thousands of AI videos featuring sexualised minors shared on TikTok, report finds","leadin":"TikTok videos show young girls in sexualised clothing or in suggestive positions with links in the comments to child pornography selling groups on Telegram.","summary":"TikTok videos show young girls in sexualised clothing or in suggestive positions with links in the comments to child pornography selling groups on Telegram.","keySentence":"","url":"thousands-of-ai-videos-featuring-sexualised-minors-shared-on-tiktok-report-finds","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/12\/14\/thousands-of-ai-videos-featuring-sexualised-minors-shared-on-tiktok-report-finds","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Artificial intelligence (AI)\u00a0 generated videos that show young girls in revealing clothes or positions have gained millions of likes and shares on TikTok despite that content being prohibited, according to a report.\n\nThe fact-checking organisation in Spain, Maldita, \u00a0found more than 20 accounts on the platform that published over 5,200 videos featuring young girls wearing bikinis, school uniforms, and tight clothing. Overall, these accounts already have a combined following of over 550,000 followers and almost 6 million likes.\n\nIn the comments are links to external platforms such as Telegram communities that sell child pornography, the analysis shows. Maldita said it reported the 12 Telegram groups found in its study to the Spanish police.\n\nThe accounts also generate a profit by selling AI-generated videos and images through TikTok\u2019s subscription service, which pays creators a monthly fee for access to their content. The platform gets roughly 50 per cent of the profits through this model, according to its agreement with creators.\n\nThe report comes as countries around the world, such as Australia, Denmark, and the European Union, have either enforced social media restrictions for users under 16 or are discussing them as a way of keeping young people safe online.\n\nTikTok requires that content creators label when AI has been used in the creation of a video. The content may also be removed from the social media platform if it\u2019s considered \u201charmful to individuals,\u201d according to their community guidelines.\n\nHowever, the Maldita report found that most of the videos they analysed did not have any watermarks or other identifications that AI was used in them.\n\nSome videos had a \u201cTikTok AI Alive\u201d watermark that is automatically used to take still images and turn them into videos within the platform.\n\nIn a statement to Euronews Next, Telegram and TikTok say they are \"fully committed\" to preventing child sexual abuse material on its platform.\n\nTelegram scans all media uploaded to its public platform and compares it to child sex abuse materials already removed from the platform to prevent it from being spread.\n\n\"The fact that criminals must use private groups and another platform's algorithms to grow is proof of the effectiveness of Telegram's own moderation,\" the statement reads.\n\nTelegram said it removed more than 909,000 groups and channels that had child sex abuse materials in 2025.\n\nAs for TikTok, it said 99 percent of content that is harmful to minors is removed automatically and another 97 percent of offending AI-generated content was also removed proactively.\u00a0\n\nThe platform says it reacts immediately to suppress or close accounts that share sexually explicit content of children and signals it the United States' National Center for Missing and Expolited Children (NCMEC).\n\nTikTok also told CNN that it removed more than 189 million videos and banned more than 108 million accounts between April and June 2025.\n\nThis story was updated with comments from Telegram and TikTok.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos that show young girls in revealing clothes or positions have gained millions of likes and shares on TikTok despite that content being prohibited, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The fact-checking organisation in Spain, Maldita, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////maldita.es//investigaciones//20251211//depredadores-tiktok-mina-pedofilos///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>found<\/strong><\/a> more than 20 accounts on the platform that published over 5,200 videos featuring young girls wearing bikinis, school uniforms, and tight clothing. Overall, these accounts already have a combined following of over 550,000 followers and almost 6 million likes.<\/p>\n<p>In the comments are links to external platforms such as Telegram communities that sell child pornography, the analysis shows. Maldita said it reported the 12 Telegram groups found in its study to the Spanish police.<\/p>\n<p>The accounts also generate a profit by selling AI-generated videos and images through TikTok\u2019s subscription service, which pays creators a monthly fee for access to their content. The platform gets roughly 50 per cent of the profits through this model, according to its<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.tiktok.com//legal//page//global//creator-subscription-service-agreement//en?utm%5Fsource=chatgpt.com\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>agreement<\/strong><\/a> with creators.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as countries around the world, such as Australia, Denmark, and the European Union, have either enforced social media restrictions for users under 16 or are discussing them as a way of keeping young people safe online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2025//11//24//tiktok-scrolling-can-cause-brain-rot-according-to-new-american-psychological-association-s/">TikTok scrolling can cause 'brain rot' according to new American Psychological Association study<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>TikTok requires that content creators label when AI has been used in the creation of a video. The content may also be removed from the social media platform if it\u2019s considered \u201charmful to individuals,\u201d according to their community<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.tiktok.com//community-guidelines//en//integrity-authenticity/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>guidelines<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Maldita report found that most of the videos they analysed did not have any watermarks or other identifications that AI was used in them.<\/p>\n<p>Some videos had a \u201cTikTok AI<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////newsroom.tiktok.com//introducing-tiktok-ai-alive?lang=en\%22 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>Alive<\/strong><\/a>\u201d watermark that is automatically used to take still images and turn them into videos within the platform.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Euronews Next, Telegram and TikTok say they are \"fully committed\" to preventing child sexual abuse material on its platform. <\/p>\n<p>Telegram scans all media uploaded to its public platform and compares it to child sex abuse materials already removed from the platform to prevent it from being spread. <\/p>\n<p>\"The fact that criminals must use private groups and another platform's algorithms to grow is proof of the effectiveness of Telegram's own moderation,\" the statement reads. <\/p>\n<p>Telegram said it removed more than 909,000 groups and channels that had child sex abuse materials in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>As for TikTok, it said 99 percent of content that is harmful to minors is removed automatically and another 97 percent of offending AI-generated content was also removed proactively. <\/p>\n<p>The platform says it reacts immediately to suppress or close accounts that share sexually explicit content of children and signals it the United States' National Center for Missing and Expolited Children (NCMEC). <\/p>\n<p>TikTok also told<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////edition.cnn.com//2025//12//11//tech//tiktok-ai-videos-children-report/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"> <strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a> that it removed more than 189 million videos and banned more than 108 million accounts between April and June 2025.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story was updated with comments from Telegram and TikTok.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765550044,"updatedAt":1765695753,"publishedAt":1765695677,"firstPublishedAt":1765695677,"lastPublishedAt":1765695752,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/12\/09\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_198a3b97-6fec-5419-a25e-387af2de2d5a-9581209.jpg","altText":"The TikTok logo is displayed n a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying the TikTok home screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston","caption":"The TikTok logo is displayed n a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying the TikTok home screen, Oct. 14, 2022, in 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Spain tax","daletPyramidId":3544585,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Money talks, but is Spain listening? Unpacking Madrid's tax policy","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Money talks, but is Spain listening? Unpacking Madrid's tax policy","titleListing2":"","leadin":"As Europe doubles down on a competitiveness drive, experts warn that Spain\u2019s tax policies could be hitting growth.","summary":"As Europe doubles down on a competitiveness drive, experts warn that Spain\u2019s tax policies could be hitting growth.","keySentence":"","url":"money-talks-but-is-spain-listening-unpacking-madrids-tax-policy","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2025\/12\/10\/money-talks-but-is-spain-listening-unpacking-madrids-tax-policy","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Spain\u2019s post-pandemic recovery has emerged as a glimmer of positivity while most of Europe has been stuck in the doldrums. Boosted by tourism and a healthy labour market, the country\u2019s economy has grown at an average rate of 3% since the start of 2024. That\u2019s compared to 1% for the wider eurozone.\n\nDespite this success story of recent years, experts are nonetheless sounding the alarm over Spain\u2019s tax system. A labyrinth of inefficient policies, according to critics, risks undermining growth by deterring investors and wealthy individuals. \u201cSpain has one of the most complex tax systems in Europe,\u201d said Cristina Enache, global tax economist at the Tax Foundation. \u201cThe central government could learn some valuable lessons about sound tax policy from its regional governments and other European countries.\u201d\n\nAmong 38 OECD countries included in the Tax Foundation\u2019s annual Competitiveness Index, Spain has dropped to 34th position. According to Enache, who worked on the index, this is linked to Spain\u2019s poor performance in five key categories. These include corporate income tax, individual taxes, consumption taxes, property taxes, and the international tax system.\n\nIn terms of corporate income tax, one of Spain\u2019s downfalls is that it offers both a patent box and an R&D credit to encourage business innovation, said Enache. \u201cIt\u2019s good for companies to have only one way to increase research and development,\u201d she explained. A patent box means that businesses pay lower taxes on profits they earn from patented inventions, while the R&D credit is another form of tax relief to reward innovation. While the policies are designed to support companies, critics argue they distort economic decisions and make the tax system more complex.\n\n\u201cOne of the concerns that companies have, and in particular big companies in Spain, is that there are multiple taxes,\u201d said Roberta Poza Cid, Deloitte's EU tax policy leader. \u201cThere is also a lack of legal certainty over potential changes and a lack of neutrality,\u201d she added, pointing to instances of double taxation. For example, companies in the banking or energy sectors must pay a windfall profits tax on top of corporate income tax.\n\nAnother policy affecting businesses is Spain\u2019s Digital Services Tax, a levy on the revenue of companies providing digital services in Spain. European DSTs, primarily targeted at tech giants like Apple and Meta, notably came into the firing line this summer after US President Trump took umbrage with what he dubbed the discrimination of US firms in Europe. In the absence of a concrete international framework on DSTs, which is still in the works, Spain has implemented the tax at a national level. It is one of 12 countries in the OECD to do so. Compared to other nations, Spain\u2019s threshold for taxing revenue is quite low. As it doesn\u2019t tax net income, the DST can also affect less profitable businesses.\n\nTax competition between regions\n\nWhen it comes to individual and property taxes, the state is once again making key missteps, according to the Tax Foundation. For the former, Spain ranks 18th out of 38. For the latter, it comes in lowly 35th place. Spain\u2019s central government has set the top marginal income tax rate at 49%, although many regional authorities have decided to make their own cuts to this threshold. \u201cTax competition between regions is what is keeping Spain from becoming a tax hell,\u201d said Enache. \u201cWe can already see many improvements at a regional level,\u201d she explained. \u201cFor example, La Rioja is the first region in Spain that just agreed that income tax will be indexed to inflation.\u201d\n\nIt would also be an oversight to examine Spain\u2019s tax system without mentioning its wealth levy \u2014 collected alongside inheritance taxes, gift taxes, a property transfer tax, and capital duties. Spain is one of only three European countries, alongside Norway and Switzerland, to collect such a levy. \u201cThese taxes usually don\u2019t collect much revenue,\u201d said Poza Cid, although \u201cwe do see wealthy individuals leaving Spain because of it\u201d. Spain has both a tax on wealth above \u20ac700,000, as well as a separate \u2018solidarity wealth tax\u2019, applied on those with a net wealth of \u20ac3 million, with tax rates between 1.7% and 3.5%. Many regions have decided to set lower rates by offering relief on that baseline.\n\nRedistributive goals\n\nGiulio Allevato, professor of tax law at IE University in Madrid, told Euronews that competition between regional powers is, however, a double-edged sword. \u201cTax competition in general is a good thing as it leads to efficiency and effectiveness,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut there is also the risk that it might turn into a race to the bottom and increase the fragmentation and complexity of the tax system.\u201d According to Allevato, this is playing out on a Europe-wide level as well as at a Spanish level, with nations like Ireland and Luxembourg reaping the benefits of aggressive policies to the detriment of other countries \u2014 a practice the OECD is seeking to tackle.\n\nAllevato also argued that the Tax Foundation\u2019s ranking doesn\u2019t pay enough attention to redistributive goals, a key focus of the Spanish system. \u201cThis of course might make the ecosystem less attractive for certain types of taxpayers,\u201d he said, \u201cbut at the same time it reinforces social cohesion and social equality, and that\u2019s also important for investors deciding whether or not to invest in the country.\u201d While wealth in Spain is still spread unevenly across the population, the nation has a lower level of wealth inequality than many of its European peers.\n\nAlthough experts may disagree on the effectiveness of certain policies, there is \u2014 however \u2014 a broad agreement that simplifying the tax system and facilitating compliance should be top priorities. Looking ahead, a major development in the coming years will be the implementation of the OECD\u2019s global minimum tax. A key challenge, according to experts, will be applying it in a way that doesn\u2019t overburden companies. Reducing uncertainty, ensuring even application, and harmonising the policy with national taxes will be crucial.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain\u2019s post-pandemic recovery has emerged as a glimmer of positivity while most of Europe has been stuck in the doldrums. Boosted by tourism and a healthy labour market, the country\u2019s economy has grown at an average rate of 3% since the start of 2024. That\u2019s compared to 1% for the wider eurozone.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this success story of recent years, experts are nonetheless sounding the alarm over Spain\u2019s tax system. A labyrinth of inefficient policies, according to critics, risks undermining growth by deterring investors and wealthy individuals. \u201cSpain has one of the most complex tax systems in Europe,\u201d said Cristina Enache, global tax economist at the Tax Foundation. \u201cThe central government could learn some valuable lessons about sound tax policy from its regional governments and other European countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among 38 OECD countries included in the Tax Foundation\u2019s annual Competitiveness Index, Spain has dropped to 34th position. According to Enache, who worked on the index, this is linked to Spain\u2019s poor performance in five key categories. These include corporate income tax, individual taxes, consumption taxes, property taxes, and the international tax system.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of corporate income tax, one of Spain\u2019s downfalls is that it offers both a patent box and an R&D credit to encourage business innovation, said Enache. \u201cIt\u2019s good for companies to have only one way to increase research and development,\u201d she explained. A patent box means that businesses pay lower taxes on profits they earn from patented inventions, while the R&D credit is another form of tax relief to reward innovation. While the policies are designed to support companies, critics argue they distort economic decisions and make the tax system more complex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//03//15//rewarding-tax-havens-why-ireland-may-cash-in-on-oecd-reforms/">Rewarding tax havens? Why Ireland may cash in on OECD reforms<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//02//21//french-lawmakers-back-tax-on-ultra-rich-proposed-by-ecologist-party/">French lawmakers back tax on ultra-rich proposed by Ecologist Party<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the concerns that companies have, and in particular big companies in Spain, is that there are multiple taxes,\u201d said Roberta Poza Cid, Deloitte's EU tax policy leader. \u201cThere is also a lack of legal certainty over potential changes and a lack of neutrality,\u201d she added, pointing to instances of double taxation. For example, companies in the banking or energy sectors must pay a windfall profits tax on top of corporate income tax.<\/p>\n<p>Another policy affecting businesses is Spain\u2019s Digital Services Tax, a levy on the revenue of companies providing digital services in Spain. European DSTs, primarily targeted at tech giants like Apple and Meta, notably came into the firing line this summer after US President Trump took umbrage with what he dubbed the discrimination of US firms in Europe. In the absence of a concrete international framework on DSTs, which is still in the works, Spain has implemented the tax at a national level. It is one of 12 countries in the OECD to do so. Compared to other nations, Spain\u2019s threshold for taxing revenue is quite low. As it doesn\u2019t tax net income, the DST can also affect less profitable businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>Tax competition between regions<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to individual and property taxes, the state is once again making key missteps, according to the Tax Foundation. For the former, Spain ranks 18th out of 38. For the latter, it comes in lowly 35th place. Spain\u2019s central government has set the top marginal income tax rate at 49%, although many regional authorities have decided to make their own cuts to this threshold. \u201cTax competition between regions is what is keeping Spain from becoming a tax hell,\u201d said Enache. \u201cWe can already see many improvements at a regional level,\u201d she explained. \u201cFor example, La Rioja is the first region in Spain that just agreed that income tax will be indexed to inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//09//22//deadly-for-our-economy-french-billionaire-bernard-arnault-slams-wealth-tax/">'Deadly for our economy': French billionaire Bernard Arnault slams wealth tax<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//30//clear-rejection-switzerland-rejects-compulsory-service-for-women-and-tax-for-the-super-ric/">Clear rejection: Switzerland rejects compulsory service for women and tax for the super-rich<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It would also be an oversight to examine Spain\u2019s tax system without mentioning its wealth levy \u2014 collected alongside inheritance taxes, gift taxes, a property transfer tax, and capital duties. Spain is one of only three European countries, alongside Norway and Switzerland, to collect such a levy. \u201cThese taxes usually don\u2019t collect much revenue,\u201d said Poza Cid, although \u201cwe do see wealthy individuals leaving Spain because of it\u201d. Spain has both a tax on wealth above \u20ac700,000, as well as a separate \u2018solidarity wealth tax\u2019, applied on those with a net wealth of \u20ac3 million, with tax rates between 1.7% and 3.5%. Many regions have decided to set lower rates by offering relief on that baseline.<\/p>\n<h2>Redistributive goals<\/h2>\n<p>Giulio Allevato, professor of tax law at IE University in Madrid, told Euronews that competition between regional powers is, however, a double-edged sword. \u201cTax competition in general is a good thing as it leads to efficiency and effectiveness,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut there is also the risk that it might turn into a race to the bottom and increase the fragmentation and complexity of the tax system.\u201d According to Allevato, this is playing out on a Europe-wide level as well as at a Spanish level, with nations like Ireland and Luxembourg reaping the benefits of aggressive policies to the detriment of other countries \u2014 a practice the OECD is seeking to tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Allevato also argued that the Tax Foundation\u2019s ranking doesn\u2019t pay enough attention to redistributive goals, a key focus of the Spanish system. \u201cThis of course might make the ecosystem less attractive for certain types of taxpayers,\u201d he said, \u201cbut at the same time it reinforces social cohesion and social equality, and that\u2019s also important for investors deciding whether or not to invest in the country.\u201d While wealth in Spain is still spread unevenly across the population, the nation has a lower level of wealth inequality than many of its European peers.<\/p>\n<p>Although experts may disagree on the effectiveness of certain policies, there is \u2014 however \u2014 a broad agreement that simplifying the tax system and facilitating compliance should be top priorities. Looking ahead, a major development in the coming years will be the implementation of the OECD\u2019s global minimum tax. A key challenge, according to experts, will be applying it in a way that doesn\u2019t overburden companies. Reducing uncertainty, ensuring even application, and harmonising the policy with national taxes will be crucial.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765272010,"updatedAt":1765346514,"publishedAt":1765346459,"firstPublishedAt":1765346459,"lastPublishedAt":1765346513,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/65\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cb7cd23a-f0b6-55c1-97fc-5ebb78075021-9576516.jpg","altText":"A partial view of the Madrid skyline as seen from a terrace in Spain. 15 March 2021.","caption":"A partial view of the Madrid skyline as seen from a terrace in Spain. 15 March 2021.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Manu Fernandez","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2734,"urlSafeValue":"butler","title":"Eleanor 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wave sweeps tourists at least 3 dead","daletPyramidId":3533374,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Powerful wave kills four at popular seawater pool in Spain's Tenerife","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Powerful wave kills four at popular seawater pool in Spain's Tenerife","titleListing2":"Powerful wave kills four at popular seawater pool in Spain's Tenerife","leadin":"The pool at Isla Cangrejo, on Tenerife's Los Gigantes coast, is popular with foreign tourists, according to local media.","summary":"The pool at Isla Cangrejo, on Tenerife's Los Gigantes coast, is popular with foreign tourists, according to local media.","keySentence":"","url":"three-killed-in-tenerife-tidal-surge-sweeping-tourists-into-the-ocean","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/08\/three-killed-in-tenerife-tidal-surge-sweeping-tourists-into-the-ocean","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Four people died and one remained missing after a powerful wave dragged a group of swimmers out to sea while they were in a popular seawater pool along the rocky, western coastline of the Spanish island of Tenerife, Spanish authorities said Monday.\n\nCrews recovered three bodies on Sunday, a 35-year-old man, a 55-year-old woman and another man about whom no information was given, during a major rescue operation that used jet skis and helicopters to locate and pick up all those dragged out to sea.\n\nThe fourth, a woman, died Monday, a day after being revived at the scene and airlifted to a hospital.\n\nNo additional information about the identities of the victims was provided.\n\nThe pool at Isla Cangrejo, on Tenerife's Los Gigantes coast, is popular with foreign tourists, according to local media.\n\nBordered by volcanic rock on one side and cemented off from the sea on the other, the pool sits at nearly sea level and can be dangerous during rough seas when large waves can easily overcome the cement barrier.\n\nLocal media reported that a weather advisory for rough seas was in effect at the time when the swimmers were swept out to sea. One media outlet reported that the pool had been closed to swimmers since 3 December.\n\nArea residents said swimmers had ignored signs and fencing put up to prevent anyone from going into the pool because of the weather conditions. They said it's very difficult for anyone dragged out to sea to get a foothold on slippery rocks just below the pool.\n\n\"People...don\u2019t know how the sea is here, and the danger of the pool, because there are rocks below on which people fall and can't get back up. It's very dangerous,\" said one local resident.\n\nEmilio Navarro, the mayor of Santiago Del Tiede, offered his condolences to the families of the dead and said rescue crews continued on Monday to search for the missing swimmer.\n\nHe said authorities take steps to warn bathers of the dangers and to dissuade them from using the pool during rough seas.\n\n\"We...ask people to pay attention to the signage put up by the authorities,\" he said. \"It's to take care of and protect everyone.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Four people died and one remained missing after a powerful wave dragged a group of swimmers out to sea while they were in a popular seawater pool along the rocky, western coastline of the Spanish island of Tenerife, Spanish authorities said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Crews recovered three bodies on Sunday, a 35-year-old man, a 55-year-old woman and another man about whom no information was given, during a major rescue operation that used jet skis and helicopters to locate and pick up all those dragged out to sea.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth, a woman, died Monday, a day after being revived at the scene and airlifted to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>No additional information about the identities of the victims was provided.<\/p>\n<p>The pool at Isla Cangrejo, on Tenerife's Los Gigantes coast, is popular with foreign tourists, according to local media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1997785770468266193\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Bordered by volcanic rock on one side and cemented off from the sea on the other, the pool sits at nearly sea level and can be dangerous during rough seas when large waves can easily overcome the cement barrier.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported that a weather advisory for rough seas was in effect at the time when the swimmers were swept out to sea. One media outlet reported that the pool had been closed to swimmers since 3 December.<\/p>\n<p>Area residents said swimmers had ignored signs and fencing put up to prevent anyone from going into the pool because of the weather conditions. They said it's very difficult for anyone dragged out to sea to get a foothold on slippery rocks just below the pool.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//07//tenerife-introduces-new-eco-tax-as-canary-islands-report-record-tourist-numbers/">Tenerife introduces new eco-tax as Canary Islands report record tourist numbers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//05//19//tenerife-protesters-demand-action-on-mass-tourism-impact/">Tenerife protesters demand action on mass tourism impact<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"People...don\u2019t know how the sea is here, and the danger of the pool, because there are rocks below on which people fall and can't get back up. It's very dangerous,\" said one local resident.<\/p>\n<p>Emilio Navarro, the mayor of Santiago Del Tiede, offered his condolences to the families of the dead and said rescue crews continued on Monday to search for the missing swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>He said authorities take steps to warn bathers of the dangers and to dissuade them from using the pool during rough seas.<\/p>\n<p>\"We...ask people to pay attention to the signage put up by the authorities,\" he said. \"It's to take care of and protect everyone.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765174679,"updatedAt":1765215974,"publishedAt":1765202377,"firstPublishedAt":1765202377,"lastPublishedAt":1765215974,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/49\/11\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_075161e1-7aec-500f-9cea-dc2118057f58-9574911.jpg","altText":"The natural swimming pools on Tenerife are a favourite spot for tourists. Unpredictable waves caused the deaths of three people.","caption":"The natural swimming pools on Tenerife are a favourite spot for tourists. Unpredictable waves caused the deaths of three people.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Joan Mateu\/Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":2159,"slug":"tenerife","urlSafeValue":"tenerife","title":"Tenerife","titleRaw":"Tenerife"},{"id":4221,"slug":"tourism","urlSafeValue":"tourism","title":"Tourism","titleRaw":"Tourism"},{"id":10361,"slug":"sea","urlSafeValue":"sea","title":"Sea","titleRaw":"Sea"},{"id":10989,"slug":"coastal-management","urlSafeValue":"coastal-management","title":"Coastal management","titleRaw":"Coastal management"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2845135},{"id":2836830},{"id":2585918}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":435,"urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","url":"\/news\/europe\/spain"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"de","storyId":9574911,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/12\/08\/three-killed-in-tenerife-tidal-surge-sweeping-tourists-into-the-ocean","lastModified":1765215974},{"id":2851984,"cid":9572095,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"11 arrests smuggling of 300 foreign workers - ES TEAM","daletPyramidId":3508270,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Spanish police arrest 11 over alleged smuggling of 300 mostly Nepalese foreign workers","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Spain police arrest 11 over alleged smuggling of 300 foreign workers","titleListing2":"Police in Spain make 11 arrests over alleged smuggling of 300 foreign workers","leadin":"In a statement, police said most of those smuggled had entered on tourist visas, including for other countries within the European Union's Schengen area.","summary":"In a statement, police said most of those smuggled had entered on tourist visas, including for other countries within the European Union's Schengen area.","keySentence":"","url":"spanish-police-arrest-11-over-alleged-smuggling-of-300-mostly-nepalese-foreign-workers","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/04\/spanish-police-arrest-11-over-alleged-smuggling-of-300-mostly-nepalese-foreign-workers","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Spanish police said on Thursday they had broken up a criminal network linked to smuggling 300 workers into the country, mostly from Nepal.\n\nThe workers were placed illegally on farms in central and eastern Spain.\n\nPolice arrested 11 people and are investigating two others. A total of 322 people, most from Nepal, were among the victims.\n\nOf those, 294 lacked proper documentation to live and work in Spain.\n\nIn a statement, police said most of those smuggled had entered on tourist visas, including for other countries within the European Union's Schengen area, which is made up of 25 of the 27 EU member countries, plus Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.\n\nOnce in Spain, the workers were recruited and moved to various parts of the country, where their labour rights were denied, police said.\n\nIn a video released by Spanish police, scores of people sat side-by-side on mattresses lined up in a low-lit room.\n\nPolice said the criminal network arranged for the victims' accommodation in Albacete, in south east Spain.\n\nThey were crammed into rooms with poor ventilation and limited access to bathrooms in \"living conditions that were completely undignified and inhumane,\" police said.\n\nFrom that location, they were allegedly transported on a daily basis to farms. The trips were made in vans, some of which didn't meet safety standards, police said, adding that on one occasion a Nepalese national died in a traffic accident.\n\nPolice allege that in many cases the victims employed by the criminal network didn't receive pay for months of work, besides being provided very basic meals.\n\nAccording to the World Bank, over 20% of Nepal's 30 million people live in poverty.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spanish police said on Thursday they had broken up a criminal network linked to smuggling 300 workers into the country, mostly from Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>The workers were placed illegally on farms in central and eastern Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested 11 people and are investigating two others. A total of 322 people, most from Nepal, were among the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, 294 lacked proper documentation to live and work in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, police said most of those smuggled had entered on tourist visas, including for other countries within the European Union's Schengen area, which is made up of 25 of the 27 EU member countries, plus Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//20//95//808x539_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg/" alt=\"Temporary workers plant strawberries on a farm in Almonte, 18 October, 2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/384x256_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/640x427_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/750x500_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/828x552_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/1080x720_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/1200x800_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f07dcdc3-b037-5e2e-b95a-569b70b892ed-9572095.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Temporary workers plant strawberries on a farm in Almonte, 18 October, 2022<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Once in Spain, the workers were recruited and moved to various parts of the country, where their labour rights were denied, police said.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released by Spanish police, scores of people sat side-by-side on mattresses lined up in a low-lit room.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the criminal network arranged for the victims' accommodation in Albacete, in south east Spain.<\/p>\n<p>They were crammed into rooms with poor ventilation and limited access to bathrooms in \"living conditions that were completely undignified and inhumane,\" police said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget 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https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/828x552_cmsv2_e4d00ed1-39ba-527c-b2f6-f5f48aaac2b9-9572095.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/1080x720_cmsv2_e4d00ed1-39ba-527c-b2f6-f5f48aaac2b9-9572095.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/1200x800_cmsv2_e4d00ed1-39ba-527c-b2f6-f5f48aaac2b9-9572095.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/95\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e4d00ed1-39ba-527c-b2f6-f5f48aaac2b9-9572095.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Nepalese man sleeps at a junkyard in Kathmandu, 17 October, 2011<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>From that location, they were allegedly transported on a daily basis to farms. The trips were made in vans, some of which didn't meet safety standards, police said, adding that on one occasion a Nepalese national died in a traffic accident.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege that in many cases the victims employed by the criminal network didn't receive pay for months of work, besides being provided very basic meals.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Bank, over 20% of Nepal's 30 million people live in poverty.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764867791,"updatedAt":1764920402,"publishedAt":1764868383,"firstPublishedAt":1764868383,"lastPublishedAt":1764868383,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/20\/69\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_06fa74d2-0e22-5e59-9759-3b7fc2dd9213-9572069.jpg","altText":"Screenshot of the images released by the National Police in X. ","caption":"Screenshot of the images released by the National Police in X. 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Madrid's consular network, with 178 offices worldwide, is facing collapse.","summary":"The Law of Democratic Memory has unleashed an avalanche of applications for Spanish nationality, with more than 1 million files already initiated and another 1.3 million pending processing. Madrid's consular network, with 178 offices worldwide, is facing collapse.","keySentence":"","url":"spain-overwhelmed-by-23-million-citizenship-applications-from-franco-era-descendants","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/03\/spain-overwhelmed-by-23-million-citizenship-applications-from-franco-era-descendants","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Spain received more than 2.3 million applications for citizenship from descendants of people who fled the country during the rule of dictator Francisco Franco, overwhelming its consular services worldwide.\n\nOver 1 million people formally applied for Spanish nationality under the Law of Democratic Memory since the programme launched in October 2022, with another 1.3 million scheduling appointments they have not yet been able to attend due to massive backlogs, according to the General Council of Spanish Citizenship Abroad (CGCEE).\n\nSpain has approved approximately half of the 1 million cases processed so far, rejecting barely 2%. Many cases remain pending final registration.\n\nThe programme, known as the \"Grandchildren's Law,\" generated nearly five times more applications than Spain's 2007 Historical Memory Law, which received 503,439 requests.\n\nDecades-long wait predicted\n\nThe Law of Democratic Memory aimed to address historical injustices by granting Spanish citizenship to descendants of people forced to leave Spain between 1936 and 1978 during the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship.\n\nThe law initially gave applicants two years to apply, and later extended to three years. The deadline closed 21 October.\n\nEligibility included children and grandchildren of Spaniards who lost citizenship due to political, ideological or religious exile, or because of their sexual orientation.\n\nThe law also covered children of Spanish women who lost citizenship by marrying foreigners before Spain's 1978 Constitution, and adult children of people who gained Spanish citizenship under the 2007 Historical Memory Law.\n\nA surge of applications before the October deadline exceeded all forecasts and consular capacity. Spanish authorities adopted a flexible interpretation, accepting applications from anyone who requested an appointment online before the deadline, even if they had not yet submitted documents.\n\nSources involved in the process acknowledge that at current processing rates, some applicants could wait decades. Elderly applicants may not live to see their cases resolved.\n\nArgentina dominates applications\n\nArgentina accounted for nearly 40% of applications \u2014 approximately 1 million including those still awaiting appointments. The Buenos Aires consulate alone received 645,000 applications, followed by C\u00f3rdoba with 125,000.\n\nOther heavily affected consulates include Havana (350,000), Mexico City (165,000), S\u00e3o Paulo (150,000), Miami (120,000) and Caracas (40,000), according to CGCEE data.\n\nThe law established two routes to Spanish nationality. The first, designed as historical reparation, benefits children and grandchildren of the Franco dictatorship exiles and victims. For those who emigrated between 1936 and 1955, the law automatically presumes exile status, requiring only proof of departure, such as passports or civil registers.\n\nThose who left between 1956 and 1978 must also provide evidence of exile status, such as pensions, certificates from international organisations, or reports from political parties or democratic memory organisations.\n\nThe second, simpler route \u2014 which explains much of the surge in applications \u2014 allows anyone born outside Spain with Spanish parents or grandparents to obtain citizenship. Applicants need only prove Spanish ancestry through birth certificates.\n\nThis provision continued a pathway from the 2007 Historical Memory Law but expanded eligibility to include grandchildren, not just children.\n\nSpain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated processing could continue until 2028 despite the October 2025 application deadline.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain received more than 2.3 million applications for citizenship from descendants of people who fled the country during the rule of dictator Francisco Franco, overwhelming its consular services worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1 million people formally applied for Spanish nationality under the Law of Democratic Memory since the programme launched in October 2022, with another 1.3 million scheduling appointments they have not yet been able to attend due to massive backlogs, according to the General Council of Spanish Citizenship Abroad (CGCEE).<\/p>\n<p>Spain has approved approximately half of the 1 million cases processed so far, rejecting barely 2%. Many cases remain pending final registration.<\/p>\n<p>The programme, known as the \"Grandchildren's Law,\" generated nearly five times more applications than Spain's 2007 Historical Memory Law, which received 503,439 requests.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Decades-long wait predicted<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Law of Democratic Memory aimed to address historical injustices by granting Spanish citizenship to descendants of people forced to leave Spain between 1936 and 1978 during the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>The law initially gave applicants two years to apply, and later extended to three years. The deadline closed 21 October.<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility included children and grandchildren of Spaniards who lost citizenship due to political, ideological or religious exile, or because of their sexual orientation. <\/p>\n<p>The law also covered children of Spanish women who lost citizenship by marrying foreigners before Spain's 1978 Constitution, and adult children of people who gained Spanish citizenship under the 2007 Historical Memory Law.<\/p>\n<p>A surge of applications before the October deadline exceeded all forecasts and consular capacity. Spanish authorities adopted a flexible interpretation, accepting applications from anyone who requested an appointment online before the deadline, even if they had not yet submitted documents.<\/p>\n<p>Sources involved in the process acknowledge that at current processing rates, some applicants could wait decades. Elderly applicants may not live to see their cases resolved.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Argentina dominates applications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Argentina accounted for nearly 40% of applications \u2014 approximately 1 million including those still awaiting appointments. The Buenos Aires consulate alone received 645,000 applications, followed by C\u00f3rdoba with 125,000.<\/p>\n<p>Other heavily affected consulates include Havana (350,000), Mexico City (165,000), S\u00e3o Paulo (150,000), Miami (120,000) and Caracas (40,000), according to CGCEE data.<\/p>\n<p>The law established two routes to Spanish nationality. The first, designed as historical reparation, benefits children and grandchildren of the Franco dictatorship exiles and victims. For those who emigrated between 1936 and 1955, the law automatically presumes exile status, requiring only proof of departure, such as passports or civil registers.<\/p>\n<p>Those who left between 1956 and 1978 must also provide evidence of exile status, such as pensions, certificates from international organisations, or reports from political parties or democratic memory organisations.<\/p>\n<p>The second, simpler route \u2014 which explains much of the surge in applications \u2014 allows anyone born outside Spain with Spanish parents or grandparents to obtain citizenship. Applicants need only prove Spanish ancestry through birth certificates.<\/p>\n<p>This provision continued a pathway from the 2007 Historical Memory Law but expanded eligibility to include grandchildren, not just children.<\/p>\n<p>Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated processing could continue until 2028 despite the October 2025 application deadline.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764658826,"updatedAt":1764749814,"publishedAt":1764749810,"firstPublishedAt":1764749810,"lastPublishedAt":1764749810,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"FILE: A paratrooper member of Spain's Armed Forces carries a Spanish flag during a military parade marking 'Dia de la Hispanidad' or Hispanic Day, in Madrid, 12 October 2025","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"FILE: A paratrooper member of Spain's Armed Forces carries a Spanish flag during a military parade marking 'Dia de la Hispanidad' or Hispanic Day, in Madrid, 12 October 2025","url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/83\/77\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2f719422-24f6-5288-b67a-57d407772e61-9568377.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"caraballo","twitter":null,"id":3232,"title":"Cristian Caraballo"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"urlSafeValue":"immigration","titleRaw":"Immigration","id":147,"title":"Immigration","slug":"immigration"},{"urlSafeValue":"spain","titleRaw":"Spain","id":7809,"title":"Spain","slug":"spain"},{"urlSafeValue":"democracy","titleRaw":"Democracy","id":12581,"title":"Democracy","slug":"democracy"},{"urlSafeValue":"pedro-sanchez","titleRaw":"Pedro S\u00e1nchez","id":15364,"title":"Pedro S\u00e1nchez","slug":"pedro-sanchez"},{"urlSafeValue":"memoria-historica","titleRaw":"Historical memory","id":16082,"title":"Historical memory","slug":"memoria-historica"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":935014},{"id":2851984}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"endDate":0,"startDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":1,"title":"News","slug":"news"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"urlSafeValue":"news","id":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":435,"urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","url":"\/news\/europe\/spain"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"es","storyId":9567139,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/12\/03\/spain-overwhelmed-by-23-million-citizenship-applications-from-franco-era-descendants","lastModified":1764749810},{"id":2850315,"cid":9565124,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Spanish police camorra - 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In that attack, a man was shot 12 times in a public street.\n\nFollowing an alert via the ENFAST network, investigators located and arrested the second suspect at a holiday rental flat in Roquetas de Mar in Almer\u00eda.\n\nBoth detainees have been placed at the disposal of the Audiencia Nacional, which will handle their extradition to Italian judicial authorities, according to Spanish outlets.\n\nThe arrests come amid a growing Camorra presence in the Canary Islands. In September 2021, Spanish police dismantled a major money-laundering operation in southern Tenerife with 106 arrests, involving members from different Italian mafia clans including the Camorra Napolitana.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spanish National Police have arrested two fugitives linked to the Neapolitan Camorra criminal organisation one in Tenerife and another in Almer\u00eda, both wanted by Italy under European arrest warrants. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects face combined prison sentences of up to 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began in late October following a cooperation request through the National Police's information exchange agreements with FAST Italy and the Sirene bureau. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1994337552812184054\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Italy issued a European arrest warrant for one suspect on charges of blackmail, extortion, kidnapping, illegal detention and hostage-taking, carrying a potential 30-year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The arrested man is considered a high-value target as one of the leaders of Cancello-Raia-Cifariello, a criminal group within the Neapolitan Camorra. <\/p>\n<p>He was arrested last Wednesday in the Rocas de Mar tourist complex in Tenerife, from where he allegedly continued directing the criminal organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities located him less than 24 hours after the arrest warrant was issued.<\/p>\n<p>The second fugitive was wanted for membership in a criminal organisation and homicide after participating in a 2024 shooting in the Italian town of Striano. In that attack, a man was shot 12 times in a public street.<\/p>\n<p>Following an alert via the ENFAST network, investigators located and arrested the second suspect at a holiday rental flat in Roquetas de Mar in Almer\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p>Both detainees have been placed at the disposal of the Audiencia Nacional, which will handle their extradition to Italian judicial authorities, according to Spanish outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests come amid a growing Camorra presence in the Canary Islands. In September 2021, Spanish police dismantled a major money-laundering operation in southern Tenerife with 106 arrests, involving members from different Italian mafia clans including the Camorra Napolitana.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764328316,"updatedAt":1764328995,"publishedAt":1764328991,"firstPublishedAt":1764328991,"lastPublishedAt":1764328991,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/49\/97\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cd9f03b9-b89c-543a-b4c4-4db446def4be-9564997.jpg","altText":"Archive image of two National Police officers.","caption":"Archive image of two National Police officers.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"X: policia","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1195,"height":796}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2826,"urlSafeValue":"munoz-morillo","title":"Maria Mu\u00f1oz 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This has been driven by a plethora of factors, including tourism, investments from the EU Recovery and Resilience Funds and increased government spending.\n\nHowever, researchers warn that Spain is among the European countries \u201cmost exposed\u201d to climate change, with the country experiencing some of the most severe human and economic losses on the continent.\u00a0\n\nA threat to Spain\u2019s growth\n\n\u201cRising temperatures, frequent and intense droughts, floods, heatwaves and wildfires increasingly threaten the country\u2019s future growth, environment and public health,\u201d the report reads.\n\n\u201cEnhancing resilience will require targeted adaptation investments and robust infrastructure.\u201d\n\nDespite advances in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, economic and human losses from disasters are on the rise. These disasters are increasing in severity and frequency.\n\nExperts predict that extreme weather in Spain has already resulted in \u20ac12.2 billion worth of losses in 2025, and that will increase to \u20ac34.8 billion by 2029.\n\nHow is climate change harming Spain\u2019s economy?\n\nThe report describes flooding as one of Spain\u2019s most \u201cdamaging natural hazards\u201d, which is being intensified by the urbanisation of high-risk areas.\u00a0\n\nJust last month, heavy rain flooded roads and left tourists stranded as Storm Alice battered parts of the Mediterranean coast. Flash floods hit Catalonia, rapidly transforming streets into rivers of mud, while train services between Barcelona and Valencia were temporarily suspended.\n\nIn Ibiza, dozens of flights were cancelled as emergency crews were dispatched to rescue several people trapped inside vehicles on the island.\u00a0\n\nStill, the extreme rainfall seemed like nothing compared to the flash floods that struck Valencia last year, which killed 229 people. The DANA (Isolated High Level Depression) unloaded torrential rains that set historic records: more than 770 litres per square metre in 24 hours in Tur\u00eds and overflowing rivers in the Rambla del Poyo.\n\nExperts say there is no doubt that these kinds of explosive downpours are \u201cintensified\u201d by climate change, even if an exact cause can\u2019t be identified.\n\nHeatwaves and health risks\n\nThe increased duration and frequency of heatwaves are also increasing health risks and reducing productivity in major cities.\n\nAccording to the OECD report, this raises the need for \u201cfurther integrating heat adaptation into urban planning and building codes\u201d.\u00a0\n\nSpain\u2019s 2025 summer was the hottest on record, with average temperatures of 24.2\u2103 between 1 June and 31 August. The highest single-day temperature of 45.8\u2103 was recorded in Jerez de la Frontera, in southern Spain, on 17 August during a heatwave.\n\nThese scorching temperatures, combined with strong winds, created the perfect conditions for wildfires to rapidly spread across the country.\u00a0\n\nSince the start of 2025, more than 380,00 hectares of land have been burned, almost five times the yearly average, claiming the lives of at least eight people.\n\nScientists warn that the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled the fires are now around 40 times more frequent and around 30 per cent more intense than they would be in a world without climate change.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWith every fraction of a degree of warming, extreme long-lasting heatwaves will continue to intensify, increasing the chance of huge wildfires like the ones that burned vast areas of the Iberian Peninsula,\u201d warned Dr Clair Barnes, researcher for the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London.\n\nSpain\u2019s renewable energy drive\n\nDespite the country\u2019s devastating extreme weather events, Spain has significantly expanded its renewable electricity capabilities - with solar and wind power now supplying more than half of its annual generation.\n\nWhile this means Spain is on track to meet its decarbonisation goals, the OECD warns that electricity demand is projected to rise by more than 40 per cent by 2030.\n\n\u201cThis growth reinforces the need to continue expanding investments in grid infrastructure, interconnections and storage, while implementing measures to face curtailment and grid congestion,\u201d the report adds.\n\nSpain is also struggling to slash transport-related emissions, which account for one-third of its overall footprint. Experts argue that rising vehicle ownership and weak price signals to switch to cleaner alternatives have \u201cpartially offset efficiency gains\u201d.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain is being urged to strengthen its climate resilience and advance decarbonisation efforts to protect its economy.<\/p>\n<p>A new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found the Spanish economy has held up \u201cremarkably well\u201d following a slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Steady GDP growth has been recorded in recent years, with Spain surpassing many of its European peers. This has been driven by a plethora of factors, including tourism, investments from the EU Recovery and Resilience Funds and increased government spending.<\/p>\n<p>However, researchers warn that Spain is among the European countries \u201cmost exposed\u201d to climate change, with the country experiencing some of the most severe human and economic losses on the continent. <\/p>\n<h2>A threat to Spain\u2019s growth<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cRising temperatures, frequent and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//09//15//europe-faces-billions-in-losses-from-summer-heatwaves-droughts-and-floods-study-warns/">intense droughts<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> floods, heatwaves and<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//11//25//uk-dangerously-unprepared-for-growing-threat-of-climate-change-as-2025-wildfires-break-rec/"> <strong>wildfires<\/strong> <\/a>increasingly threaten the country\u2019s future growth, environment and public health,\u201d the report reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnhancing resilience will require targeted adaptation investments and robust infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite advances in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, economic and human losses from disasters are on the rise. These disasters are increasing in severity and frequency.<\/p>\n<p>Experts predict that extreme weather in Spain has already resulted in \u20ac12.2 billion worth of losses in 2025, and that will increase to \u20ac34.8 billion by 2029.<\/p>\n<h2>How is climate change harming Spain\u2019s economy?<\/h2>\n<p>The report describes flooding as one of Spain\u2019s most \u201cdamaging natural hazards\u201d, which is being intensified by the urbanisation of high-risk areas. <\/p>\n<p>Just last month, heavy rain flooded roads and left tourists stranded as<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//10//13//spain-weather-warnings-storm-alice-brings-floods-and-travel-chaos-to-catalonia-valencia-an/">Storm Alice<\/strong> <\/a>battered parts of the Mediterranean coast. Flash floods hit Catalonia, rapidly transforming streets into rivers of mud, while train services between Barcelona and Valencia were temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n<p>In Ibiza, dozens of flights were cancelled as emergency crews were dispatched to rescue several people trapped inside vehicles on the island. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//26//madrid-streets-fill-with-thousands-protesting-gender-violence-in-spain/">Madrid streets fill with thousands protesting gender violence in Spain<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//25//spain-nominates-new-attorney-general-after-predecessors-conviction-for-data-leak/">Spain nominates new attorney general after predecessor's conviction for data leak<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Still, the extreme rainfall seemed like nothing compared to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//29//one-year-after-valencias-deadly-flooding-experts-warn-it-could-happen-again/">flash floods that struck Valencia<\/strong><\/a> last year, which killed 229 people. The DANA (Isolated High Level Depression) unloaded torrential rains that set historic records: more than 770 litres per square metre in 24 hours in Tur\u00eds and overflowing rivers in the Rambla del Poyo.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say there is no doubt that these kinds of explosive downpours are \u201cintensified\u201d by climate change, even if an exact cause can\u2019t be identified.<\/p>\n<h2>Heatwaves and health risks<\/h2>\n<p>The increased duration and frequency of heatwaves are also increasing health risks and reducing productivity in major cities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the OECD report, this raises the need for \u201cfurther integrating heat adaptation into urban planning and building codes\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s 2025 summer was the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//09//16//spain-sweltered-through-hottest-summer-on-record-in-2025-weather-agency-says/">hottest on record<\/strong><\/a>, with average temperatures of 24.2\u2103 between 1 June and 31 August. The highest single-day temperature of 45.8\u2103 was recorded in Jerez de la Frontera, in southern Spain, on 17 August during a heatwave.<\/p>\n<p>These scorching temperatures, combined with strong winds, created the perfect conditions for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//08//21//spains-sees-worst-wildfire-season-since-1994-with-382000-hectares-burned-so-far-in-2025/">wildfires <\/a>to rapidly spread across the country. <\/p>\n<p>Since the start of 2025, more than 380,00 hectares of land have been burned, almost five times the yearly average, claiming the lives of at least eight people.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists warn that the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled the fires are now around 40 times more frequent and around 30 per cent more intense than they would be in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//09//04//climate-change-fuelled-wildfires-of-unprecedented-intensity-in-spain-and-portugal-experts-/">world without climate change<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith every fraction of a degree of warming, extreme long-lasting heatwaves will continue to intensify, increasing the chance of huge wildfires like the ones that burned vast areas of the Iberian Peninsula,\u201d warned Dr Clair Barnes, researcher for the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London.<\/p>\n<h2>Spain\u2019s renewable energy drive<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the country\u2019s devastating extreme weather events, Spain has significantly expanded its renewable electricity capabilities - with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//12//wind-and-solar-have-risen-to-new-highs-in-the-eu-overtaking-fossil-fuels-for-the-first-tim/">solar and wind power<\/strong><\/a> now supplying more than half of its annual generation.<\/p>\n<p>While this means Spain is on track to meet its decarbonisation goals, the OECD warns that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//10//14//renewables-are-now-the-worlds-biggest-source-of-electricity-is-it-enough-to-stop-climate-c/">electricity demand<\/strong> <\/a>is projected to rise by more than 40 per cent by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis growth reinforces the need to continue expanding investments in grid infrastructure, interconnections and storage, while implementing measures to face curtailment and grid congestion,\u201d the report adds.<\/p>\n<p>Spain is also struggling to slash transport-related emissions, which account for one-third of its overall footprint. Experts argue that rising vehicle ownership and weak price signals to switch to cleaner alternatives have \u201cpartially offset efficiency gains\u201d. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764255232,"updatedAt":1764316281,"publishedAt":1764313243,"firstPublishedAt":1764313243,"lastPublishedAt":1764313243,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/40\/53\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_231f2981-0326-58e5-811e-63aa57b320bc-9564053.jpg","altText":"A view of charred vegetation after a wildfire in Caridade, northwestern Spain, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.","caption":"A view of charred vegetation after a wildfire in Caridade, northwestern Spain, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. 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In its previous stage under the name C\u00edvitas Metropolitano, it became the first 100 per cent digital stadium in Europe, an infrastructure managed from an intelligent control room that coordinates a thousand screens, 160 security cameras, 7,000 network points and 1,600 WiFi points with 5G coverage.\n\nThis connectivity has enabled projects such as 5G Multicam, which offers fans real-time images from angles normally inaccessible through 360\u00ba cameras and virtual reality experiences.\n\nThis digital vision is not only about efficiency, but also about a more powerful emotional experience. 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The 63-year-old is renowned as one of the nation's leading experts on combating violence against women.\n\nFollowing a months-long investigation and trial, Spain's top court last week found the previous attorney general, \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Ortiz, guilty in a leak case.\n\nHe was suspended for two years for sharing private information about Alberto Gonz\u00e1lez Amador, when the businessman was under investigation for alleged tax fraud.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez Amador is the partner of Madrid\u2019s influential regional leader Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso, one of Spain's main opposition leaders.\n\nThe court ordered that Garc\u00eda Ortiz pay 7,200 euros in fines and 10,000 euros ($11,500) in damages to Gonz\u00e1lez Amador, as well as the court fees.\n\nIn the wake of the court ruling, Garc\u00eda Ortiz announced his resignation as attorney general. He had denied any wrongdoing during the legal proceedings.\n\nThe trial gripped Spain, marking the first time in its modern history that a top prosecutor had faced a criminal trial.\n\nThe ruling dealt a huge blow to the coalition government of socialist Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, who appointed Garc\u00eda Ortiz in 2022 and defended his innocence repeatedly.\n\nIt is one of several cases that have implicated people close to S\u00e1nchez.\n\nSpeaking on Tuesday, Justice Minister F\u00e9lix Bola\u00f1os described Peramato as the \"ideal person\" to replace Garc\u00eda Ortiz.\n\nPeramato's nomination must still reviewed by the judges' ruling body, the CGPJ, and face a confirmation hearing in parliament before being formally appointed by King Felipe.\n\nShe would be the fourth person to fill the post since Sanchez took office in 2018.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain's government has nominated veteran prosecutor Teresa Peramato as the next attorney general, after the previous incumbent was convicted of leaking confidential information about the partner of a leading opposition politician.<\/p>\n<p>Peramato has more than 35 years of experience as a prosecutor, most recently serving as the chief criminal prosecutor at the Supreme Court. The 63-year-old is renowned as one of the nation's leading experts on combating violence against women.<\/p>\n<p>Following a months-long investigation and trial, Spain's top court last week found the previous attorney general, \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Ortiz, guilty in a leak case. <\/p>\n<p>He was suspended for two years for sharing private information about Alberto Gonz\u00e1lez Amador, when the businessman was under investigation for alleged tax fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez Amador is the partner of Madrid\u2019s influential regional leader Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso, one of Spain's main opposition leaders. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//17//puigdemont-appeals-to-spains-top-court-to-lift-his-arrest-warrant/">Puigdemont appeals to Spain's top court to lift his arrest warrant<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//11//eu-to-relocate-asylum-seekers-from-spain-italy-greece-and-cyprus-to-other-member-states/">EU to relocate asylum seekers from Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus to other member states<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The court ordered that Garc\u00eda Ortiz pay 7,200 euros in fines and 10,000 euros ($11,500) in damages to Gonz\u00e1lez Amador, as well as the court fees.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the court ruling, Garc\u00eda Ortiz announced his resignation as attorney general. He had denied any wrongdoing during the legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The trial gripped Spain, marking the first time in its modern history that a top prosecutor had faced a criminal trial.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling dealt a huge blow to the coalition government of socialist Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, who appointed Garc\u00eda Ortiz in 2022 and defended his innocence repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of several cases that have implicated people close to S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Tuesday, Justice Minister F\u00e9lix Bola\u00f1os described Peramato as the \"ideal person\" to replace Garc\u00eda Ortiz. <\/p>\n<p>Peramato's nomination must still reviewed by the judges' ruling body, the CGPJ, and face a confirmation hearing in parliament before being formally appointed by King Felipe. <\/p>\n<p>She would be the fourth person to fill the post since Sanchez took office in 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The side grandstand features new and fully operational areas, with enlarged entrances, renovated staircases and updated evacuation systems to meet new safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>The internal infrastructures have also been reinforced, from the telecommunications networks to the stadium's electrical and control systems, with connectivity designed to support matches with tens of thousands of devices connected simultaneously.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1986719751872127393\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The technical areas have also taken a qualitative leap forward. 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government said that it \"respected the decision but does not share it.\"\n\nGarc\u00eda Ortiz was accused of leaking an email to journalists and of writing a press release containing personal information about Alberto Gonz\u00e1lez Amador, when the businessman was under investigation for alleged tax fraud.\n\nThat tax inquiry remains open.\n\nGonz\u00e1lez Amador is the partner of Madrid's influential regional leader Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso, one of Spain's foremost opposition leaders.\n\nGarc\u00eda Ortiz denied any wrongdoing and can appeal to the Constitutional Court.\n\nIn addition to being removed from his post, the court ordered that he pay \u20ac7,200 in fines, \u20ac10,000 in damages to Gonz\u00e1lez Amador and the court fees.\n\nThe trial earlier this month gripped Spanish media. This was the first time in Spain\u2019s modern history that a top prosecutor faced a criminal trial.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain's Supreme Court found the country's Attorney General \u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Ortiz guilty on Thursday of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival.<\/p>\n<p>The court banned Garc\u00eda Ortiz from his post for two years in a 5-2 split.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was released by the court in a short statement and the complete verdict has not been made available.<\/p>\n<p>The government said that it would start the process to nominate a new attorney general in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The decision is a blow to Spain's Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, who defended Garc\u00eda Ortiz during the months-long investigation and trial.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish government said that it \"respected the decision but does not share it.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//55//03//54//808x539_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg/" alt=\"Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez appears before a Senate commission in Madrid, 30 October, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/1920x1280_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez appears before a Senate commission in Madrid, 30 October, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Garc\u00eda Ortiz was accused of leaking an email to journalists and of writing a press release containing personal information about Alberto Gonz\u00e1lez Amador, when the businessman was under investigation for alleged tax fraud.<\/p>\n<p>That tax inquiry remains open.<\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez Amador is the partner of Madrid's influential regional leader Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso, one of Spain's foremost opposition leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Garc\u00eda Ortiz denied any wrongdoing and can appeal to the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being removed from his post, the court ordered that he pay \u20ac7,200 in fines, \u20ac10,000 in damages to Gonz\u00e1lez Amador and the court fees.<\/p>\n<p>The trial earlier this month gripped Spanish media. This was the first time in Spain\u2019s modern history that a top prosecutor faced a criminal trial.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1763650518,"updatedAt":1763652520,"publishedAt":1763652517,"firstPublishedAt":1763652517,"lastPublishedAt":1763652517,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/58\/73\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f0c9a415-b170-58aa-b396-6b6a5902f71f-9555873.jpg","altText":"\u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Ortiz, in an archive image.","caption":"\u00c1lvaro Garc\u00eda Ortiz, in an archive image.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"FGE","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1621,"height":911},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/03\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_43b5f8b8-f7da-521a-aa5a-1478f7a71c97-9550354.jpg","altText":"Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez appears before a Senate commission in Madrid, 30 October, 2025","caption":"Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez appears before a Senate commission in Madrid, 30 October, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3224,"urlSafeValue":"iniguez","title":"Javier Iniguez De Onzono","twitter":null},{"id":3467,"urlSafeValue":"gavin.blackburn@euronews.com","title":"Gavin Blackburn","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":7809,"slug":"spain","urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","titleRaw":"Spain"},{"id":11940,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"news","titleRaw":"news"},{"id":9345,"slug":"spanish-politics","urlSafeValue":"spanish-politics","title":"Spanish politics","titleRaw":"Spanish politics"},{"id":15364,"slug":"pedro-sanchez","urlSafeValue":"pedro-sanchez","title":"Pedro S\u00e1nchez","titleRaw":"Pedro S\u00e1nchez"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2845780},{"id":2849043},{"id":2849350}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":435,"urlSafeValue":"spain","title":"Spain","url":"\/news\/europe\/spain"},"town":{"id":1960,"urlSafeValue":"madrid","title":"Madrid"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":{"id":1,"slug":"deepl","isActive":1},"localisation":{"producerLanguage":"es","storyId":9555692,"online":1},"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":1,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/11\/20\/spain-suspends-attorney-general-for-two-years-after-personal-data-leak-in-tax-fraud-case","lastModified":1763652517},{"id":2847120,"cid":9555146,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"50 years end dictadure - ES Team","daletPyramidId":3363578,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Revisionism on social networks fuels Franco nostalgia among Spanish youth, experts say","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Social networks fuel Franco nostalgia among Spanish youth, experts say","titleListing2":"Social networks fuel Franco nostalgia among Spanish youth, experts say","leadin":"Half a century after Francisco Franco's death, his legacy still sparks debate in Spain, with some young people showing nostalgia for his regime amid rising far-right influence.","summary":"Half a century after Francisco Franco's death, his legacy still sparks debate in Spain, with some young people showing nostalgia for his regime amid rising far-right influence.","keySentence":"","url":"revisionism-on-social-networks-fuel-franco-nostalgia-among-spanish-youth-experts-say","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/20\/revisionism-on-social-networks-fuel-franco-nostalgia-among-spanish-youth-experts-say","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Half a century has passed since his death, yet Spain's fascist dictator Francisco Franco still casts a long shadow.\n\nMore than a fifth of Spaniards now view the Franco dictatorship favourably, with young people most likely to consider democracy inferior to authoritarian rule, according to new government data.\n\nThe Centro de Investigaciones Sociol\u00f3gicas (CIS) found that 21.3% of Spaniards rate the years of Franco's dictatorship as \"good\" or \"very good.\" Among those aged 18-24, 14.4% said the current democratic system is worse than the Franco regime \u2014 the highest proportion of any age group and an unprecedented figure since tracking began in 1979.\n\n\"Never in all our history have so many young people questioned democracy in Spain,\" said Javier Lorente, professor of political science at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. \"It is worrying that some young people are beginning to see authoritarian alternatives as valid options.\"\n\nThe findings come 50 years after Franco's death and coincide with the rise of far-right parties and the spread of revisionist narratives on social media.\n\nNot necessarily a boom\n\n\u00d3scar Iglesias, director of the CIS presidential cabinet, said the data do not indicate a Francoist surge. Only 8.6% of respondents would prefer an authoritarian regime, he noted, adding that most young people \"are aware of what Francoism meant in terms of repression.\"\n\nThe survey of more than 4,000 citizens found 17.3% consider democracy worse than the dictatorship \u2014 a \"significant\" minority, Iglesias acknowledged, but not a majority position.\n\n\"There is a majority democratic consensus in Spanish society,\" he said.\n\nThe CIS data show 23.3% of 18-24 year-olds intend to vote for the far-right party Vox in a general election, second only to the Socialist Party's 24.6% among that age group.\n\nIglesias attributed the revisionism to far-right messaging that strips away historical context. \"They are removing the whole context of repression and lack of freedom,\" he said. \"Polarisation is accentuating this and some extreme right-wing parties are using it to gain support.\"\n\nThe whitewashing of social networks\n\nLorente said revisionist narratives spread through a \"related media ecosystem\" beyond Vox's official communications, including memes and decontextualised content that trivialise the dictatorship.\n\n\"Social networks are whitewashing the authoritarian past through decontextualised narratives,\" he said. \"The mobile phone eliminates the replication that used to exist when television was watched in the family.\"\n\nArtificial intelligence poses additional challenges by enabling the creation of realistic fabricated images and audio, Lorente added.\n\nBoth experts agreed that trivialisation through memes and videos without context has contributed to the problem.\n\nDespite the concerning trends, Lorente cautioned against dramatising the situation. He noted there is no clear empirical evidence linking social media growth directly to rising Francoist sentiment.\n\n\"Spanish democracy is not immediately threatened,\" he said, \"although it always starts at some point.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Half a century has passed since his death, yet Spain's fascist dictator Francisco Franco still casts a long shadow. <\/p>\n<p>More than a fifth of Spaniards now view the Franco dictatorship favourably, with young people most likely to consider democracy inferior to authoritarian rule, according to new government data.<\/p>\n<p>The Centro de Investigaciones Sociol\u00f3gicas (CIS) found that 21.3% of Spaniards rate the years of Franco's dictatorship as \"good\" or \"very good.\" Among those aged 18-24, 14.4% said the current democratic system is worse than the Franco regime \u2014 the highest proportion of any age group and an unprecedented figure since tracking began in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>\"Never in all our history have so many young people questioned democracy in Spain,\" said Javier Lorente, professor of political science at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. \"It is worrying that some young people are beginning to see authoritarian alternatives as valid options.\"<\/p>\n<p>The findings come 50 years after Franco's death and coincide with the rise of far-right parties and the spread of revisionist narratives on social media.<\/p>\n<h2>Not necessarily a boom<\/h2>\n<p>\u00d3scar Iglesias, director of the CIS presidential cabinet, said the data do not indicate a Francoist surge. Only 8.6% of respondents would prefer an authoritarian regime, he noted, adding that most young people \"are aware of what Francoism meant in terms of repression.\"<\/p>\n<p>The survey of more than 4,000 citizens found 17.3% consider democracy worse than the dictatorship \u2014 a \"significant\" minority, Iglesias acknowledged, but not a majority position.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is a majority democratic consensus in Spanish society,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//55//51//46//808x539_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: Pins are displayed for sale on a gathering to remember former Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco on the 39th anniversary of his death, in Madrid, 23 November 2014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/384x256_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/640x427_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/750x500_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/828x552_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/1080x720_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/1200x800_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/1920x1280_cmsv2_312444e7-4ad1-598c-be5a-dc869f747386-9555146.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: Pins are displayed for sale on a gathering to remember former Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco on the 39th anniversary of his death, in Madrid, 23 November 2014<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The CIS data show 23.3% of 18-24 year-olds intend to vote for the far-right party Vox in a general election, second only to the Socialist Party's 24.6% among that age group.<\/p>\n<p>Iglesias attributed the revisionism to far-right messaging that strips away historical context. \"They are removing the whole context of repression and lack of freedom,\" he said. \"Polarisation is accentuating this and some extreme right-wing parties are using it to gain support.\"<\/p>\n<h2>The whitewashing of social networks<\/h2>\n<p>Lorente said revisionist narratives spread through a \"related media ecosystem\" beyond Vox's official communications, including memes and decontextualised content that trivialise the dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>\"Social networks are whitewashing the authoritarian past through decontextualised narratives,\" he said. \"The mobile phone eliminates the replication that used to exist when television was watched in the family.\"<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence poses additional challenges by enabling the creation of realistic fabricated images and audio, Lorente added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//06//14//more-than-5000-items-stolen-during-franco-regime-catalogued-by-spanish-government/">More than 5,000 items stolen during Franco regime catalogued by Spanish government<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//11//20//spanish-government-approves-decree-to-begin-removal-of-francoist-symbols-and-vestiges/">Spanish government approves decree to begin removal of 'Francoist symbols and vestiges'<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Both experts agreed that trivialisation through memes and videos without context has contributed to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the concerning trends, Lorente cautioned against dramatising the situation. He noted there is no clear empirical evidence linking social media growth directly to rising Francoist sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\"Spanish democracy is not immediately threatened,\" he said, \"although it always starts at some point.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1763619648,"updatedAt":1763642192,"publishedAt":1763642075,"firstPublishedAt":1763642075,"lastPublishedAt":1763642191,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/55\/51\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b6cda52d-d5e6-5357-a563-50075b108b34-9555146.jpg","altText":"FILE: Sculptures showing Francisco Franco are on sale during a gathering to remember the former Spanish dictator on the anniversary of his death, in Madrid, 23 November 2014","caption":"FILE: Sculptures showing Francisco Franco are on sale during a gathering to remember the former Spanish dictator on the anniversary of his death, in Madrid, 23 November 2014","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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With help from a foil designed alongside Red Bull\u2019s Advanced Technologies team, he used gentle ridge lift to gain height in winds that would normally be too weak for such a move.\n\nThe foil works in a similar way to a hydrofoil, letting him fly close to stall speed while still generating lift.\n\nHis first trial off the Jungfrau in 2024 hinted at what the system could do. The El Hierro jump confirmed it, showing he could climb, turn and stay up in a way that nudges wingsuit flying closer to true birdlike soaring.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>During a milestone flight over El Hierro in the Canary Islands, Peter Salzmann pulled off something long considered out of reach for an unpowered wingsuit: he climbed instead of drifting down. With help from a foil designed alongside Red Bull\u2019s Advanced Technologies team, he used gentle ridge lift to gain height in winds that would normally be too weak for such a move.<\/p>\n<p>The foil works in a similar way to a hydrofoil, letting him fly close to stall speed while still generating lift. <\/p>\n<p>His first trial off the Jungfrau in 2024 hinted at what the system could do. 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Nor does he consider that expenditure linked to the 1 October 2017 referendum constitutes misappropriation of European funds.\n\nHowever, Judge Dean Spielmann warned that certain procedural mechanisms established by law, such as the two-month limit for a judge to decide whether to apply the amnesty or to lift precautionary measures, could violate the right to adequate judicial protection.\n\nPuigdemont fled Spain in 2017 after organising an unauthorised independence referendum in Catalonia that attracted a police crackdown, smuggling himself out of the country in the boot of a car to avoid arrest.\n\nHe has faced charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds carrying maximum sentences of up to 30 years in jail.\n\nSpain passed an amnesty law in May 2024 to grant clemency to hundreds of separatists involved in the 2017 vote, but the Supreme Court ruled it could not be applied to Puigdemont over embezzlement charges.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Catalonia's former President Carles Puigdemont is pushing to return to Spain from exile following a European Union Advocate General's ruling generally favourable to the application of Spain's amnesty law, drawn up by the ruling PSOE party and Catalonia's Junts.<\/p>\n<p>Puigdemont, a fugitive separatist currently residing in Vallespir in southern France, has filed an appeal with the Spanish Constitutional Court, asking it to suspend his state arrest warrant and his provisional imprisonment to avoid \"irreparable damage\" to his fundamental rights and to consider the amnesty law \"fully effective and applicable\".<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Justice of the European Union, which will ultimately decide on this preliminary ruling by the Court of Auditors, usually follows the Advocate General's opinion, although it is not obliged to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Puigdemont is pressing the Spanish high court, controlled by a left-of-centre majority, just weeks after his political party announced its break with the investiture bloc of Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, whose government depends on the seven votes of Junts in the Congress of Deputies to obtain a simple majority in legislative votes.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Pablo Llanera is maintaining an active arrest warrant against Puigdemont issued by the Supreme Court while waiting for the CJEU proceedings to be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>According to Puigdemont, this represents \"an independent infringement of the right to personal freedom and of the appellant's political-representative rights.\"<\/p>\n<p>Puigdemont asked the Constitutional Court to expressly declare that his arrest suspension will remain in effect until his newly filed appeal is resolved.<\/p>\n<p>The Advocate General argued in his opinion that the amnesty law does not violate European regulations on the protection of the EU's financial interests or its laws against terrorism. Nor does he consider that expenditure linked to the 1 October 2017 referendum constitutes misappropriation of European funds.<\/p>\n<p>However, Judge Dean Spielmann warned that certain procedural mechanisms established by law, such as the two-month limit for a judge to decide whether to apply the amnesty or to lift precautionary measures, could violate the right to adequate judicial protection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//08//08//whats-behind-carles-puigdemonts-seven-year-exile/">What's behind Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont's seven-year exile?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//09//26//eus-top-court-rejects-catalan-separatist-carles-puigdemonts-claim-to-mep-status/">EU's top court rejects Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont's claim to MEP status<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Puigdemont fled Spain in 2017 after organising an unauthorised independence referendum in Catalonia that attracted a police crackdown, smuggling himself out of the country in the boot of a car to avoid arrest. <\/p>\n<p>He has faced charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds carrying maximum sentences of up to 30 years in jail. <\/p>\n<p>Spain passed an amnesty law in May 2024 to grant clemency to hundreds of separatists involved in the 2017 vote, but the Supreme Court ruled it could not be applied to Puigdemont over embezzlement 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Joselito, renowned for its vintage ham, has set its sights on becoming a staple in the huge US market.","keySentence":"","url":"talk-of-the-town-spains-joselito-ham-and-sierra-cantabria-wines-win-over-new-york","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2025\/11\/16\/talk-of-the-town-spains-joselito-ham-and-sierra-cantabria-wines-win-over-new-york","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"This year has given Spain's Eguren family more reasons than ever to celebrate choosing to move into the food and drink business.\n\nIts Joselito hams and Sierra Cantabria wines have been honoured at the first ever Gastronomic Excellence awards in New York.\n\nThe recognition caps a journey that began back in 2008 when Jos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez, fifth generation of the family that created the renowned Joselito brand, started 'maturing its vintage' version of ham.\n\nAlready present in 56 countries across Europe, Asia and Latin America, the jam\u00f3n ib\u00e9rico de bellota has been slowly introduced in the United States in its sliced and vacuum-packed version, and can be found in high-end supermarkets.\n\nIt is also beginning to appear in whole pieces that are sliced at the time of consumption by a cutter hired for parties and high-level events.\n\nDecades of good wine from Sierra Cantabria and concerns about tariffs\n\nSierra Cantabria wines have been marketed in the United States for almost six decades under the Rioja and Toro appellations. Its managers, Marcos and Mikel Eguren, fourth and fifth generation of the founders, emphasised the demands of a market like the US where competition is constant with wines from all over the world.\n\nThe winery spent much of its efforts this year implementing measures against Donald Trump's trade tariffs, such as boosting sales during the first two quarters and encouraging its customers to stockpile bottles.\n\nBut perhaps of greater concern for the firm long-term is that fact that younger generations are drinking alcohol a lot less and in smaller quantities compared to previous generations, which is leading to a drop in sales in the US and worldwide.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>This year has given Spain's Eguren family more reasons than ever to celebrate choosing to move into the food and drink business.<\/p>\n<p>Its Joselito hams and Sierra Cantabria wines have been honoured at the first ever Gastronomic Excellence awards in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition caps a journey that began back in 2008 when Jos\u00e9 G\u00f3mez, fifth generation of the family that created the renowned Joselito brand, started 'maturing its vintage' version of ham. <\/p>\n<p>Already present in 56 countries across Europe, Asia and Latin America, the<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//16//iberian-ham-savoy-cheese-and-camargue-rice-climate-change-puts-european-speciality-foods-a/">jam/u00f3n ib\u00e9rico de bellota<\/a> has been slowly introduced in the United States in its sliced and vacuum-packed version, andcan be found in high-end supermarkets. <\/p>\n<p>It is also beginning to appear in whole pieces that are sliced at the time of consumption by a cutter hired for parties and high-level events. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//embed//2318318/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Decades of good wine from Sierra Cantabria and concerns about tariffs<\/h2>\n<p>Sierra Cantabria wines have been marketed in the United States for almost six decades under the Rioja and Toro appellations. Its managers, Marcos and Mikel Eguren, fourth and fifth generation of the founders, emphasised the demands of a market like the US where competition is constant with wines from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>The winery spent much of its efforts this year implementing measures against Donald Trump's trade tariffs, such as boosting sales during the first two quarters and encouraging its customers to stockpile bottles.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps of greater concern for the firm long-term is that fact that younger generations are <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//12//21//from-binge-to-mindful-drinking-who-says-more-young-europeans-are-choosing-sobriety/">drinking alcohol a lot less and in smaller quantities<\/strong><\/a> compared to previous generations, which is leading to a drop in sales in the US and worldwide. <\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1758620786,"updatedAt":1763294504,"publishedAt":1763294500,"firstPublishedAt":1763294500,"lastPublishedAt":1763294500,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/46\/16\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9caf2dbc-f430-5d27-b01e-c5b31c52b6cd-9461690.jpg","altText":"File: A man cuts an Iberian ham in Alburquerque, southwestern Spain. 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