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]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5908b7ed-d971-4bde-9458-3d3193f456fe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5908b7ed-d971-4bde-9458-3d3193f456fe</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:39:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain blocks BBVA from merging with Sabadell for at least three years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government imposes new conditions on hostile takeover bid]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c70c7e36-e46a-4106-96cf-04eb2fdc3f19</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c70c7e36-e46a-4106-96cf-04eb2fdc3f19</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:11:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain secures opt-out from new Nato spending goal, says Sánchez]]></title><description><![CDATA[Premier had refused to increase military expenditure to 5% of GDP to placate Donald Trump]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/24a449fc-51ad-4b51-88cb-dd1e9df4deed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">24a449fc-51ad-4b51-88cb-dd1e9df4deed</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:20:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BBVA’s Sabadell bid is a test case for European ambition]]></title><description><![CDATA[With antitrust concerns assuaged, bank shareholders, not protectionist bureaucrats, should decide takeover battle]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3e06980a-b2b2-4a9c-8cd9-30e6bb0d589e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3e06980a-b2b2-4a9c-8cd9-30e6bb0d589e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 04:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s Sánchez apologises over top aide’s alleged corruption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Longtime lieutenant accused of having taken kickbacks resigns in latest scandal engulfing the prime minister]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e86db329-8eea-4123-8fcd-70fbc4e64f78</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e86db329-8eea-4123-8fcd-70fbc4e64f78</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:58:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goods for Gibraltar must pass through Spain under post-Brexit deal ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rock will also raise sales tax to avoid unfair competition ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d1e45316-7a83-4e4f-b003-f22ed1003bbf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d1e45316-7a83-4e4f-b003-f22ed1003bbf</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:55:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK to let Spain check Gibraltar passports in deal with EU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agreement in effect makes territory part of Schengen free-travel zone and ends years of post-Brexit uncertainty ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/17342fc2-6427-4b4b-a3b7-efd36221bc91</link><guid isPermaLink="false">17342fc2-6427-4b4b-a3b7-efd36221bc91</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:26:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s attorney-general targeted by judge in media leak probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Official appointed by Pedro Sánchez on course to stand trial over email about boyfriend of PM’s rival]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d51c1ca6-8e35-4eda-8949-af38c2f8b5ff</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d51c1ca6-8e35-4eda-8949-af38c2f8b5ff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:57:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU warns Spain against blocking BBVA-Sabadell deal ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spanish government referred hostile banking bid for full cabinet review]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/677b94aa-8544-4ed1-a914-e99a8a9e2863</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677b94aa-8544-4ed1-a914-e99a8a9e2863</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 09:31:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain deploys threats to push EU recognition of minority languages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: why ratifying the Mercosur trade deal hangs in the balance]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4d7ad269-57f2-401d-931c-0841ec18b07e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4d7ad269-57f2-401d-931c-0841ec18b07e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 05:00:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Lawfare’ in Spain: the cases against the Sánchez family]]></title><description><![CDATA[Socialist premier suggests judges colluded with rightwing politicians to go after his wife and brother]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ac63b1ca-a37c-4d97-a7d0-7251eb6709e9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ac63b1ca-a37c-4d97-a7d0-7251eb6709e9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 04:00:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s Sánchez says blackout will not change his bet on renewables]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opposition parties have questioned government’s commitment to wind and solar power]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/6b35b57d-d84f-4d79-b247-5c40da60cbe9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6b35b57d-d84f-4d79-b247-5c40da60cbe9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 11:27:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s PM Sánchez under fire as country reels from power cut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Opposition parties demand more transparency from government over collapse of country’s electricity system]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/19ff4856-325c-41f0-bdde-045f128b8ece</link><guid isPermaLink="false">19ff4856-325c-41f0-bdde-045f128b8ece</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:29:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain to meet Nato’s 2% defence spending target this year, says PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pedro Sánchez responds to pressure from Donald Trump after years of under-investment in Spanish military]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ebc65180-e603-4aa5-9ff0-bce792694221</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ebc65180-e603-4aa5-9ff0-bce792694221</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:19:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain warns far right is exploiting anger over climate disasters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nationalist Vox party has seized on ‘visceral’ public reaction to mishandling of floods, says transport minister]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/55991101-9501-4c20-bf2a-5404bcb67e35</link><guid isPermaLink="false">55991101-9501-4c20-bf2a-5404bcb67e35</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain proposes 100% tax on property purchases for non-EU buyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez unveils plan to tackle housing crisis]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8e2e9f04-1606-4d2d-8b9c-0094b1cef038</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8e2e9f04-1606-4d2d-8b9c-0094b1cef038</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:17:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sánchez gears up for Spanish budget battle as political tensions mount]]></title><description><![CDATA[PM contends with perception of legislative inaction as well as corruption allegations against members of his inner circle]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ceb55ec7-cda0-4cdf-b460-b05b6ea0f324</link><guid 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15:35:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Scholz caved on an early high-stakes German election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also in this newsletter: Why the European parliament is holding Spain’s climate minister hostage]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8803c0b7-3912-4a01-ac19-62719d4df24f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8803c0b7-3912-4a01-ac19-62719d4df24f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The long lunch blamed for Spain’s flood alert failure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Survivors accuse regional government of errors as experts warn climate change is creating volatile natural disasters]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ca1096fd-05d3-43ff-8fb1-abbca2b91997</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ca1096fd-05d3-43ff-8fb1-abbca2b91997</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:01:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain’s political leaders turn on each other over flood catastrophe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blame game begins over failure to alert residents as country suffered its deadliest disaster in decades ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0888c558-4a20-4313-8a03-d699cc65646f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0888c558-4a20-4313-8a03-d699cc65646f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:58:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Murderers’: Spaniards pelt mud at king over bungled flood response]]></title><description><![CDATA[Furious locals mob monarch, prime minister and Valencia chief after deadliest natural disaster in decades]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/cfa880d3-fd29-4143-a5dd-29c2bd8e7cb2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cfa880d3-fd29-4143-a5dd-29c2bd8e7cb2</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 21:14:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with Pedro Sánchez’s ‘maverick’ foreign policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spanish premier’s swerves on international stage yield dividends in domestic politics]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/19cf1735-a41f-4ca2-92d0-67bef9eb7931</link><guid isPermaLink="false">19cf1735-a41f-4ca2-92d0-67bef9eb7931</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 05:00:41 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>