Verónica Carvajal reminded that in her column in The Objective last Sunday, Spain’s per capita income was 9 points behind Europe 15 years ago, and today it is 17 points to convergence. Now let’s talk about concrete numbers: Our per capita income in 2022 was $8,000 less than we earned in 2008When the crisis broke out that Zapatero refused to recognize. Perhaps Spain’s misfortune in the first quarter of the century – politically, economically and socially undeniable – can be explained as the result of a setback: Growth stalled, and when it stopped coming together, the demons within the family were believed to be completely destroyed. return. Or maybe the opposite happened and the cultural change happened first, but I doubt it. Like this identity irrationality and sectarian populism ideas In order for it to be adopted so quickly in a middle-class country, a trauma (the crisis in 2008-2011) had to be experienced, which poisoned the citizens’ trust in the 1978 constitutional model, the project for the future.
Now we move on to other things, none better than the previous ones. The great debate necessary for the restoration of economic dynamism has been set aside; relying solely on the passage of time – Rajoy’s choice – or In the magical thinking of European funds—Sánchez’s claim—, these are two ways to win deadlines while you wait for something—it’s not quite clear what’s going to happen. The ultimate proof is that we are poorer and our trust in the political class has dwindled. Something that gets a lot of attention when traveling abroad. The era of “give me two” favored by the pesetas’ advantageous exchange against the dollar has passed into history, and now the Spanish middle class is traveling as low-cost tourists looking for last-minute bargains. This is also felt in the general state of our public services: from the discrediting of education to the deterioration of health, from the scum on the streets to the long wait for appointments in the administration. an absurd and rigid bureaucracy it just takes up more and more space.
Amnesty and self-determination are two key concepts that underpin Pedro Sánchez’s appointment as future head of government. Neither of these two issues will have any impact on the life of the Spaniards from the very beginning.Although both will spend hours in television meetings. Just the noise, the grudge is grown in the background. There is no single long-term project to increase human capital, productivity and growth. Mass housing promises were forgotten. Taxation is getting out of control because we can’t stop unnecessary public spending. Prolific Spain is leaving, while we continue to rely on the usual drivers (tourism and the budget deficit) to manage as best we can. Young people are also leaving in greater numbers. This has happened before in Italy, a much wealthier country with a strong industrial north, and it’s happening here as well. Poorer every year, fewer Europeans in legislatures: This is the summary of a quarter century.