The First Spanish Republic was proclaimed on 11 February 1873. It was not established due to a big wave of opinion, or the duty of a well-established party in the country, but to the manoeuvres of royalist parties which King Amadeus of Savoy was unable to neutralize and which made his continuity on the throne unviable. The (federal) Republican Party, which had been founded in November 1868 and had won appreciable parliamentary representation in the following elections, would only decline since then. “Nobody has destroyed the Spanish Monarchy, nobody has killed it; the Monarchy has died due to internal decomposition”, would state the republican Emilio Castelar.
Madrid, 10.02.14.- Jaime García-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade, stated today at the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom launch that “Spain has still a very important reform agenda ahead”. In this respect, he stated that “the national reform program will include new measures” and that “the Index constitutes an incentive for Spain to become increasingly free from an economic point of view”. James Roberts, researcher at The Heritage Foundation, and Miguel Marín, Director of FAES Economy and Public Policies Department, also took part in the launch, organised by FAES Foundation.
Jaime García-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade, stated today at the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom launch that “Spain has still a very important reform agenda ahead”. In this respect, he stated that “the national reform program will include new measures” and that “the Index constitutes an incentive for Spain to become increasingly free from an economic point of view”.
/29.01.14/.- The FAES Foundation has published a report which asks and answers twenty essential questions about the undergoing secessionist process in Catalonia. Read here the published in spanish, in catalán or in english
Matteo Renzi's landslide victory in the primaries for the leadership of the Partito Democratico on December 8 is the first good news of the Italian political system. Both Spain and Italy are living in economic strangulation, a suffocation prompted by their structural weaknesses in the current context of the European Monetary System and its rules: but the political system in Spain is on the side of the assets, and Italy's is on the side of the liabilities.
La vulnerabilidad de un país se deriva de la existencia de una amenaza real y de la adecuación de la seguridad y defensa nacional para disuadirla o eliminarla. Con esta ecuación en la mano, España es, un año después de los atentados del 11-M, más vulnerable, posiblemente más vulnerable que nunca antes. La amenaza persiste y la defensa nacional ha empeorado para hacerle frente.
La Política de Cohesión financiada desde el presupuesto comunitario es beneficiosa para todos los países de la Unión. Permite, por un lado, a medio y largo plazo, un proceso de convergencia real de los países y regiones más pobres, aunque supone también importantes ventajas competitivas para los más ricos. Sin embargo, si las políticas regionales no van acompañadas de las reformas estructurales necesarias corren el riesgo de pretender hacer de la subvención la principal fuente de renta de amplias capas extensas de población con carácter permanente, pervirtiendo así la naturaleza y objetivo de los fondos.
Desde su inicio, la Unión Europea ha adoptado sus decisiones por consenso y respetando el equilibrio de los intereses de todos. Este afán se plasma en un sistema político-institucional sui generis en el que los Tratados atribuyen el poder legislativo, judicial y ejecutivo entre las diversas instituciones comunitarias. Dentro del entramado institucional comunitario, el Consejo desempeña un papel fundamental, puesto que es co-legislador y autoridad presupuestaria junto con el Parlamento Europeo. Además, el Consejo está llamado a ejercer un papel cada vez mayor en la definición de la política exterior de la Unión Europea y realiza una labor fundamental en la preparación de las reuniones del Consejo Europeo, verdadero vértice político de la Unión Europea. La forma en que el Consejo adopta sus decisiones está también diseñada para conseguir el consenso y mantener el equilibrio de poderes. Hasta ahora, el Consejo ha adoptado sus decisiones mediante el denominado sistema de voto ponderado.
02.13.2014. The First Spanish Republic was proclaimed on 11 February 1873. It was not established due to a big wave of opinion, or the duty of a well-established party in the country, but to the manoeuvres of royalist parties which King Amadeus of Savoy was unable to neutralize and which made his continuity on the throne unviable. The (federal) Republican Party, which had been founded in November 1868 and had won appreciable parliamentary representation in the following elections, would only decline since then. “Nobody has destroyed the Spanish Monarchy, nobody has killed it; the Monarchy has died due to internal decomposition”, would state the republican Emilio Castelar.
02.10.2014. Madrid, 10.02.14.- Jaime García-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade, stated today at the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom launch that “Spain has still a very important reform agenda ahead”. In this respect, he stated that “the national reform program will include new measures” and that “the Index constitutes an incentive for Spain to become increasingly free from an economic point of view”. James Roberts, researcher at The Heritage Foundation, and Miguel Marín, Director of FAES Economy and Public Policies Department, also took part in the launch, organised by FAES Foundation.
02.10.2014. Jaime García-Legaz, Secretary of State for Trade, stated today at the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom launch that “Spain has still a very important reform agenda ahead”. In this respect, he stated that “the national reform program will include new measures” and that “the Index constitutes an incentive for Spain to become increasingly free from an economic point of view”.
01.29.2014. The FAES Foundation has published a report which asks and answers twenty essential questions about the undergoing secessionist process in Catalonia. Read here the published in spanish, in catalán or in english
01.13.2014. Matteo Renzi's landslide victory in the primaries for the leadership of the Partito Democratico on December 8 is the first good news of the Italian political system. Both Spain and Italy are living in economic strangulation, a suffocation prompted by their structural weaknesses in the current context of the European Monetary System and its rules: but the political system in Spain is on the side of the assets, and Italy's is on the side of the liabilities.
05.01.2005. La vulnerabilidad de un país se deriva de la existencia de una amenaza real y de la adecuación de la seguridad y defensa nacional para disuadirla o eliminarla. Con esta ecuación en la mano, España es, un año después de los atentados del 11-M, más vulnerable, posiblemente más vulnerable que nunca antes. La amenaza persiste y la defensa nacional ha empeorado para hacerle frente.
04.01.2005. La Política de Cohesión financiada desde el presupuesto comunitario es beneficiosa para todos los países de la Unión. Permite, por un lado, a medio y largo plazo, un proceso de convergencia real de los países y regiones más pobres, aunque supone también importantes ventajas competitivas para los más ricos. Sin embargo, si las políticas regionales no van acompañadas de las reformas estructurales necesarias corren el riesgo de pretender hacer de la subvención la principal fuente de renta de amplias capas extensas de población con carácter permanente, pervirtiendo así la naturaleza y objetivo de los fondos.
06.01.2004. Desde su inicio, la Unión Europea ha adoptado sus decisiones por consenso y respetando el equilibrio de los intereses de todos. Este afán se plasma en un sistema político-institucional sui generis en el que los Tratados atribuyen el poder legislativo, judicial y ejecutivo entre las diversas instituciones comunitarias. Dentro del entramado institucional comunitario, el Consejo desempeña un papel fundamental, puesto que es co-legislador y autoridad presupuestaria junto con el Parlamento Europeo. Además, el Consejo está llamado a ejercer un papel cada vez mayor en la definición de la política exterior de la Unión Europea y realiza una labor fundamental en la preparación de las reuniones del Consejo Europeo, verdadero vértice político de la Unión Europea. La forma en que el Con...
