Fight for Cataluña Region

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Hi to everybody, again. As you know there was the election in Cataluña some week ago. The election was anticipated as a mesure of support the independentist project by Artur Mas, head of the ancient regional government CIU. It´s likely you wonder what were the results, isn´t it?

So, have a little time to the figure.

According to the results we can notice CIU lost the majority and requires support for having it. So, the options are:

-ERC, independentist left wing -> They support the independency but they don´t agree the right politics of CIU.

-PSC, national left wing-> It has rejected the support.

-PP, national right wing

-Other groups.


Which is the future of Cataluña? It´s too soon to know it, though there are having several meetings these weeks. Anyway, we must point out the high participation -closer to 70%- and that Cataluña doesn´t follow like a team the independency.

Otherwise, it´s too soon to say what it´s going to happen.

Have a nice day!

Source: www.elpais.com

Cataluña independent

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Hi to all again. I´ve promised myself to keep writing a little. Today, I am not going to talk about my feelings, thanks goodness. Today it´s an important day in Spain: the Cataluña elections.

As all you may know, the Cataluña region -located in the NE of Spain- is trying to achieve their independence. Even though, it isn´t well known at all.

So, I am going to be direct with all they statements in a sum way.

The background:

-Economy:

-        One of the main economy actors.

-        More than 50% trade is based on Spain.

-        The most indebted region in Spain, equivalent to 22% of their GDP

-        They want an especial tax system which one they could have the incomes of their region, not to have a percentage as each Spanish region. But the current Spanish Government rejected it.

-        They have asked a €5 million loan to the Spanish Government because they don´t have enough money to afford Education and Health services - the Spanish Government has just given it.

-Education:

-        Important cut downs since 2012

-        If only do a judge the decision, one can study in Spanish. If not so, only in Catalan, since 2011

-Health services:

-        Important budget cut downs since 2012

-        Rising prices since 2011

-Transport:

-        35% tariff rising in public transport

-        Public transport service deterioration.

-        Gas and diesel tariff rising per liter

-        One of the main Mediterranean ports

-        4 international airports.

 

What their politicians is claiming:

-        An independent country where:

•  they could decide, have their taxes.

•  the Spanish Government puts money for their Health, Security and  Education                services.

• they could maintain the current trade with Spain.

• they could have the Euro

• they could be in Europe

• Spain supports Cataluña in their EU membership.

 

The EU opinion: <<we aren´t going to support an unilateral independence of a EU member>>

The Spanish point of view: you can figure it out.

As a result, the Cataluña government has decided to do elections 2 years before so as to hide their economic disaster . Today is that day but no one knows what it will happen.

So, I´m going to claim my independence too. I want that the Spanish Government gives me money for the Health, Security and Education expenses and that I won´t have to pay any tax.

Have a nice day and an incredible Black Friday´s weekend!

P.S.: Ikea hype related pic - ´Welcome to the Independent Republic of my house´

 

 

 

 

The successful laboral´s reform in Spain

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With this brightful time in the last Spring´s days while the Summer is more and more closed to us, we have realised the dark reality of Spanish economy.

We had a laboral reform some months ago so that we could reduce the amount the interest rate of our loan - because we reached a peak of 7% per cent of interest rate in December, 2011. In fact, it seemed that that percent were reduced and we could borrow loan with a 2%. So, it was nearly impossible to reach again that 7% which will mean we couldn´t pay the money borrowed.

Furthermore, we must consider all the lost of laboral rights in order to the Market trusts in Spain. Namely, a boss can ask whatever - they can reduce your salary, improve your function and fired to you paying less compensation. It´s their victory.

Unfortunately, as you all know, the doubt is rising and their interest rate with a 6% the last week. And, one of the biggest banks has been rescued by Europe when the Government doesn´t use the word of rescue.

I reckon it´s incredible that a bank who has received €15,000 millions from the EU with a 2% of interests and which lend the same money to the Government with a 5%, go in bankrupt and all the country must pay them their doubt. What about the poor citizen who has lost their work and consequently their house and life? What about the little company of 1-10 people who falls down?

It´s clear as water that the Government helps who had a lot of money, who earned big amounts of money.

Anyway, there aren´t conditions about this loan to the bank at this moment so we do believe there won´t be more cuts for the Spaniards. However, each Spaniard thinks the opposite because we have realised the politicians are trueborn liars so we can´t trust in someone who says something and other different words the next month. For instance, the Government had said they were not going to rise taxes and they rised after the elections.


Maybe the US Government has some bit of light in their words. That is, Spain should stop doing more reforms and wait for the results because if they continue like that, Spain will never been recovered.

Therefore, which is the best option whether the European of continous cuts or the US of stopping reforms?

Only the time will now by their dices.

Have a good week!

Riots in Spain

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Hi again. Tonight I feel like writing as you can see. In fact, I couldn´t stop of writing today without speaking a topic who has filled every newspaper broad and abroad. I have read Riots in different languages. In French, in Spanish and in English. Every kind of newspaper have spoken until New York times. It is said we are like Greece. While Spanish politicians are saying that they were just strikes, radical people are claiming their reason on social networks and youtube. But what´s happened?

In 2011, the bad management of Zapatero´s Government obliged to take some difficult decisions such as cut down the investments in the autonomous regions. It´s important to note that 80% of the investment of an autonomous region is destined to Education and Health services. Another consequence of the crisis. Also, we must remember we had changed our Education system according to the European´s Bolonia plan, which has reduced the quality of the Spanish Education in every level.
Well, we are in March, 3 months after the new Government has begun , the Rajoy´s Government - Whom I call "The hidden president" because he has never appeared but their ministers. With reference to the education, they have made a law in order to improve  the quality in high school (to separate people who doesn´t want to study from who wants to at 15 years old, to delete a indoctrinating subject of left-wind side, which had been created in the previous government, with a subject about our Constitution) and they have established that helps for studying comes to the best students. It´s true that this law has been created on February and it needs much time to see their results.
On the other hand, students strikes has begun in February because people say that the current Government wants to destroy the Education systems. It´s curious because it´s possible to see left-wing flags in this kind of strikes. As far as I´m concerned, we are in a democratic system and everybody has right to give their opinion but I don´t tolerate one thing. I don´t tolerate that radical people broke this strikes and turns them into riots, using the mass effect. I´m not talking this time about physics. They manage to convince people joins them like they were cowboys leading cows until it begins the blast. A blast which means cars in flames, broken windows, broken shops and so forth. It´s intolerable. Therefore, policemen enter into the action in a rough way like every country does when there are riots to defend the other citizens.
Like this way, there were 2 mains riots of this kind. One in Valencia city and the another one in Barcelona city. Police said that this huge riots has been produced by 200 radicals in Barcelona, creating a true chaos when Barcelona was holding an important conference about mobiles phones.
What was the consequences? Foreign newspapers saying that Spain is like Greece. What means 200 people in a population of 5 millions? Or, 2,000 students in comparison with 5 millions of inhabitants? How is it possible than 200 hundred radicals could manage a riot?
These are question that I´m torturing me. However, the nightmare hasn´t finished yet.

The left-wing side back the riots. What? Because they see a golden goose to take profit. It´s a pity but they are saying all the time that it ´s the current government the guilty of our situation when the left-wing was the responsible with their 8 years old government. By consequence,  they begin to take position on streets, saying that there will be more and more and more strikes. Is it a way to make opposition? Why haven´t they shame of move like this way when they were the guilties?  Moreover, they have taken in advantage the fact that we were like Greece. To be honest, I don´t know what they want to.

 Have a nice week!