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In 2025, Spain received a record 37.9 million tourists in Andalusia alone. Tourism moves 17% of the Spanish economy. But in the Balearic Islands, 35% of the population is at risk of poverty and exclusion while the sector generates 45% of the regional GDP. The paradox of mass tourism: aggregate wealth, distributed poverty.
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When Spain denied the United States the use of its military bases to attack Iran, Trump responded with threats to cut off all trade with Spain. The Pentagon leaked that it is studying "suspending" Spain from NATO. Never in the history of the Alliance has any member been expelled. The bilateral tension with Washington is the greatest since the arrival of democracy.
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On May 17, regional elections were held in Andalusia with tourism and housing as central axes. NATO demands decisions on defense. The judicialization of politics escalates. And the most leftist coalition government in Spanish history is navigating the perfect storm of geopolitics, judicial corruption and the housing crisis. The panorama of a year of crossroads.
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In May 2026, the Spanish rental market accumulates more than 50 candidates for each available home in large cities. Young people spend more than 40% of their income to pay rent. And the Housing Law of 2023, which promised to lower prices, has caused a withdrawal of supply that has aggravated the situation. A generational crisis with no visible solution.
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On March 14, 2026, 150 simultaneous protests toured Spanish cities against the war in Iran. On March 11, Spain had withdrawn its ambassador from Israel. They are the visible consequences of a foreign policy that Sánchez defends as principled and his critics describe as dangerously isolationist within NATO.
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On May 19, 2026, Judge José Luis Calama formally charged José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the Plus Ultra case for alleged crimes of criminal organization, influence peddling, and money laundering. It is the first time in Spanish democratic history that a former president of the Government is investigated in court. The political day was an earthquake.