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Catalonia is the main risk for Spain’s new government

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: SPAIN
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: Spain EUR EU

Topical: economy international relations politics social election fiscal government judicial opposition party policy regional constitution education employment foreign investment foreign policy foreign trade pensions reform wages
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2020), "Catalonia is the main risk for Spain’s new government", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB249923

Friday, January 10, 2020

Sanchez will now have to do something which he desperately sought to avoid: rely on Catalan support to survive in government.

A PSOE-ERC deal which is more favourable to Catalonia will fuel support for Spain’s People’s Party (PP) and Vox.
Uncertainty in Catalonia will continue to delay investment decisions while more social unrest will damage tourism and the property market.
Spain’s economic outlook will mostly hinge on what happens with global trade.