The results showed 79% of those who voted in Sunday’s national referendum backed raising the country’s business tax to the 15% global minimum rate from the current average minimum of 11%, while 59% supported the climate law.
EU politics
CommonSpace: Exiled former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont tells why the Spanish state must undergo ‘de-Francoisation’
Speaking at the Beyond Borders festival during a surprise visit to Scotland, Puigdemont emphasised that a Francoist culture persists in the Spanish “deep state” Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell – US Labour Market – cheering but it is too early to break out the champagne
The numbers filing for unemployment insurance continue to rise and now top 43.2 million since March 7, 2020. A further 1.9 million filed in the week ending May 30, 2020. Read here
Economics
Eurostat: 9% of EU population unable to keep home warm in 2022
The highest shares of people unable to keep their home adequately warm were registered in Bulgaria (22.5%), Cyprus (19.2%), Greece (18.7%), Lithuania and Portugal (both 17.5%), Spain (17.1%) and Romania (15.2%). Read HERE
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