Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable.
Christopher Howse: A Pilgrim in Spain
Spain- Ahead of today's general election, The Local excels with this, this and this.
- And it also has some less portentous comment/advice for those new to Spain. Or those who've been a while and wonder why they don't have any friends.
- Spain is once again/still the worst country in the EU for the percentage of young people (18-24) who don't have either the bachilerato or some form of professional training. The number is 18% and compares with Croatia at the other end of the list with 3%. In between are Italy 15%, the UK 11%, Germany 10%, France 9%, the Netherlands 7%, Ireland and Greece 5%, and Switzerland 4%
- The question arises: If a lot of your most talented/educated young people leave for work in other countries and many of the rest are not well qualified for anything, what does this portend for the future of your country?
- Meanwhile, we know that - despite enviable top-line economic growth - unemployment remains the second highest in the EU. Though, thanks to the 'submerged economy', almost certainly not as bad as the official numbers of 15% overall and 34% for youth would suggest.
- Were these issues discussed during the election campaign? Not much it seems. If at all.
- The Jaguar iPace SUV has won 3 prestigious prizes: Car of the Year; Ecological Car of the Year; and Best Design of the year. Impressive. But I can't recall whether the marque is owned these days by a Germans or an Indian company, I think the latter. Yes, it's Tata.
- The essence of Britishness???
The USA
- In case you weren't aware of this, Fart is young and virile, to be contrasted with the state of his latest (and even older) Democratic rival, 'Sleepy' Joe Biden. So, can we give up on the hope of a sudden and fatal heart attack? I suspect not.
- Word of the Day: Crecer.
- An even newer (transitive) verb: 'To #MeToo' someone. With luck, it might stay in the USA.
- Is it any coincidence that the leader of the 'far right' Vox party, in the videos of him strutting his stuff, favours the chin-forward-face-tilted-upwards pose of the Spanish Legionnaires?
- And is it any coincidence that all the leaders of Spain's 5 major parties are young, male, handsome (well 4 out of 5) and very televisual?
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