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France is the world leader in anti-competitive repression, with €1.8 billion in fines in 2020

France is the world leader in anti-competitive repression, with €1.8 billion in fines in 2020
02/23/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. According to the "Global antitrust enforcement" report published by Allen & Overy, France imposed nearly €1.8 billion in financial sanctions on companies found guilty of anti-competitive measures in 2020.
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Allen & Overy, anticompetitive measures, Apple, cartel, China, competition, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Forex, France, Gafa, Global antitrust enforcement, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Renault records a historic loss of €8 billion in 2020

Renault records a historic loss of €8 billion in 2020
02/19/2021 - Eric Apim | Industry
FRANCE. Catastrophic year for Renault with a 21.7% drop in revenues in 2020, despite a better second half of the year.
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Alpine, automotive, China, Covid-19, Dacia, electric vehicles, Europe, France, Italy, Luca de Meo, Morocco, Renaulition, Renault, Renault Samsung Motor, Spain, Turkey, Zoe

Mario Draghi goes to Italy's bedside and promises radical remedies

Mario Draghi goes to Italy's bedside and promises radical remedies
02/17/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
ITALY. Having achieved the union of the left and the extreme right in his new government, Mario Draghi should have no difficulty in gaining the confidence of the two Italian assemblies. version française
5 Stars Movement, Covid-19, Europe, France, Giancarlo Giorgetti, Istat, Italian economy, Italian politics, Italy, Johns Hopkins University, League, Luigi di Maio, Mario Draghi, Matteo Salvini, Mediterranean, Sergio Mattarella, Spain, Turkey

Catalan independence fighters emerge even stronger from the regional elections

Catalan independence fighters emerge even stronger from the regional elections
02/15/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
SPAIN. The victory of the Socialist Party in the regional elections in Catalonia may not be rewarded with a presidency of the regional parliament that should remain in the hands of the independentists. version française
Catalan Socialist Party, Catalonia, elections, ERC, Junts, Pedro Sanchez, PSC, Salvador Illa, Spain, voting

The Spanish oil company Repsol would like to disengage from Morocco

The Spanish oil company Repsol would like to disengage from Morocco
02/15/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
SPAIN / MOROCCO. Repsol intends to reduce its countries of intervention and in particular to start from Morocco, where the Spanish company has a 75% share in the Ghrab Offshore South block. version française
Algeria, Chile, Ghrab Offshore, Ilizi, Josu Jon Imaz, Libya, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, Reggane, Repsol, Rharb Prérif, Spain, Tin-Fouye

Private and public sector working together in Mediterranean innovation

Private and public sector working together in Mediterranean innovation
02/04/2021 | Talent for a new economy
From the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region to Tunisia, via Spain, institutions and innovation stakeholders are working more closely together to counter the effects of the pandemic and prepare for the post Covid-19 world. Version française
ACCIO Aurea Rodriguez, Anima Investment Network, Catalan, Catalan Agency for business competitiveness, covid-19, Emmanuel Noutary, FIPA, France, innovation, Jean-François Royer, Mediterranean, Provence-Alpes-Cöte d'Azur, risingSUD, Spain, Tunisia, Tunisian Foreign Investment Agency, Zied Lahbib

Nine Member States receive €14bn loans to overcome their Covid-19 spending

Nine Member States receive €14bn loans to overcome their Covid-19 spending
02/02/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Commission has disbursed loans totalling €14 billion to nine Member States.
Belgium, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croatia, Cyprus, economy, European Commission, European Union, finance, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Johannes Hahn, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Paolo Gentiloni, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, social obligations, Spain, SURE, Ursula von der Leyen

14 bn extra funding to help European countries in their recovery

14 bn extra funding to help European countries in their recovery
01/27/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Commission has issued €14bn worth of social bonds under the SURE instrument developed by the European Union to help eighteen Member States protect jobs and employees from the consequences of the health crisis.
Croatia, Cyprus, European Commission, European Union, Greece, Italy, Johannes Hahn, Malta, NextGenerationEU, Portugal, Slovenia, social obligations, Spain, Support to mitigate unemployment risks in emergency, SURE

Covid-19 crisis boosting innovation in Mediterranean

Covid-19 crisis boosting innovation in Mediterranean
01/26/2021 | Talent for a new economy
Mediterranean countries have mobilized their innovation skills to find solutions to the economic fallout from Covid-19, skills that will help them adapt to the post Covid world. Version française
ACCIO, Anima investment network, catalan agency for business competitiveness, covid-19, Emmanuel Noutary, FIPA, France, Industrial recovery and Equity Fund, innovation, Jean-François Royer, Parcours Sud, Parcours Sud industrie, Provence-Ales-Côte d'Azur, risingSUD, Spain, SUD Relocation Pack, Tunisia, Tunisia’s Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, Xavier Vilalta, Zied Lahbib, Àurea Rodriguez

Vivendi increases its stake in Prisa

Vivendi increases its stake in Prisa
01/25/2021 - Gérard Tur | Services
FRANCE / SPAIN. The French company Vivendi becomes owner of 9.9% of Prisa's capital. The Spanish group owns notably El Pais.
Cadena SER, Courrier International, education, El Pais, France, HSBC, Joseph Oughourlian, Lagardère, Le Monde, media, Obs, Portugal, Prisa, Radio Caracol, Santillana, Spain, TVI, Télérama, Vincent Bolloré, Vivendi

Gibraltar, the Mediterranean sand grain rock of Brexit

Gibraltar, the Mediterranean sand grain rock of Brexit
01/18/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
Despite the signing on Christmas Eve of a nearly 1,300-page pavement setting out the post-Brexit relationship between Britain and the European Union, the question of Gibraltar has not yet been fully resolved. It will only be settled after bilateral negotiations between London and Madrid.
Brexit, Edward Davis, Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar, Joseph Garcia, La Linea de la Concepcion, London, Madrid, Morocco, OECD, Pedro Sanchez, Spain, Statute of Gibraltar, Tangier, Theresa May, United Kingdom

Restriction measures are being stepped up around the Mediterranean

Restriction measures are being stepped up around the Mediterranean
01/15/2021 - Gérard Tur | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The situation related to the pandemic is changing almost daily, with measures taken region by region or city by city in some countries.
Algeria, bars, Catalonia, catering, confinement, Covid 19, culture, curfew, Egypt, epidemic, France limit, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, pandemic, Portugal, restrictions, Spain, sports halls, Tunisia, Turkey, WHO

Italian and Spanish passports enter the world's Top 5 of the most "powerful" in the world

Italian and Spanish passports enter the world's Top 5 of the most "powerful" in the world
01/11/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
WORLD. The two leading Mediterranean countries, Italy and Spain, are in fourth place in the world ranking of passports that allow their holders to access the greatest number of destinations without having to apply for a visa in advance.
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Henley & Partners, Henley Passport Index, IATA, International Air Transport Association, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Passport, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia

Spanish tourism: a catastrophic year in 2020 and a very bad year in 2021

Spanish tourism: a catastrophic year in 2020 and a very bad year in 2021
01/07/2021 - Gérard Tur | Services
SPAIN. Spain lost nearly 80% of its foreign tourists in 2020.
coronavirus crisis, Observatur, Spain, Spanish economy, Spanish National Institute of Statistics, Spanish Tourism Observatory, tourism, tourism in Spain

Ceuta and Melilla, barometers of relations between Morocco and Spain

Ceuta and Melilla, barometers of relations between Morocco and Spain
12/09/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
The two confetti of Ceuta and Melilla represent heavy stakes - economic, social and geopolitical at the same time - on the relations between Morocco and Spain. These former outposts, still free ports, still enjoy privileges threatened by Moroccan wishes. MOROCCO / SPAIN. They deploy the only land...
Africa, Agrupaciones de interés Económico, AIE, Alberto Asarta, Alcántara, Brexit, Canaries, Ciudad autonoma, Ciudadanos, Common agricultural policy, economy of Ceuta, economy of Melilla, Eduardo de Castro Gonzáles, El Perejil, ERC, EU, Europe, European Union, Feader, Feaga, Felipe VI, Frontex, Fse, Gibraltar, Hassan II, Impuesto sobre la Producción, IPSI, Joan Josep Nuet, Juan Jesús Vivas, los Servicios y las Importaciones, Madrid, Maria Dolores Rodriguez Mejias, Maroc, Marta Martin, Miliya, Mlilt, Mohammed VI, Nabyl Lakhdar, PAC, PE, Pedro Sanchez, Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Popular Party, PSOE, Rabat, Sebta, Spain, Uniones Temporales de Empresas, UTE, Vox, Yves Zurlo

Ouigo starts selling his first Madrid-Barcelona tickets

Ouigo starts selling his first Madrid-Barcelona tickets
12/09/2020 - Eric Apim | Transport
FRANCE / SPAIN. Ouigo launches the sale of its first train tickets on the Spanish domestic market, between Madrid and Barcelona. version française

Alicante, Alstom, Alstom Euroduplex, Barcelona, Cordoba, France, Madrid, Malaga, Ouigo Spain, Seville, SNCF, Spain, Tarragona, Valencia, Zaragoza

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel
11/20/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
Despite his divorce from the United Kingdom and the break-up of his engagement with Turkey, the European Union still seduces, but knows how to make itself wanted. Its only suitors today are all in the Western Balkans. They have to work hard to put a ring on this sixty-three-year-old lady's finger, who is becoming more and more difficult to choose.
Albania, Angela Merkel, Ankara, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brexit, Brussels, Bulgaria, Central Bank of Kosovo, Copenhagen criteria, Croatia, Cyprus, dardan, David Cameron, dinar, economy, EIB, Ekaterina Zaharieva, Erdogan, EU, EU enlargement, euro, Europe, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Union, Greece, Henry Marty-Gauquié, Jean-François Cousitillière, Kosovo, Member States, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Olivér Varhelyi politics, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sofia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ursula von der Leyen, Western Balkans

750 bn of EU funds to make Member States resilient

750 bn of EU funds to make Member States resilient
11/17/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
EU. The joint debt of EU Member States will help finance national recovery plans, which are tools for resilience in the face of the economic and social crisis caused by the coronavirus. It opens a new era. The future multi-annual financial framework proposed by the European Commission and now supported by the European Council and the European Parliament.
Angela Merkel, Corona Bonds, Covid-19, Dacian Ciolos, ECSC, EIB, EMEA, EMNES, Euler Hermes, Euratom, European bonds, European Commission, European Council, European Finance, European Investment Bank, European Marshall Plan, European Parliament, European Union (EU), Fitch, France, Germany, Henry Marty-Gauquié, Italy, Jacques Delors, Jan Olbrycht, Moody's, Netherlands, NextGenerationEU, Poland, Rym Ayadi, S&P, Spain, SURE, Treaty of Rome, United States

Covid-19: the mortality rate per capita is higher in the north than in the south of the Mediterranean Sea

Covid-19: the mortality rate per capita is higher in the north than in the south of the Mediterranean Sea
11/10/2020 - Gérard Tur | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Spain, Italy and France are the three Mediterranean countries most affected by deaths related to the health crisis. version française
Andorra, Baltic States, Covid-19, Europe, France, health crisis, Israel, Italy, Johns Hopkins University, Mediterranean countries, mortality per capita, number of deaths per million inhabitants, Portugal, San Marino, Spain

European Court of Auditors examines the effectiveness of funds allocated to tourism

European Court of Auditors examines the effectiveness of funds allocated to tourism
11/05/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
EU. The European Court of Auditors is launching an audit on EU funds earmarked for public investment in the tourism sector from 2014 to 2020.
audit, Cohesion Fund, Covid-19, ERDF, European Court of Auditors, Hungary, Pietro Russo, Poland, Romania, service, Spain, tourism

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