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En este artículo evaluamos, para el período 2024-2034, cómo impactarían las crecientes necesidades de gasto sobre las cifras de déficit y deuda pública del conjunto de las Administraciones públicas españolas y del subsector de comunidades autónomas.

En este artículo se analiza la evidencia comparada entre España y la Unión Europea (UE) del tamaño del sector público y su eficiencia, con un foco especial en la estructura funcional del gasto y los ingresos públicos.

In a rapidly changing global landscape, the European Union (EU) faces unprecedented challenges to its industrial production and trade relationships. From the impacts of the ongoing war in Ukraine to increasing tensions with the United States and China, Europe’s economic model, long reliant on exports, is being put to the test. This was the focus of the latest Future is Blue podcast episode, where I hosted Aslak Berg, Research Fellow at the Center for European Reform, and Miguel Ángel González Simón, economist at Funcas, for an insightful discussion on the EU’s vulnerabilities and paths forward.

Over the last two decades, Spain’s gender pay gap has narrowed significantly, from 29% in 2002 to 17% in 2022. However, recent stagnation in convergence is prompting a debate about the policies that need to be adopted for continued progress in the years to come.

The recent fiscal agreement reached with Catalonia seeks to increase the region’s fiscal autonomy, bringing with it the potential to reshape Spain’s autonomous financing framework. Nevertheless, while implementation faces challenges, it underscores the need for comprehensive debate on the future of Spain’s interregional equity and fiscal stability.