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Sabadell Bank raises shareholder payout promise as BBVA eyes takeover

The Spanish lender aims to offer shareholders €3.3 billion, including more than €1bn in buybacks this year.

Business

Sabadell considers move back to Catalonia as BBVA takeover bid looms

The bank did not give a reason for the potential relocation, although it has previously stressed its importance to the Catalan economy.

Europe News

Musk's interference in national debates angers Europe's leaders

Several European leaders have denounced, directly or indirectly, the actions of the owner of the social network X.

Spain

Sanchez takes aim at Musk's "ultra-right-wing internationalism"

Sánchez highlighted the country's achievements after the dictatorship, but warned of the risks of a possible democratic regression in the face of the advance of autocratic values and fascism in Europe.

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Europe News

2024 in review: which European leaders soared, which flopped?

A turbulent year has seen voters send a shockwave. Who used it best to secure influence in Europe?

Climate

Valencia holds memorial service for flood victims

The King and Queen of Spain presided over a ceremony also attended by high-ranking Spanish politicians.

World News

Sánchez defends flood response and announces 2.27 billion aid package

The Prime Minister defended the state's management of the floods in the face of criticism from the Popular Party and insisted his government is open to opening a commission of enquiry.

World News

Macron in trouble over Haiti: European leaders' worst hot mic moments

Several prominent European leaders have been caught out by comments they made when they thought their microphones were switched off.

Spain

Sanchez meets with Palestinian Prime Minister amid Gaza war

The Spanish Prime Minister received Mohammad Mustafa at the Moncloa Palace along with several of his ministers. They signed agreements on labour, education, youth and agriculture.

Climate

‘Climate change kills’ Spain PM tells COP29 as floods strike again

Spain faced new extreme weather alerts this week just a fortnight after flooding devastated Valencia.

Europe News

Shops start to reopen in Spain as flood clean-up continues

93 people have been officially declared missing in Spain’s worst natural disaster in decades, after torrential rain battered the eastern region at the end of October.

Spain

Spain's government approves extensive relief package for flood victims

The package includes direct payments of €20,000 to €60,000 to owners of damaged homes.

Europe News

Angry crowd throws mud at Spanish royals during visit to Paiporta

Paiporta was an epicentre of suffering as the deadly floods that devastated Spain last week claimed at least 60 lives in the town.

Europe News

Volunteers arrive to clean up 'ground zero' town of Paiporta

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also asked for support from the European Union to help Spain recover from what he called, "the most serious flooding that our continent has seen so far this century."

Europe News

Spanish PM asks EU for help as country suffers aftermath of catastrophic floods

Pedro Sanchez: "I know that we have to do better and that we have to give our all, but I also know that we have to do it together."

Europe News

Modi and Sanchez launch India's first private military aircraft plant

The two prime ministers inaugurated the Tata Aircraft Complex in Vadodara, boosting India's defence sector with the Airbus-Tata partnership producing C-295 planes.

Europe News

Sánchez urges the EU to 'reconsider' tariffs on Chinese electric cars

"We don't need another war, in this case, a trade war. We need to build bridges between the EU and China," Pedro Sánchez said in Shanghai.

Business

Spain's Sánchez seeks to temper trade war during talks in Beijing

The two leaders both made statements in favour of free trade and promotion of cultural exchanges and tourism, according to state broadcaster CCTV, but did not announce any specifics in the ongoing electric vehicles dispute.

Europe News

Sánchez arrives in Beijing as EU-China trade rift rumbles on

The EU imposed provisional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles with the European Commission maintaining that Chinese firms unfairly benefit from government subsidies, allowing them to keep their prices artificially low.

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Why is nominating EU Commissioners proving so difficult?

The deadline for nominating EU Commissioners ends on Friday, but not all countries have yet offered names.