SPAIN THIS WEEK

El Presidente y su esposa

28/08/2015 Trip by President of the Government to Federal Republic of Germany The President of the Government will travel to Berlin on 31 August and 1 September to attend an Informal Summit in Schloss Meseberg, as a continuation of the Summit held in Santiago de Compostela in August 2014.

26/08/2015 Mariano Rajoy highlights that 2016 Budget will enable economic policy to be maintained and reforms to produce results After the 2016 General State Budget overcame its first examination in Parliament, the President of the Government said that it guarantees the policies that have enabled Spain to head up growth in Europe and recover over one million jobs.

25/08/2015 Mariano Rajoy asserts that government will maintain growth and job creation forecasts despite situation in China The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, attended the debate on the Draft General State Budget for 2016 in the Lower House of Parliament, which he described as "an exercise in responsibility" that will offer "security" and "certainty" to the Spanish economy.

28/08/2015 Government facilitates access by SMEs and entrepreneurs to public contracts Small- and medium-sized enterprises will be able to present bids under a simplified procedure and at a lower cost for contracts with the public administration services. Furthermore, the Council of Ministers offered a partial pardon to Josefa Hernández and backed the candidature of Costa Brava-Barcelona to host the golf Ryder Cup in 2022.

27/08/2015	The Spanish economy has grown by 3.1% year-on-year, the strongest rate in nearly eight years, and 477,400 jobs have been created
27/08/2015	Spending by inbound tourists hits record-high for month of July with 8.84 billion euros, up 8.8%
25/08/2015	State Secretary for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America takes part in World Water Week in Stockholm
25/08/2015	14 arrests in a major counter-terrorism operation carried out jointly by Spain and Morocco
25/08/2015	Cristóbal Montoro defends new growth model based on job creation to combat social inequality