SPAIN THIS WEEK

Monday, 4 December 2017

27/11/2017 The main objective for Catalonia is to begin a new period of "peace" and "social harmony", says Mariano Rajoy In an interview on Telecinco, the President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, stressed that a reform of the Spanish Constitution cannot be "a reward" for those who sought to destroy it. Furthermore, he said that the recent statements from the General Secretary of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) [Republican Left of Catalonia], Marta Rovira, on how Central Government was going to act against any sovereignty process are "slanderous".

28/11/2017 Fifth European Union-African Union Summit The 5th African Union-European Union Summit will take place in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) on 29 and 30 November 2017, although this is the first time that it has been held under the African Union-European Union format. The summit will take place at the auditorium in the Sofitel Ivoire hotel.

30/11/2017 Mariano Rajoy trusts that European Investment Plan for Africa will contribute to combating "the root causes of migration" The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, advocated safe, regular and orderly migration, with greater cooperation with countries of origin, at the 5th African Union-European Union Summit. He also stressed that Spain "will actively participate" in the initiative to combat illegal immigration and the trafficking of migrants in Libya as agreed at this forum.

01/12/2017 Government allocates 71 million euros to autonomous regions for education programmes Most of the funds will be allocated to paying for text books and learning materials and to reducing the school drop-out rate. The Council of Ministers also approved the new National Security Strategy and the Regulation of Railway Traffic and analysed the draft bill of the Securities Market and Financial Instruments Act.

30/11/2017	European Commission selects three investment projects with Spanish participation to receive CEF funding for sum of 72 million euros
30/11/2017	Constituent meeting of National Commission for Commemoration of '500th Anniversary of First Voyage around the World'
29/11/2017	Spain signs three agreements with Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
28/11/2017	Social Security contributions to October totalled 89.68 billion euros, 5.19% more than last year
28/11/2017	Deficit of Public Administrations, excluding Local Authorities, shrank by 1.19 GDP percentage points to September