The economy is booming, but in Spain the progressive government is losing support: amid corruption, the #MeToo movement, allies in revolt and a paralysed Parliament, the Socialist Prime Minister intends to continue governing without a majority and without legitimacy

The increase in the tax burden is the most worrying aspect of the Budget Bill. Eliminating the ‘fiscal drag’ – which refers to the portion of tax that is ‘undue’, paid solely because the system has not been updated – is not a left-wing or right-wing idea; it is a matter of fiscal common sense