Alan McGuire

Spain's Budget 2023: A Social Democratic Response to the Cost of Living Crisis? – The Sobremesa Podcast

This week Spain's progressive coalition unveiled its budget for next year aimed at dealing with the cost of living crisis. Eoghan sat down with sociologist Carlos Delclós to analyse the package of measures that were agreed by the country's progressive coalition and to discuss what it says about Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party political strategy as we enter a big election year.  

1. Spain's Budget 2023: A Social Democratic Response to the Cost of Living Crisis? 42:20
2. Summers over! Global Tourism and the Catalan independence movement 35:52
3. Scottish Volunteers and the International Brigades with Fraser Raeburn 36:31
4. Spaniards in the British Army with Sean Scullion 48:27
5. Spain's Democratic Memory Law Finally Approved! 42:02

In this week’s episode I discuss Vox’s motion of no confidence (due September?¿?) and how the political landscape surrounding it on both the left and right. With Cuidudanos and the PSOE getting close, how will Podemos feel? Are the coalition government going through a patch of jealousy, or just seeing if there is a better offer?

Coronavirus is heating up over Spain, but will the government’s efforts to ramp up testing and organisation be enough to stop another State of Alarm?

Then there is the previous King. What has he been up to? More like what hasn’t he been up to….

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