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...The country’s political future has been in doubt since July’s inconclusive national election left socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez trying to form a coalition government after coming second behind the...
...Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, Jim Taiclet, chief executive of Lockheed Martin, said a government shutdown would create some problems for the defence company, which makes Javelin anti-tank missiles...
...But Sánchez’s defeat in local and regional polls in May — the trigger for the snap election — suggested his economic message had not resonated with voters....
...Spain’s ruling Socialist party, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, sought to take credit for the country’s relatively low inflation, linking it to government energy policies aimed at dimming the effect...
...nearly 6mn subscribers, UK inflation fell to a 15-month low of 7.9 per cent in June, Ukraine’s armed forces are having a hard time with Russian mines and Spain’s Sunday election could mean the end of Pedro Sánchez...
...“Yields everywhere are going up,” said Andres Sanchez Balcazar, head of global bonds at Pictet Asset Management....
...Data visualisation by Ella Hollowood and Martin Arnold...
...Marc Filippino Katie Martin is the FT’s markets editor. Thank you, Katie. Katie Martin Pleasure....
...“A hand-painted tie looks a lot better with the long point because the illustration comes out from beneath the collar,” says Sullivan, now a lecturer at Central Saint Martins....
...The move is part of negotiations to support acting prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s socialist party....
...Louis Ashworth, apparel designer Vogue’s cover story about Lauren Sanchez, media personality and Mrs Jeff Bezos-to-be, was a perfect profile....
...The ECB is preparing to issue an opinion on the tax within weeks, according to its vice-president Luis de Guindos, a critical moment for Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, who is championing the levy...
...In Europe, polls suggest Spaniards are about to change the country’s political path when they vote next Sunday, ejecting Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez and installing a conservative government set...
...Sometimes, he addresses the attractive woman to her right, Margo Martin, his deputy director of communications. Melania is not at the party. Not everyone here is a Trump fan....
...Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist-led coalition government wants to use the temporary measure to raise a total of €3bn from lenders that would be spent on cushioning the impact of the surge in energy prices triggered...
...In the words of Alanis Morissette “Isn’t it ironic”....
...Sánchez’s family cooks, washes and bathes with the water they haul back from a weekly tanker truck stop....
...Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announced earlier this week that the government would extend its €16bn relief package for another six months and launch new measures, in a plan that will cost an extra...
...But this is particularly true when inflation has soared to record highs and the economy appears destined for a sharp downturn caused by Russian gas shortages, writes Martin Arnold in Frankfurt....
...Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez is leading a campaign to de-link electricity pricing in the EU from the level of gas prices....
...What to watch today Russian president Vladimir Putin signs annexation treaties for Ukrainian territories EU energy ministers meet for emergency council in Brussels Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez hosts EuroMed...
...began fleeing the violence in their country, Brussels is edging towards a proposal to address problems they have experienced swapping their savings into EU currencies, write Sam Fleming in Brussels and Martin...
...Designed by Martin Brudnizki, Dani is already firmly on the map as a city hotspot....
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