Donald Trump’s new verbal escalation once again shakes the markets and strains relations with his NATO allies, while Pedro Sánchez defends the Spanish position after the attacks by the American president. On a national level, the PP is forced to qualify its words on work absenteeism. This is how Carlos Alsina summarizes the main news of the day.
Trump once again sows uncertainty with Iran
donald trump has once again caused a strong shock in international markets with its changes in discourse on Iran. He Ibex 35 It dropped close to 3%, Wall Street also closed with losses and the price of oil shot up more than 8%, reaching almost $80 per barrel. All of this just one day after the IMF lowered its global growth forecast by one tenth due to geopolitical uncertainty.
The American president assured in the morning that, for him, the truce with Iran was over because the ayatollahs are, in his words, “cuckoo”and even threatened with new bombings and taking over the strategic island of Jarg. However, hours later he corrected himself and stated that he does not believe that the war will resume, once again fueling uncertainty among investors and allies.
Sánchez allows himself to be attacked by Trump at the NATO summit
Trump’s continued changes in position also marked the closure of the NATO summit. After several days of criticism of his European partners, the American president described Spain as a “terrible partner” and a “lost case”reproaching the level of investment in Defense without any journalist having asked him about it.
Hours later, the tone changed again and Trump assured that the meetings had taken place in an atmosphere of cordiality and unity, defining the rest of the leaders as people “very intelligent”. The differences, however, remain evident and proof of this is that the Alliance has not yet set a date for next year’s summit in Albania.
Pedro Sánchez responded by assuring that the allies had appreciated the Spanish military contribution and confirmed that he had an informal conversation with Trump before the family photograph. As he explained, they both talked about golf and soccerwithout making public reference to the disqualifications previously launched by the American president.
The PP qualifies Feijóo’s words about work absenteeism
Meanwhile, the People’s Party has had to come out to clarify Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s statements about work absenteeism. The popular leader argued before businessmen that the problem lies in the fact that some agreements allow those who work to be paid the same as those who do not go to work, even without justifying their absence.
The criticism forced the PP deputy secretary of the Treasury, Juan Bravoto acknowledge that perhaps Feijóo did not explain himself correctly. The debate comes at a time when employers, unions, AIReF and the Government itself agree to warn of the growth of absenteeism, with 1.7 million daily casualtieswhich represent an estimated cost of 33,000 million euros for companies and administrations.
