Brussels ratifies report warning Spain over deficit target risks
PM rejects EC prediction, saying country will meet its reduction goals for 2015 and 2016
Spain risks missing 2015 and 2016 deficit targets — Brussels report
EL PAÍS obtains copy of economic commissioner’s study, which has yet to be ratified by EC
Breakaway regions lose EU status, European Commission confirms
Message by EC president's spokesman is aimed at Catalonia's secessionist leaders
Spanish Economy Minister De Guindos loses race to head Eurogroup
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who led negotiations with Greece, gets re-elected to second term
Brussels raises Spanish 2015 growth forecast to 2.8%
But EC says unemployment will remain above 20% despite positive April figures
“We can’t tell people the crisis is over”
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker offers his views on Spain's situation
Brussels raises 2015 growth forecast for Spain to 2.3%
Optimistic outlook represents radical change from European Commission’s last prediction
Podemos cheers pope’s economic message to European Parliament
“We would like to meet him in the Vatican, or in Vallecas,” says leader of new leftist party
Brussels reduces Spain’s 2015 growth forecast from 2.1% to 1.7%
Blame pinned on sluggishness of the euro zone and underperformance of Spanish exports
Spanish EU climate commissioner grilled over oil interests
European Parliament could still veto choice of ex-PP minister Miguel Arias Cañete
Brussels asks Spain for two more years of belt-tightening
More cuts likely to be counterproductive in a country that faces a winter of discontent on job front
Government sources forecast GDP growth of 1.5 percent for 2014
Official figures suggest 0.7 percent, while economy minister recently cited 1 percent
Rajoy offers last-minute support for Merkel’s choice in EU vote
Spanish leader waited to secure better conditions in power share
Spanish government berates European Commission for Ceuta tragedy criticism
Interior minister requests “emergency aid” to help combat immigration in North African exclaves
Brussels doubles its growth forecast for Spain for this year
Sees GDP up 1.0 percent this year, accelerating to 1.7 percent in 2015
“This government has no project”
Joaquín Almunia, vice president of the European Commission
Default rate hits new record high at end of 2013
Non-performing loan ratio rises to 13.6 percent in December
Minimum bank capital ratio set at 5.5 percent in European stress tests
Spanish lenders’ exposure to sovereign debt will be a key focus of attention
Brussels warns of risks to Spain from the crisis in emerging markets
Report says economic recovery “remains fragile” Commission expects bad bank to have posted losses last year
Olli Rehn: “It will take 10 years to fix the Spanish crisis”
EU economic commissioner denies he is an austerity hawk “In the North, it’s the opposite; I’m considered too soft”
Spain formally exits bank bailout program in better shape
But Brussels warns challenges still exist in fragile economic recovery and soaring bad loans Rajoy expresses hope for the future “and the present”
“It is still a global crisis; it is not over and the epicenter is still in Europe”
Former ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet discusses Spain's close brush with a bailout
The troika gives Spain a positive report in last review of fulfillment of bank bailout terms
But ECB, EC and IMF point to the need for more reforms
Who’s in charge in Spain?
Experts criticize the letter sent by Trichet to Zapatero in 2011 as the euro crisis threatened to dismantle the single-currency bloc
Economy remains main risk to Spain’s banks, EC says
Lending may also be weak because of funds being diverted to buy government debt, review of bailout compliance concludes
Spain fails Brussels’ economic imbalances probe in five areas
Germany cited for excess current account surplus. Eurogroup to give thumbs up to Madrid on bank bailout conditions.
Brussels lowers its forecast for Spanish growth in 2014
GDP now seen expanding by just 0.5 percent, way down on earlier estimate of 0.9 percent