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William Chislett

Madrid

Madrid since 86. Emeritus Elcano think tank, FT Mexico (78-84),The Times Spain (75-78), author Microhistoria de España + 19 other books. Spanish by Royal Decree

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  • The main challenges facing Spain

    2 weeks ago | chronicle.gi | William Chislett

    In this abridged extract from the latest edition of his book ‘Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know’, journalist and author William Chislett, a former a correspondent of The Times of London in Madrid and the Financial Times in Mexico, and a regular face at the Gibraltar Literary Festival, analyses the main challenges currently facing Spain.... Continue Reading Register free to get 10 premium articles/month.

  • Spain under pressure to spend more on defence

    1 month ago | realinstitutoelcano.org | William Chislett

    Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez successfully persuaded the EU to rebrand its multi-billion euro initiative, originally called ‘Rearm Europe,’ designed to boost the bloc’s military power amid concerns that the US might withdraw its security guarantees. However, he is facing opposition domestically, where political support remains limited for raising Spain’s comparatively low defence expenditure.

  • Some brighter spots in education

    2 months ago | realinstitutoelcano.org | William Chislett

    Spain’s early school-leaving rate has more than halved over the past 20 years, from a shocking 32.2% in 2004 to 13% in 2024, but is still well above the EU-27 average and that of neighbouring (and poorer) Portugal, whose rate dropped from an even higher 39.3% to 8.1% (see Figure 1). Figure 1.

  • The middle class recovers

    Feb 11, 2025 | realinstitutoelcano.org | William Chislett

    More than 50 years ago, towards the end of the Franco regime, General Vernon Walters, Deputy Director of the CIA, visited the dictator to find out what might happen after he died. Franco told Walters not to worry as he had ‘left something that I didn’t find on taking over the government of the country 40 years ago’. Walters thought Franco was referring to the armed forces. But Franco said: ‘The Spanish middle class.

  • A buoyant economy, marred by an overheated property market

    Jan 21, 2025 | realinstitutoelcano.org | William Chislett

    Spain had a good 2024, earning it the accolade of the ‘best-performing rich-world economy’ from The Economist, based on its GDP growth, the rise in share prices, inflation, unemployment and the primary balance. This year also looks healthy except for the growing crisis over the lack of housing.

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William Chislett
William Chislett @WilliamChislet3
21 Apr 25

RT @WilliamChislet3: Thanks ⁦@swajones for generous and lengthy article in printed edition of The Observer on my book on British travel wr…

William Chislett
William Chislett @WilliamChislet3
20 Apr 25

Thanks ⁦@swajones for generous and lengthy article in printed edition of The Observer on my book on British travel writers to be published in Spanish this month by ⁦@InstCervantes. @EmbSpainUK @ukinspain @rielcano https://t.co/H34jFgVQzp

William Chislett
William Chislett @WilliamChislet3
19 Apr 25

RT @WilliamChislet3: DEP, Mario Vargas Llosa. https://t.co/UqScP8lFEb