Opinion

from the editor

Challenges for the new year

In our main fea­ture, Vi­sions of the com­ing year, dif­fer­ent spe­cial­ists analyse some of the chal­lenges for the new year in Cat­alo­nia and across the globe, in the fields of busi­ness, ed­u­ca­tion, tourism, trans­port and Eu­rope. Yet, as with last year, 2018 looks as if it will be un­con­ven­tional and un­pre­dictable. What we can ex­pect are more changes of great rel­e­vance in po­lit­i­cal, eco­nomic and so­cial mat­ters. While Spain un­der­goes a pre­car­i­ous re­cov­ery from the re­ces­sion, the pub­lic debt re­mains huge, in­comes are low, and un­em­ploy­ment is still high, not to men­tion the del­i­cate sit­u­a­tion of pen­sions. All eyes will be on the real test for sta­bil­ity to be pro­vided by the pass­ing of a new bud­get and the on­go­ing sit­u­a­tion in Cat­alo­nia.

We also start the year with treats for our read­ers. As well as a fresh new de­sign, we focus on New Year’s res­o­lu­tions, and pre­sent a new sec­tion: Five spots to dis­cover in var­i­ous places in Cat­alo­nia. Let us know your favourites. Enjoy the issue and have a great year!

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