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Entities from Spain

111 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings.

People

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Beatriz CorredorESPresident of Red Eléctrica de España; faces EUR 60m regulatory charge over 2025 blackout.
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Dani OlmoESSpain midfielder whose shot was parried by Courtois to set up Ruiz's opening goal.
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Elma SaizESSpain's government spokesperson, who announced on 29 June 2026 that the coalition would bring a July housing royal decree-law regulating seasonal rentals.
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Eric GarcíaESSpain centre-back grabbed by the neck by Argentina's Leandro Paredes after the 2026 World Cup final.
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Fabián RuizESSpain midfielder who scored the opening goal in the quarter-final win over Belgium.
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Felipe VIESKing of Spain since 2014, constitutional head of state and arbiter of its institutions.
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Ferran TorresESSpain forward whose 106th-minute extra-time goal won the 2026 World Cup final.
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Infanta SofíaESInfanta of Spain and younger daughter of Felipe VI, second in line to the throne.
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Ione BelarraESPodemos secretary-general who threatened to withhold party support for Spain's housing decree over landlord tax deductions.
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Jaume CollboniESMayor of Barcelona since June 2023; PSC (Socialist party) politician who announced the cruise day-stop tax doubling on 13 May 2026.
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José Luis Martínez-AlmeidaESJosé Luis Martínez-Almeida is Madrid's mayor from the People's Party; during the 28 April 2026 prórroga vote he claimed Madrid would triple its 150,000-home urban-planning target without attaching permits, funding, or a schedule.
José Manuel AlbaresESSpain's foreign minister, who received Cuba's deputy prime minister in Madrid in June 2026.
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José Manuel Rodríguez UribesESPresident of Spain's Higher Sports Council (CSD).
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Lamine YamalESBarcelona winger, Euro 2024 winner; started Spain's run to the 2026 World Cup final.
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LetiziaESQueen of Spain since 2014, a former journalist who became queen consort to Felipe VI.
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Luis de la FuenteESSpain head coach since 2022; won Euro 2024 and the 2026 World Cup.
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Maribel VaqueroESMaribel Vaquero is the PNV's parliamentary spokesperson in Spain's Congreso de los Diputados.
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Mikel MerinoESSpain midfielder and 2026 World Cup winner; scored both the Portugal and Belgium knockout winners.
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Milagros TolónESSpain's Minister for Sport.
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Pablo BustinduyESSpain's Social Rights Minister; targeting RDL 8/2026 summer resubmission with Junts now signalling conditional openness.
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Pablo GaviESBarcelona and Spain midfielder who confronted Argentina's Leandro Paredes defending Eric García after the World Cup final.
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Pau CubarsíESSpain centre-back who won the Young Player award, first defender to do so since 2006.
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Pedro PorroESSpain defender who scored Spain's second goal against France.
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Pedro SánchezESPrime Minister of Spain since 2018 and leader of PSOE.
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Pepa MillánESPepa Millán is Vox's congressional spokesperson in Spain's Congreso de los Diputados; on 28 April 2026 she deployed the 'prioridad nacional' housing frame during the rental price-freeze vote.
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Princess LeonorESHeir to the Spanish throne as Princess of Asturias, elder daughter of Felipe VI.
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Rafael LouzánESPresident of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.
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RodriESSpain holding midfielder who won the Golden Ball as the 2026 World Cup's best player.
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Teresa RiberaESEC Executive Vice-President for competition; announced Google's first DMA fine, 23 July 2026.
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Unai SimonESSpain goalkeeper who won the Golden Glove after conceding once in eight matches.
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Verónica BarberoESVerónica Barbero is Sumar's parliamentary spokesperson in Spain's Congreso; she rebuked the PP-Vox-Junts coalition during the 28 April 2026 prórroga vote, calling housing the real prioridad nacional.
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Yeremy PinoESSpain forward and Spain's only confirmed absentee for the final.

Organisations

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Asco-VandellosESSpanish nuclear association operating the Asco and Vandellos plants; named in CNMC blackout probe.
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Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE)ESSpain's Official State Gazette, the sole legal publication channel for laws, royal decrees, and ministerial orders.
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ClimáticaESSpanish environmental news publication; covered the Aragón data centre lawsuit and Spain's DC sector.
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CNMCESSpain's National Markets and Competition Commission; hosts the Madrid Gas Regulatory Forum.
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COFIDESESSpain's state development finance institution, investing in OQC's Series C as a sovereign co-investor.
Congreso de los DiputadosESLower house of Spain's parliament; 350 MPs.
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ContourGlobalESInternational power company with Spanish generation assets; named in CNMC's blackout investigation.
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Ecologistas en AcciónESSpanish environmental NGO confederation that filed the country's first data centre legal challenge against Amazon's Aragón expansion in January 2026.
El PaísESEl País is Spain's leading quality newspaper, source of the 28 April 2026 prórroga vote reporting including Pepa Millán's quote and the 'leaves thousands of tenants in the air' framing.
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EndesaESSpanish electricity and gas utility; named in CNMC's 63-case April 2025 blackout investigation.
GeneralitatESAutonomous Catalan government receiving Barcelona's SDEP platform data under the EU STR Regulation.
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Generalitat ValencianaESAutonomous government of the Valencia region, Spain; enacted the country's strictest short-term rental limits in May 2026.
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Güil Mobility VenturesESMobility-focused venture capital firm investing in Forest's £40m Series B.
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High Court of Justice of MadridESMadrid's highest regional court handling Airbnb's appeal against Spain's €64m STR fine.
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Higher Sports CouncilESThe Spanish government's sports authority, known as CSD.
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IberdrolaESSpain's largest electric utility; under CNMC investigation over the April 2025 Iberian blackout.
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IberostarESSpanish hotel chain quitting GAESA Cuban resorts and now exposed to US confiscated-property suits.
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IdealistaESSpain's leading property portal; publishes widely cited quarterly rental and sale price indices.
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INEESSpain's national statistics institute; publishes the twice-yearly web-scraped tourist-dwelling count used to track short-let supply.
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Instituto de Crédito OficialESInstituto de Crédito Oficial, Spain's state lending bank providing EUR 1,100m in rehabilitation loan guarantees under the Plan Estatal de Vivienda 2026-2030.
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JuntsESJunts per Catalunya, the Catalan independentist party, which joined PP and Vox in defeating Spain's rental price-freeze extension on 28 April 2026.
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LaLigaESSpain's top professional football division, run by the Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional.
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MeliáESSpain's largest hotel group; exiting Cuban hotels and now exposed to US confiscated-property suits.
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Ministerio de Vivienda y Agenda UrbanaESSpain's Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda, the government department responsible for national housing policy, rental regulation, and urban planning.
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NaturgyESSpanish integrated gas and power utility; Russian LNG long-term contract runs to January 2027.
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OCDHESMadrid-based Cuban human rights observatory; primary independent source for repression statistics
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Partido PopularESSpain's centre-right opposition party.
PNVESPartido Nacionalista Vasco, the Basque Nationalist Party, which abstained from the 28 April 2026 rental price-freeze extension vote in the Spanish Congress.
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PodemosESSpanish left-wing party and junior partner in the PSOE-led governing coalition.
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Port of BarcelonaESBarcelona's commercial and cruise port; three oldest cruise terminals at Moll Adossat approved for demolition, reducing capacity from 37,000 to 31,000 daily passengers.
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Prisoners DefendersESSpain-based NGO tracking Cuban political prisoners; H1 2026 count tracking past 1,300.
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PSOEESPartido Socialista Obrero Español, Spain's centre-left Socialist Workers' Party, governing in coalition with Sumar since 2023.
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Real Federación Española de FútbolESSpain's national football federation governing the national team and domestic competitions.
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Real MadridESSpain's most decorated football club, reported to want City's Rodri despite no formal talks.
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Red Eléctrica de EspañaESSpain's electricity TSO; faces EUR 60m 'very serious' infraction charge over April 2025 Iberian blackout.
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RepsolESSpanish integrated energy company; named in CNMC's blackout investigation alongside major utilities.
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RTVEESSpain's national public-service broadcaster; La 1, La 2, Radio Nacional, and RTVE Play.
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SantanderESSpanish banking group reportedly participating in Mistral AI's funding round.
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Spanish Ministry of Consumer AffairsESSpanish ministry enforcing €64m Airbnb fine; STR enforcement alongside €7bn housing supply plan.
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SumarESSumar is a Spanish left-wing coalition led by Yolanda Díaz, PSOE's junior governing partner.
Tribunal ConstitucionalESSpain's Constitutional Court, the highest judicial body for constitutional review; may be called on to rule on the legal status of tenants who filed prórroga extensions during the one-month decree window.
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Tribunal SupremoESSpain's highest court of ordinary jurisdiction, ruling on civil, criminal, administrative and social matters.
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VoxESVox is Spain's far-right nationalist party, founded in 2013 under Santiago Abascal.

Nations & Places

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AdejeESTenerife resort municipality with a high tourist-bed-to-resident ratio.
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AragónESSpanish autonomous community ranking third globally for data-centre siting; generates 115% of its electricity from renewables.
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Aragón DC clusterESThe Aragón autonomous community in north-eastern Spain, now Spain's largest data centre hub, home to Amazon's 30-building expansion under the Programme of General Interest.
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AronaESTenerife resort municipality with a high tourist-bed-to-resident ratio.
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BarcelonaESCatalan capital with 10,984 Airbnb listings, 22% unregistered; facing Spain's STR enforcement spotlight.
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BilbaoESSpanish port city with LNG terminal
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Canary IslandsESSpanish Atlantic archipelago; tourist-municipality law now triggers binding duties on towns by bed-to-resident ratio.
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El Burgo de EbroESMunicipality east of Zaragoza, Spain; Amazon data centre site in the Aragón cluster under legal challenge.
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HuescaESProvince in Aragón, north-eastern Spain; part of the Amazon data centre cluster subject to Spain's first DC lawsuit.
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MadridESSpanish capital; seat of a government managing housing-market pressure, STR enforcement, and NATO base politics.
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Moll AdossatESBarcelona's main cruise terminal zone; three of its oldest terminals are approved for demolition as part of the capacity reduction to five berths by 2030.
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Moron Air BaseESUS Air Force base in southern Spain; denied to US forces by Spain during the Iran campaign alongside Naval Station Rota.
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Naval Station RotaESMajor US naval base in southern Spain; Spain refused US access during the Iran campaign, triggering Pentagon punishment threats.
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Palacio de la ZarzuelaESOfficial residence of the Spanish royal family near Madrid.
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San Bartolomé de TirajanaESGran Canaria resort municipality with 54,116 residents and one of the island’s largest tourist-bed inventories.
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Soto de RiberaESCombined-cycle gas plant in Asturias, Spain; EDP says it was offline during the 2025 blackout.
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SpainESNATO member hosting key US bases; EU's lowest-clearing electricity market; 2026 World Cup champions.
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TenerifeESLargest Canary Island; Spanish autonomous region, major tourism and cruise hub in the eastern Atlantic.
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ValenciaESSpanish Mediterranean city and autonomous region; Spain's strictest short-let regulation zone from 2026.
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Villanueva de GállegoESTown near Zaragoza, Spain; key site in Amazon's Aragón data centre cluster challenged in Spain's first DC lawsuit.
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ZaragozaESCapital of Aragón, north-eastern Spain; hub of Spain's largest data centre cluster and site of the TSJ Aragón lawsuit.

Legislation

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Horizontal Property LawESSpain's Ley de Propiedad Horizontal, reformed in 2025 to allow owners' communities to block new short-term tourist let licences by majority vote.
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Ley 12/2023 de 24 de mayoESSpain's 2023 Housing Rights Law (Ley por el Derecho a la Vivienda), enacted 24 May 2023, establishing tenant protection, rent-control areas, and the legal basis for subsequent rental decrees.
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Ley de Municipios Turísticos de CanariasESCanary Islands law creating binding tourist-municipality status triggered automatically by fixed bed-to-resident-population thresholds.
PERTE de la Industrialización de la ViviendaESSpain's Proyecto Estratégico para la Recuperación y Transformación Económica for housing industrialisation, receiving EUR 1,300m under the Plan Estatal de Vivienda 2026-2030 to fund factory-built residential units.
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Plan Estatal de Vivienda 2026-2030ESSpain's 2026-2030 state housing plan committing EUR 7 billion — EUR 4,200m state and EUR 2,800m from regional governments — to rent subsidies, rehabilitation loans, and industrialised housing construction.
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Programme of General InterestESA Spanish planning mechanism that designates large infrastructure projects as of national interest, streamlining approvals; used to authorise Amazon's Aragón data centre expansion.
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RDL 8/2026ESDefeated Spanish rent-freeze decree; targeting summer resubmission with Junts landlord-tax condition now on the table.
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Royal Decree 1312/2024ESSpain's STR registration decree, partially annulled by the Supreme Court in May 2026.
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STS 620/2026ESSpain's Supreme Court judgment STS 620/2026 (Appeal 143/2025), handed down 21 May 2026, which voided the mandatory national STR registration number from Royal Decree 1312/2024 while upholding the SDEP digital single window and data-transmission obligations.

Concepts

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CCAAESComunidades Autónomas (CCAA) are Spain's 17 regional governments that hold primary constitutional competence on housing policy; they must contribute 40% co-financing (EUR 2,800m) for the Plan Estatal de Vivienda 2026-2030.
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IRPFESSpain's personal income tax; its landlord deductions became the coalition bargaining chip that unlocked the July 2026 housing decree.
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PVBESSpain's virtual gas trading hub; Iberian wholesale gas price benchmark.
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Temporada ContractESA 9-to-11-month Spanish rental contract that currently falls outside the Ley de Vivienda's rent caps in stressed zones.

Events

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Disgrace of GijonESThe 1982 match where West Germany and Austria eliminated Algeria; origin of simultaneous final group games.
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Madrid Gas Regulatory ForumESBiannual EU gas market regulatory forum hosted by CNMC in Madrid; 40th edition 29-30 April 2026.