In this second article of the Dossier “Solidarity in Spain: snapshot of a committed society” we analyse how and to what causes Spaniards donate, based on an unprecedented data source: the donations made by CaixaBank customers through their banking transactions, duly anonymised.
Trade protectionism has been part of the new geopolitical normal for years now, but it has reached its peak in 2025 with the new US administration. In this more hostile environment and in the absence of an effective multilateral forum, the EU continues to make efforts to broaden its economic relations with different regions of the world. The strategy of diversification has become a valuable tool, not only in the search for markets with high export growth potential, but also in making progress towards the desired strategic autonomy.
