BBVA

Spain’s new record level of unemployment - 27,2 percent , 6,2 million Spaniards are now jobless not accounting for those who have never registered with the dole office due to not being entitled to any benefits - has put the focus on a generation growing accustomed to life without work.

Unemployment has increased by 10 per cent in the last year, despite Rajoy claiming the labour reform. Head of economic affairs and vice-president of the European Commission Olli Rehn has told Rajoy that Spain's unemployment figures and the vast gulf between rich and poor in the country are 'unacceptable'...