93.4% of military and police of Spain considers that the economic management of the government of Pedro Sánchez is bad or very bad, depending on investigation published this Monday by the Sociological Research Center (CIS). Thus, almost all of these authorities consider that “the general economic situation in Spain” is currently negative, only 4.9% consider it good and none consider it very good.
Generally speaking, 58.9% of Spaniards also do not view the economic management of the socialist executive favorably, and only 2.2% believe that the country’s economy is in a “very good” situation.
By professions and professions, those that have the worst consideration regarding the macroeconomic context of Spain are the following professions:
- Military and police: 93.4% of them believe that the situation is bad or very bad
- Service employees and business salespeople: 72.2%
- Plant and machine operators and assemblers: 68.2%
- Administrative support staff: 63.9%
- Unemployed: 63.8%
- Mid-level technicians and professionals: 63.6%
- Students: 63.3%
- housewives: 62.4%
- Directors and managers: 61.9%
- Professionals, scientists and intellectuals: 61.6%
- Official workers and artisans: 60.2%
As for the personal economic situation59.2% of the unemployed consider it bad or very bad, which reflects another consequence of the unemployment structural problem that Spain is facing.
And the country has one of the highest unemployment rates among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries (OECD), with a percentage which amounts to 11.3%, the only one to have two digits of all Spaniards.
Military and police situation
The police and the army are among those most affected by Sánchez’s policies. In addition to the issues of salary equalization, which constitute one of the major demands of the sector, the Ministry of the Interior devotes police strategies to fight against drug trafficking throughout Spain, barely 300 million euros.
In 2023, until October 31, the Government had spent on “Police action against drugs» 88.8 million, to the additional 361.1 million that had been injected into the Generalitat for its regional police.
This lack of resources was reflected in the controversy that erupted after the murder of two civil guards and the serious injuries of his companions in the port of Barbate (Cádiz) on February 9 as part of an operation to combat drug trafficking.
Other citizen issues
The CIS Barometer corresponding to the month of October also reveals that the immigration This remains the main concern of the Spanish, with 28.1% mentions. He is closely followed by economic crisisindicated by 23.8% of those questioned, and the housing problemwhich notably rises to 22.7%, or seven points more than the previous month.
Unemployment appears as the fourth most mentioned concern, with 22%, while political problems They occupy fifth place with 18.6%. In sixth place are the problems related to the job qualitywhich concern 13.9% of citizens surveyed.
This study, presented this Monday, was prepared between October 1 and 11, just one day after the last report of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard on what is called Koldo affair.
However, investigations concluded before demonstration who toured Madrid on October 13, where a reduction in taxes was demanded rental price.
The demonstrators have demanded a reduction in rent prices and, if this is not obtained, they are threatening a “strike” for unpaid rents, that is to say, to stop paying the monthly payments to owners. Behind the mobilization were 40 left-wing associations and political parties.
The slogans of the said demonstration were Housing is a right, not a business And It’s over. Let’s lower the rents. Organizers included platforms such as Affected by Metro Line 7B, Affected by public and social housing (PAVPS) and Affected by mortgage (PAH).
