Everything is ready. Champagne, trays with Spanish jam, a group of 10 young waiters in uniform and everyone ready to serve the guests. In the entrance, some paper photographs, in which we can make out the name Marie Claire, are waiting to receive the public. Once we have crossed the hall and we go up the stairs coming up to an amazing 2009 David Delfin’s dress, we find at the end of the corridor another perfect dress, a 2010 black Hannibal Laguna’s model with red flowers. On the right, two little lounges.

On the first one, the table with glasses; on the second one, a photocall. Where are we? We are at Cerralbo Museum, where we are celebrating the opening of “Fashion is a dream,” a unique exposition which commemorates the most admired Spanish fashion designer’s 25 years work. The exhibition remembers the work of several generations, since Balenciaga and Pertegaz, to Victorio & Lucchino, Hannibal Laguna and Miguel Palacio. The most of them, were at the opening party last week, and Toonari Post was there to catch the moment of exaltation and enjoyment of Spanish fashion.

Famous people were arriving. Daniel Rabaneda and Hannibal Laguna, some of the first famous in posing on the photocall. After Ágatha follow Amaya Arzuaga, Purificación García, Juanjo Oliva, and many other important figures, everyone answering media questions.

“I still have the same illusion and passion that I had 30 years ago and I think that this is very important in design,” Purificación García said, satisfied with the exposition. “I don’t like talking about crisis, I prefer to talk about changes. I believe that designers have to be more involved, to risk and to insist more on quality-price ratio.”

Some value the importance of the event as the commemoration of 25 years of work, others, the originality of the scenario, and the most of them, the organization and procedure of the exposition, as it is the case of Juanjo Oliva: “It is very well organized. It is a real context, not present, but the museum is a good company, very pleasant.”

Everyone seemed to have fun and enjoy this unusual scenario, a 19th century palace-museum in the middle of Madrid, and among those present we found to Lourdes Vaquero, museum Cerralbo’s director, to whom we directed some questions about this initiative. “The idea is to emulate parties which were celebrated in 19th century…we wanted that every dress fit with pieces of each room,” Vaquero said. “We have an extraordinary potential in fashion, we have to boost Spanish brand through our designers. In the 16th century Spain was the country that set trends in all Europe, and we have to achieve that Spain set trends again”.

The night was full of fashion and glamour, showed for example in a elegant Sybilla dress which prevails on the dance hall as the symbol of this exhibition, and led the way to an exposition that will be open to public in the Museo Cerralbo of Madrid until January 13 to every fashion lover.

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Germán Merino is a photographer who has had exhibits in one restaurant, two bars, and over eighty trees. As a new photographer looking for business, Merino has developed EXPOntánea, a self-run exhibition where he displays his photos on trees around Madrid, Spain.

“I began taking photos without any artistic interest, like any amateur that likes photography. It was after showing them to friends, they asked me, ‘Why don’t you do an exposition? Or study photography? Or do something related to photography?’” he said.

Last year, he held three expositions in Murcia, Spain, where he is from. The first was in a restaurant called El Girasol, and after, he displayed his work in two bars, Mazinger and Atomic. Six months ago he moved to Madrid, and although he has opportunities to do expositions here, he does not have the money to finance a display. For this reason, he started EXPOntánea in March. He got the idea from seeing advertisements in the street, promoting classes or other services, which have telephone numbers that you can tear off.

He took this idea and transformed it, so he could show off his photography, make new connections, and hopefully find some jobs. He hopes through this traveling showcase he will be able to make enough connections, so that next year, he can work full time on his photography. Right now, in order to support the expensive lifestyle of Madrid, he is working at a restaurant.

The name EXPOntánea is a play on words, combining the Spanish words exposición (exposition) with espontánea (spontaneous). He stated, “It’s called EXPOntánea because I don’t even know when the pictures are going to be put up. It depends a little on the weather. When it’s raining I can’t put them up. But I don’t think it’s going to rain tomorrow, so tonight, I won’t sleep much because I put them up really early.”

To save money, Merino buys secondhand wooden frames from the local flea market, the Rastro, and paints them white. He then places his photo in the frame and puts a printed fabric on the back. Underneath the photo, he puts a piece of paper, giving information about the exhibition and contact information. Attached to this are business cards that people can tear off and take with them. Each one of the business cards has a self portrait, along with his Facebook, Twitter, and email.

His first EXPOntánea was displayed in the terrace of Bar La Oliva. Since then, he has had eight EXPOntánea exhibits around Madrid. Each expo only lasts a day. He puts the photographs up in the early hours of the morning, when most people are still sleeping, and takes them down before going to bed.

Merino said when choosing where to put up the next display, he has two basic rules: to make sure that lots of people will pass through the area and that there are trees. However, the spring weather in Madrid has not made it very easy to display his pictures. Merino said, “In the last month, it has rained almost every day. I’m waiting for summer to come to be able to put them up every day. And for the people to see it one, two, three times. The bigger the impact, the better.”

Merino says that these displays are not the only thing about his work that is spontaneous. The nature of his photographs is quite spur-of-the-moment. In general, he just takes pictures of what he sees, when he sees them. “I find it hard to take a photo that I thought of previously. I like [to take] original photos that no one has seen before,” Merino maintained.

His favorite photo is of a lot of plastic chairs under a blue sky with puffy, white clouds. He says it is his favorite because everyone sees something different when they look at it. To some, the plastic chairs look like waves, to others they look like clouds or airplane tails. Ironically, this is the only photo that has been stolen from EXPOntánea.

The other photos in his exhibit range from abstract to portraits, but each one is extremely unique. In one photo, you see layers of different colored fabrics, which he took during a trip to Turkey. Another photograph is of several white T-shirts hanging on a clothes line and the wall behind the clothesline is a bright yellow, providing a significant contrast. Many of his photos’ subjects are everyday things, but Merino shows the world a different way to look at them.

Last month, a woman from the Plataforma Cultural La Pandemonio saw his work in the Plaza Santa Barbara and invited him to be part of the temporary gallery that will be held in the Campo de la Cebada. The theme Pandemonio has chosen is “Vive la Crisis”. Although not all Merino’s photographs fit the theme, his EXPOntánea idea was certainly thought of because of the economic crisis. Merino’s work, along with other young artists, will be displayed between May 23 and June 3.

You can check out Germán Merino’s photography and keep up with the where and when of #EXPOntánea on Twitter at GermanM_Foto or on his Facebook page at GermanMerinoFotografia.

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It was estimated by the Asociación de Empresarios de Pastelería Artesana de Madrid (AEPA) that bakeries in Madrid would sell 3.6 million torrijas (or 450,000 kilograms) this Easter season. Easter may be over, but this typical Spanish Easter treat can be enjoyed all year long. They are easy to make and require very simple ingredients.

To some they are known as the Spanish version of French toast. They date back to the 15^th century, when nuns created them as a way to not waste leftover or stale bread.

Some of us may associate this treat with breakfast, because of the similarity to French toast, but everyone has their own opinion on when—and with what—you should eat torrijas. Some say it should be eaten as a breakfast food, others say dinner, others think its just fine at any time of day. Recipes vary, but the basic ingredients are very simple; it’s a nice twist on the standard French toast.

Ingredients:

• Stale bread (a day or two old). The traditional torrijas are made with French or Italian baguette bread but you can use any type of bread. You don’t want rock hard bread, but you don’t want fresh bread either. If you have fresh bread and can’t wait a couple of days, you can lightly toast the bread
• 4 cups of milk
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup of sugar (this amount can be altered depending how sweet you want your torrijas)
• 3-4 eggs
• Oil (Spaniards typically use olive oil but vegetable oil will do just fine as well)
• Cinnamon sugar mix (optional)
• Note: These measurements will make about six torrijas.

Other alternatives:

Some people prefer to use a sweet wine instead of milk for soaking the bread. Also it’s possible to add lemon and orange zest to the milk mixture to give it a citrus flavor. Get creative, and design your own torrijas recipe!

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Real Madrid keeps its 10-point advantage over Barcelona after winning at Benito Villamarín 2-3 against Betis. Mourinho’s team knew how to use the punch of Ronaldo and Higuain despite their bad play to beat a great Betis. The home team was fighting until the last minute and claimed a penalty by Ramos, who rejected a shot with his hands, but the referee did not whistle on it.

First Half

Pepe Mel’s team was not intimidated over the danger of Real Madrid’s stickers in the counterattack. Betis played with its line defenders forward and pressing on Madrid’s midfielders. Betis had the passion of the ball while Madrid was waiting to have their chances. A nice combination of passes between Nacho and Ruben Castro had the ball ending up with Molina who put the hosts ahead in the ninth minute.

The joy of the fans lasted only 14 minutes since German play maker Ozil broke the defensive line of Betis with a long pass to Argentinean Higuain, who made the equalizer. In the last five minutes of the first half Betis got two chances: Stricker Castro slipped after dribbling clear Ramos; and playmaker Salva Sevilla, who rattled the crossbar after Casillas saved the ball by tipping it with his fingers in the freekick. Meanwhile, Ronaldo had his own chance to score but an inspired Fabricio denied him the goal.

Second Half

In a raid by Brazilian leftback Marcelo, he assisted Ronaldo inside the box who scored an easy goal in the 51st minute. Betis were at level three minutes later after Madrid failed to clear a corner; the ball was left inside the box to Montero, who blasted Casillas’ goal.

Betis got a double chance from low-range to beat Casillas, but he saved them. The match was still being played at high speed but Betis seemed tired and Madrid was launching quick counterattacks. Fabricio denied Marcelo’s goal with a spectacular save on the 62th minute.

The home team appealed penalties when Alonso touched Nacho’s cross with his hand. The referee who had to replace injured Iturralde Gonzalez at half-time did not give the maximum punishment.

In the 72th minute, a corner delivered by Kaka was headed by Ramos but Fabricio pulled out the ball to Ronaldo who score the winning goal. With 20 minutes remaining, Betis put forward their lines to try to get the draw. Ronaldo had another chance to make his hat-trick, but his foot was away from Fabricio’s goal.

In the extra time Betis got a last chance, a corner was only half-cleared and Montero took a shoot from long range that was repealed by Spanish defender Ramos by an arm. The referee blew the final whistle and ignored Betis’ complaints.

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Fuerza Bruta, the new variety show from the Argentine creators of the long-running De La Guarda, is succeeding in Madrid, Spain at the Price Circus after its release on 11 October. This success was expected, since its premiere in 2005 at Buenos Aires, Argentina, the show has travelled across New York, London, Lisbon, Bogota, Miami and showed at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, achieving, according to the producers, “amazing reviews and excellent audience opinions.”

Hundreds of people have watched and experienced the sounds and sights and the attendance numbers have only gone up since it premiered. “Fantastic show. Hard to describe it. You just have to go.”

Created by Diqui James, Fuerza Bruta – or translated from Spanish Brute Force — is not part of the usual theater genre. In fact, some Spanish media have categorized it as the kind of theater that people who don´t really like theater would like.

From the very beginning, you will not know what to expect. The performance area is huge, dark, and mysterious, playing with your imagination and curiosity. One of the scene’s most impressive installments is a massive shallow plastic pool where four female performers are splashing around like mermaids. This big pool descends from above to the audience who are standing throughout the entire spectacle. A very helpful suggestion for female patrons would be to wear shoes that they won’t get too uncomfortable in!

During the Fuerza Bruta, the audience is expected to participate in the performance. Be prepared for both voluntary and involuntary involvement as the performers will grab and bring people on stage or engage their spectators in other ways. You can get wet, or you could have a pizza box stuffed with powder and confetti thrown over your head. For this reason, we recommend that you dress casual and think twice before spending hours in front of the mirror; this evening is not likely to come before a night on the town.

The stunning visuals, great music, energetic dancers and the audience participation creates a show which is bound to challenge your mind. You’re also encouraged to touch the set, which is a pretty rare opportunity compared to similar shows.

Fuerza Bruta ends its stay in Madrid this Sunday and unfortunately, so far the production has not announced their next destination. Either way, at Toonari Post, we believe this would be a ‘must-see’ for all. It’s an interesting and fun experience that will introduce you to an hour of incredible alternate reality.

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Despite being only 7 kilometers apart, citizens of Villarejo, Segovia have three times less the voice in the Spanish general election than their neighbors in Somosierra, Madrid. Interestingly enough, a vote in Villarejo is equivalent to 3 votes in Somosierra.

This is possible owing the particular electoral system that Spain adopted into its constitution in 1978. Despite the bicameral system, the legislative power is nowadays mainly held by the Congress with 350 deputies selected during general elections.

For this purpose, the country is divided into 50 provinces each one granted with minimum two deputies just for the matter of being a province and two autonomous cities, both in Morocco coastline, with one deputy. So from 350 total deputies, 102 are fixed among provinces and 248 are divided equally between all the provinces by their number of registered voters.

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Madrid is granted two deputies per province plus 33 deputies for its 4.5 million registered voters while Segovia has two deputies plus one for its 124,000 electors. A deputy must obtain over 128,000 votes to be elected in Madrid — far more than the whole total amount of registered voters in Segovia, where only around 40,000 votes can decide a deputy. Sometimes it gets worse — like between Barcelona and Teruel were differences are even bigger.

This makes the voting system bipolar; on one side, regional parties always campaign for their own province’s welfare, obviating the needs of other parts of the country and targeting only potential voters living within the same region. They therefore reach a very limited number of deputies.

On the other hand, the main nationwide political parties, Partido Popular (PP) and Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), target citizens throughout the country and have obtained the bulk of deputies so far. In Spain since 1982 there have been eight general elections where both PP and PSOE together obtained between 80 and 92 percent of the 350 deputies while remaining in positions covered by minority regional parties and other minority nationwide parties.

This system made a lot of sense when it was approved back in December 1978, only three years after the death of dictator Francisco Franco. By that time, the dictatorship had centralized all power and control in Madrid to make it easier to oversee what was going on and rule the entire nation.

But when the democratic process began, many regions started to claim autonomy. The dictatorship had severely repressed the desire of autonomy in regions like Catalonia and Basque Country, abolishing antique fiscal privileges and suppressing the recognition of Basque and Catalan as official languages.

Regions have been struggling for more independence after Franco´s death and while dismantling the old regime structure and creating a democratic one, the makers of the constitution feared a national partition into several independent countries — or a new civil war. In order to avoid this, they developed a voting system to support more power in regional minorities.

Nowadays, all Spanish regions have obtained more authority on such matters as education, health, transportation, economy, public security and so forth, transferred by the central government over three decades. They have gained an autonomous status with their own regional elections and parliament.

Moreover, the central government has given many other authorities to Brussels after the admission to the European Union. So what is the point of maintaining the system unchanged if regional minorities today have gained most of their demands? For instance, Izquierda Unida (IU), a political party whose ideals rest between communism and socialism obtained at the last general elections almost a million votes — but only obtained two deputies.

Meanwhile, Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV), a seeker for independence of Basque Country, received merely 300.000 votes but gained six deputies. Obviously, the vote to deputy ratio does not hold. Imagine that someone decides to create a new party supporting gay and lesbian rights and gains support in the community.

Unfortunately, the gay community is considered a national minority; in aggregated numbers there are several hundred thousands but divided by provinces, their numbers are limited, as low as 3 percent, and not enough to obtain a deputy to represent them. Project this to other national minorities like environmental activists, communists, immigrants with the right to vote, pacifist and so on. Under this system they will never be able to obtain a chair in the Chamber of Deputies.

In 2008, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 98 different political parties. Nevertheless, two parties obtained more than 90 percent of deputies, effectively holding the legislative right og Spain without effectively representing the diversity of the nation.

The last opinion poll dated September 2011, just two months before the polling day, shows the same scenario for next general elections. A scenario where the PP and PSOE will obtain over 75 percent of the total votes. Either the Spanish citizens are quite homogeneous or there is a fake democracy in place where plurality has no effect.

Democracy is not only the right to vote once every four years, nor the right to do it freely and secretly. Democracy must encourage dialogue, space for confrontation between ideas and ideals, space to be heard and a space to defend your rights.
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The third Vogue Fashions Night Out event was held in the capital of Spain on September 7.

After visiting Moscow, one of the most important fashion events landed in Madrid transforming its streets in an authentic runaway.

Luxury, cocktails and glamour fulfilled the most fashionable three Madrid areas, Ortega and Gasset Street, Salesas area, and Fuencarral Street, where a total of 300 shops opened until 12 p.m.

Everything was prepared for Vogues night, including, balloons, food, champagne, DJ’s, and street dancers.

Ortega and Gasset Street, well known for having some of the most important and expensive designer’s shops, was crowed with people. Nobody wanted to miss the Fashion’s Night and all that it had prepared for its visitors.

Spanish designer Modesto Lomba said to EFE news agency, “Fashion´s Night is a good opportunity to show that Madrid is also a fashion icon city.”

Wearing their best outfits, there were people waiting in line for hours outside the shops to have the chance to enter and have some champagne and canapés while they were having a look.

During that night shops turned into authentic discos, where you could find real rock bands playing as you would if you were at a concert. The contrast was amazing; “shop assistants were offering cocktails and beers to the guests, rather than cleaning up around the store.”

Dolce and Gabanna, Tiffany’s, Hugo Boss, Jimmy Choo and others,opened their doors to the visitors. They were giving away gifts and the opportunity to see their products in a “VIP way.”

That night everybody had the opportunity to be a model for a day. With several “photocalls screeners” distributing in different streets of Madrid, people could pose in front of professional photographers. In addition, people had the opportunity of appearing in the next Vogue edition.

Presenters, actor, singers, designers and people related with the fashion industry made a total of 40,000 guests for this event that will visit 18 different countries.

The next stops for the Vogue Fashion’s Night Out will be  the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Sao Paulo, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal,.Rio de Janeiro, Taiwan,India,China, Greece and Turkey. The event will continue from September 9-15.

Fashion’s Night Out was originated in 2009 in New York. It was an initiative of different Vogue international editions to support shopping when the fashion and beauty industry were going through a bad time as a consequence of the world economic crisis.

However, since the two great edition’s success Vogues Night Out has became the most important fashion event that represents the beginning of the new season.

This year, for the first time ever, people from all over the world could also take advantage of the special online discounts that some brands offered in this fashion-must date of the year.

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Madrid is absolutely ready for the beginning of  “Jornadas Mundial de la Juventud” (World Youth Day). Streets are clean and shut down and pilgrims are waiting for Benedict XVI to arrive to the city.

Even before his arrival, the polemic is already there. Is it worth it to spend 50 million euros for an event that will generate only 100 million, especially in a worldwide crisis context?

In a non-denominational state like Spain, all Madrid’s citizens will be faced to an enormous traffic diversion and a virtual collapse in the city.

Half a million people are expected to be a part of this 7 day event, but is it really profitable?
Pilgrims who checked in the JMJ, will get special discounts for public transportation, food tickets and housing for only 210 euros. A really good offer for those who are coming to see Benedict XVI.

Considering this, and also knowing that the average age is 22, how much money will the pilgrims spend in Madrid?
Other events, like annual Gay Pride counts with an austere budget, only 500.000 euros, and generated, this year, more than 110 million euros. A considerable difference if we compare it with World Youth Day.

Demonstrations, appart.

A secular demonstration is also organized for this Wednesday. Madrid’s mayor, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, believes that this is unacceptable, considering the possible conflict with other religious events.

After several discussions, the demonstration was finally accepted and will coincide with the pilgrims in Puerta del Sol, an strategic hotspot for World Youth Day.

As usual, Spain is divided.

From bullfighting to gay marriage, Spain has two strong views: left and right-wing. We are not talking about politics, but rather people.

Strong points of view are exposed with this international event: from college students to nuns, in favor and again arguments come up easily in Madrid’s streets… and also on the Internet.

Twitter has an enormous roll these days. Hashtags like #MadridSinPapa (Madrid with no Pope), #Madrid11 or #JMJ are used to express from one side and the other, all thoughts related with Benedict XVI and World Youth Day.

Humor aside (people can be really original with their comments), taking a look into these hashtags we can see phrases like “We are totally ready for this incredible experience” and “We are strong and the world will see it”.

But a huge current of comments like “Not with my taxes” and “Spend that money in Somalia” is also coming up with the same force as the others.One thing is for sure, the respect, first of all and from all sides, religious and secular, in this kind of massive event, is the most important matter to emphasize.

In a particular coexistence of each view lies what really turns a society into a tolerant and democratic region.

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Summertime is a perfect moment to enjoy the whether and with it, music.

Music festivals are trendy, cool and are an inducement for people to visit a new city and listen to their favorite artists.
So, why don’t we take our baggage and go out this summer to a mediterranean city?

‘From Madrid, to heaven”. That’s a typical spanish saying, And it is quite true, specially for artists and culture.
The spanish capital is know as a hotspot to those who looks forward all kind of arts.

A few days ago, in this beautiful city I live in, we had the pleasure of visiting the “Music Day” (Día de la música), and assist to live show in several stages around the city. It was a thriller experience!

We also had the chance to listen to new artists and see how everybody danced, jumped and enjoyed their music.

The ‘Madrid’s Music day” is a huge music festival organized by Heineken, divided in 3 different days and stages in the city. It took place on June 18th and June 19th in the “Matadero de Madrid” getting several artists together in order to perform to a massive audience.

Vetusta Morla, Lykke Li, The Pains of being, Pure at heart, Glasvefas, Janelle Monaé, Russian Red… this are a little example of some guest of this music festival. It also includes workshops and a film premiere named “Heineken’s music day film”.

Vetusta Morla – Pucho (Singer)

Russian Red – Lourdes Hernández (Singer)

Do you want to hear a pice of it? Join Heneken’s Club at heineken.es/ and download, free of charge, the ‘Heineken’s Music Day disc’.

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQJBB1idAg

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Only thinking about the strength a person needs to have in order to leave their country to seek a better future is an enormous effort, and life decision. But many people around the world decide to take this decision in order to provide a better future for their family members, and the future generations. Unfortunately reality for many people in this world is so harsh in their own homeland, that having the opportunity to leave and search for new opportunities is the impulse they have to leave all they area accustomed and used behind.

Spain has been transformed from being a country of emitting emigrants, to a country, which has opened its door as a receptor of migratory flow. Moroccans, Rumanians and Ecuadorians constitute the main presence of immigrants in Spain.  Madrid has been the primordial zone for immigrants to locate themselves since normally they opt for zones where there is a great economic movement, so the opportunities of finding job offers enlarge.

Nevertheless, the statistics exposed by the Secretary of Immigration and Emigration that were updated until the 31^st of December of 2010 revealed that the number of Ecuadorian people inscribed in the Foreign Spanish regimen, reduced to 10.78% with comparison of the year 2009.

Compared to other collective members, the Ecuadorians were the ones with the more reduction. Other members such as the Argentinean people that are inscribed in Spain also reduced 9.83% from 2009. Does these reductions are insinuating that the crisis in Spain is making people leave the country? Nevertheless, by taking an inside view from the number of foreign people have increase 2.8% since 2009.

People coming from Rumania still show the highest percentage of the foreign people in Spain. They increase also their presence lifting it 11,85% with regards of 2009.

Within the total number of foreign with residence permit, the cipher exposes that 2.524.976 million are inscribed in the Foreign Spanish Regime. On the other hand there is still a huge presence of 2.401.632 million that are in the Communitarian Regime.

Also, by analyzing the overall ciphers in the General Regime, this leads to the conclusion that the presence of foreign people that do not belong to the European Union reduced to 37.056 with respect of the previous 2009 records. Which represents a decrease of 1.45%.

Still the percentage of immigrants in Spain is high, and most of them come from Latin America. Almost two million of people proceed from Latin America, specially focusing on the countries located at the North, whereas more than 2 million on the other hand come from the European Union.

Now that Spain has been one of the most affected countries in the European Union, the decrease in the foreign sector, does not bring any surprises since obviously they were one of the most affected sectors within unemployment and salary reductions.

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