The Spanish finance minister, Luis de Guindos, believes that his country will avoid the suspension of part of the European structural funds allocated to it, as Spain is in line with the stipulated budgetary requirements.
He listed on Tuesday 11 October his reasons for expecting some indulgence from the European Commission, in the same way as his country and Portugal managed to avoid a fine this summer, even though they had not taken sufficient action to correct their government deficits...