Diesel prices stand at more than EUR 2 per litre amid the energy crisis.
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Diesel prices stand at more than EUR 2 per litre amid the energy crisis.
More than 50,000 olive trees were uprooted in Jaén to install photovoltaic panels.
The European Union accounts for 6% of global emissions, while China accounts for almost 30%.
Tenerife has spent almost two years under a water emergency declaration
More than 90% of the water consumed in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura has to be desalinated
The Spanish government has mobilised €340 million in public financing for a desalination plant in Morocco
As of 1 September, 20 of the 27 EU member states had not submitted their national nature restoration plan.
Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO) estimates the cost of the restoration plan at almost €600 million per year until 2050.
In 2026, more territory burned in Spain than the combined area of the cities of Madrid, Berlin and Rome.
Only one in four EU fishermen is under 40 years old.
Morocco has nearly 17,000 artisanal fishing vessels, 370% more than in 1980.
Seven out of ten fish consumed in the EU come from outside the EU.
One in six fishing jobs in the EU has disappeared since 2017, according to the Commission's first social report.
Spain concentrates 40% of the wildfires of the whole European Union.
In January 2026 a train derailment in Adamuz, Spain, caused by rail infrastructure deficiencies, killed 46 people.
Five days before the debate, EIB President Nadia Calviño signed 365 million euros in additional financing for roads and railways in Morocco.
Spain is the European country with the most train derailments, more than France, Germany and Poland combined.
In 2025 the European Investment Bank provided Morocco with 740 million euros, its highest annual amount since 2012.
More than 60% of European companies indicate hyperregulation as a direct barrier to entry for investment.
Fertilizing agricultural land costs farmers 70% more than two years ago.
European producers pay 15 times more CO2 tax per euro than foreign competitors.
Europe has lost almost 40% of its farmers in twenty years
Yesterday thousands of farmers and ranchers demonstrated in Madrid in a historic march
The wine sector contributes EUR 130 billion to the European economy.
In 2024 wine consumption fell to the lowest level since 1961.