There will be a Repeat Election in a few months. Nothing is clear yet. We know that markets dont like uncertainty. We will see how it changes in the next few weeks. In principle, there is a deal between the socialists and the catalan party. If that extends to government, we do not know yet. We will find out pretty soon. This has all weighed quite heavily on spain in general, hasnt it . Talk us through some of the issues the country has been facing. Well, yes, at an economy level, spain is really struggling with unemployment, it is a structural problem, for the past few decades. It is the highest in all of the european union, between 11 and 12 . Especially Youth Unemployment is very high, around 20 . Is very high, around 28 . Also the highest in the eu. So the main struggle for any. The main challenge for any government is reducing unemployment. There has been progress in the past few years under the socialist led government. It has been reduced. But it still has a long way to go. Now,
Whether youre joining us in the room here, and i lot of you are, or your joining us online, thank you for being here our smart women, smart power event tonight. Were excited and delighted that seven ambassadors currently representing their countries here in washington can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. And as you may have noticed, they happen to all be female ambassadors and they are just a subset of those representing their countries here in washington. Before we begin, ill get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments, but first i want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope youre following us on twitter smart women and there should have been hand outs. Hopefully you got them with all the ambassadors twitter handles and if youre live tweeting we ask that you use the cse live. We do have a itunes course with our smart women events. We hope that youre following those as well. Our smart women smart power Speaker Series wouldnt be possible withou
Good evening, everyone. Whether youre joining us in the room here and a lot of you are, or youre joining us online, thank you for being here for our smart women, smart power event tonight. Were delighted that seven ambassadors currently representing their countries here in washington can join us for a look at the view of the u. S. From abroad. As you may have noticed they happen to all be female ambassadors, a subset of those representing their countries here in washington. Before we begin, ill get to introducing the ambassadors in a few moments. First i want to give you a few social media reminders. We hope youre following us on twitter smart women. There should have been handouts with all the ambassadors twitter handles. If youre live tweeting use the tag csi live. We have a smart women podcast with our smart women events. We hope youre following those, as well. Our smart women smart power Speaker Series wouldnt be possible without the support of citi. Thank you very much for helping
A house hearing that the sanctions and other efforts to stop their Nuclear Weapons program. This comes as the Un Security Council voted monday to impose new sanctions on north korea. At a hearing of the Foreign Affairs committee is two and a half hours. [inaudible conversations] before we tackle the hearing i would like to remind the audience members the disruption of proceedings is against the law and will not be tolerated also wearing themed shirts while seated in the room is certainly permissible holding up signs during the proceedings is not permissible and will be suspended until Capital Police can restore order. With that, i would like to call us to order for our hearing this morning and ask all the members to take their seats if you cou could. On september 3, north korea detonated a Nuclear Device thats according to news reports is stronger than any of the previous tests combined. This represents the latest advancement in north koreas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs
Tuesday. It comes a day after the Un Security Council unanimously voted to introduce new sanctions against korea. They specifically targeted natural gas and oil imports and textile exports. This is about 2. 5 hours. Conversation] before we get a full the hearing in, i would just like to remind audience members that disruption of Committee Proceedings is against the law and and will not be tolerated. Is permissible, holding up signs during the permissible during the hearing is not permissible. A suspensionult in of the proceedings until the Capitol Police can restore order. With that, i would like to call us to order here for our hearing this morning. The members to take their seats if you could. September 3, north korea detonated a Nuclear Device that according to news reports was stronger than all the previous tests combined. Representsen bomb the latest advancement in north nuclear andrunning Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs which not pose an urgent threat to the United St