Hotel prices in Spain keep rising, Sánchez intends to stay in power until 2027 despite Zapatero scandal, Spain has 100,000 half-built homes in ‘ghost estates’ and more news on Monday May 25th.
Hotel prices in Spain keep rising
Staying at a hotel in Spain is becoming increasingly expensive year on year.
According to Consumer Price Index (CPI) data by Eurostat, hotel prices in April 2026 were 7.5 percent higher than last year.
This growth rate is double the European average of 3.6 percent and is the fifth highest in the entire EU.
Only Belgium (18.7 percent), Croatia (10.2 percent), Romania (9.7 percent), the Netherlands (8.9 percent), and Latvia (8.2 percent) have registered higher price increases than the Spanish hotel sector.
The surge in foreign tourism after the pandemic – which has far surpassed domestic tourism and is increasingly focused on high-end accommodation – is the main driver behind the rise in hotel prices.
Sánchez intends to stay in power until 2027 despite Zapatero scandal
Sources within Spain’s Socialist government have reportedly told Cadena Ser radio station that Pedro Sánchez intends to see out his mandate until 2027 despite the latest PSOE scandal involving former leader and Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his alleged influence peddling.
READ MORE: Spain’s former PM under investigation for influence peddling
This comes after comments made by Aitor Esteban, head of Basque Nationalist Party PNV, who labelled it “irresponsible” for the ruling government to “continue beyond 2026, without direction, without a stable majority” and with “an uncontrolled and judicialized agenda”.
The PNV is one of the smaller political parties in Spain which gave the Socialists their support in the previous election, allowing them to reach a very slender majority in parliament.
The next general election in Spain is scheduled for 2027, with no specific date set yet.
Spain has 100,000 half-built homes in ‘ghost estates’
Leading Spanish daily El País ran an article over the weekend highlighting that there around 100,000 half-built homes which remain abandoned in “ghost estates” across Spain since the 2008 financial crash.
The article follows a recent study by the Bank of Spain which stresses that the country currently needs 700,000 new homes.
They have been stripped of their finishes, turned into dumps, and are now in the hands of companies that inherited the debts of bankrupt developers.
Teacher strikes in Valencia and Catalonia continue
Public education and childcare sector workers will take part in the third week of strikes in the Valencian Community and Catalonia, demanding better working conditions and wages.
Saturday saw another huge teachers’ and parents’ protest in the eastern city of Valencia, in which 30,000 people are believed to have taken part in.
READ MORE: Why teachers in different regions of Spain are striking
