Dennis Hollingsworth

Newsweek's Spain

Check this out from Newsweek, via John Chappel's Iberian Notes:

The picture is similarly rosy in Spain's second city, Barcelona, one of Europe's most stylish?and most fun?metropolises (following story). With the economy booming?in stark contrast to the rest of Europe?it's no wonder Spaniards these days are the most optimistic consumers on the Continent, according to surveys. Columnist Raul del Pozo of the newspaper El Mundo argues that Spain's new golden age is an epic achievement?the greatest European economic leap forward since postwar France and Germany.