Expansión

The Spanish government has included the planned European savings and investment account in its housing decree, according to Expansión. The measure is part of the EU push to channel household savings into long-term investment to finance European growth. The move is drawing attention in Spain as details of how the account would work and who could benefit remain scarce.

Democratic members of the US Congress have introduced legislation to impose sanctions over the expansion of Israeli settlements. The bill targets settlement growth in the occupied West Bank amid ongoing tensions linked to the war in Gaza. It signals growing pressure within the Democratic Party for a harder line on Israeli settlement policy.