Commission of Inquiry

Comisión de investigación

Commission of Inquiry. cartoon of 03/05/2025 in CTXT Translation of the cartoon: A castle with the sign "Red Eléctrica de España", a person talking at the door: "When you can, let's see if they will look at the blackout". In an appearance on the night of the blackout, Pedro Sánchez said that on

Profitable thefts

Profitable thefts

Profitable robberies. Vignette of 30/07/2023 in CTXT The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has imposed a fine of 6 million euros on Naturgy's subsidiary, Naturgy Generación, which must also pay compensation of 35.5 million euros for manipulating the price of electricity. This, for the company, is peanuts. In 2021,

Oligopoly

Oligopoly

Oligopoly. Cartoon of 26 February 2023 in CTXT In 2022, the big banks once again broke records and earned 20,850 million, 28% more. Only the two big Spanish banks, Santander and BBVA, made a profit of more than 16,000 million. And yet, from the same media in which they spoke of record figures,

Winter is coming

Winter is coming

Winter is coming. Energy crisis. Cartoon of 17/09/2022 in CTXT "The truth must be told: Europe is facing an energy crisis of existential dimensions. A shock plan is needed to alleviate energy poverty and the high cost of food and mortgages". With the sweet slumber and summer lull over, many households and businesses

Bank tax

Bank tax

Tax on banks. Cartoon of 17/07/2022 in CTXT The government is preparing a tax on energy companies and another "temporary and extraordinary" tax on banks, with these two taxes it aims to raise 7 billion euros in two years. As soon as they heard about the tax for a small amount for the