Opinion article by Cristina Pereira (Spain)

THE SITUATION OF SPAIN NOWADAYS

Imagine you have lost your job, you have children to maintain and it seems impossible for you, your savings are not enough to pay the rest of the expenditure and, moreover, you’re about to be homeless. What would you do?

Maybe you can think all of this is excessive but, unfortunately, I’m not exaggerating. More and more Spanish families are living this case at the moment.
I have to say that it’s possible that there is a big inequality in economical issues within families, because the rich keep on being rich and have no monetary problems. Even so, the situation of Spain is falling increasingly and it’s caused by crisis.

Since the enterprises realized they didn’t have enough money and they had to fire a lot of employees, life seems much more difficult for the population. The unemployed aren’t able to find another job because there are no available jobs. So, is there any possibility to change this? There will be a moment where people won’t have any money to eat and, as it’s happening now, the banks will want to take their homes because they can’t pay the mortgage. And the worst thing is that, as they can’t live anywhere else, they have to keep on paying it!

I don’t know much about politics or economy but, in my opinion, everything could be better if the politicians started to act instead of contradicting themselves. They are always saying they will get over the crisis and they will try to create jobs for the unemployed, but, in the end, everything seems to get worse. Their discourse is just pure demagogy. But of course, the president will never know what living in misery is because he will earn money during all his life. So, what can a person like him say to the population?

Also, the most controversial topic of the moment is the great debt owed by the State and its consequences. As all they want is to cut costs, they are starting to consider the possibility of privatizing the education and health systems. This is the last straw. The government wants to remove a load off, but what about the rest of the people, who don’t have enough money and can’t afford the essential things? Will they have to pay for an operation if they have an illness?

Well, the reason why I’ve just mentioned all of these points is because I think we have to be concerned about our future now that we are young. The economic crisis is increasing; we do have to study hard if we want to be someone in the future. Without studies, we won’t be able to do anything. So, why don’t we use our time in the best way possible now so that we can be more prepared in the future? It’s necessary to save our country.

Cristina Pereira