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By late 2025 and March 2026 Spain posts sub-10% unemployment and record affiliation
Key takeaways
- Spain's labour reforms are a long-running test of whether high unemployment can be reduced without recreating the temporary-contract model that drove segmentation for decades.
- The current debate matters because headline gains in jobs and unemployment are now being judged against tougher questions about job stability, youth transitions and how fixed-discontinuous work is counted.
- What happens next in Spain's active labour-market policies and employment services will shape whether post-2021 gains become durable productivity and inclusion gains rather than a cyclical improvement.
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