Several European holiday hotspots have rejected plans to introduce a tourist tax for non-EU visitors like France. The new tax could be imposed as soon as 2026 Bruges' mayor Dirk De fauw told the Telegraph: 'We will never make a difference between European inhabitants and non-European inhabitants' Meanwhile in Madrid, the city's right-wing regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso said she …
As the pandemic slowly comes to an end, a new and deadly form of populism is rising. Incumbent Madrid Community President Isabel Diaz Ayuso of the right-wing Popular Party, who ran on a promise to “liberate” the people of Madrid from the COVID-19 management restrictions of Spain’s socialist government, won the regional election in a landslide. When the pandemic hit, …