“Nubarrones sobre el proyecto Manhattan en La Mancha” [ .. ] “Pérdida de la competitividad nacional” [ .. ] “Clima de miedo de los ingleses que compraron en las playas españolas”.

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Periódicos tan distintos como Financial Times y el Guardian comparten visiones pasablemente negras:

A forest of construction cranes still surrounds Francisco Hernando’s vast residential complex in Seseña, just half an hour’s drive from Madrid, but with the bursting of the Spanish property bubble, Mr Hernando’s plan to build a “Manhattan in La Mancha” looks like a Quixotic dream. [ .. ] The housing slump is also eroding the government’s fiscal surplus [ .. ] Years of rampant price inflation have eroded Spain’s competitive edge, while over-development along some parts of the coast, along with a series of corruption scandals, has dulled the allure of owning property in the country. [Financial Times, 28 / 29. Leslie Crawford. Dark clouds over ‘La Mancha Manhattan’].

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[ .. ] a new government push to preserve the coastline means the sun will go down for ever on their Spanish idyll [ .. ] case is typical of thousands of other Britons, other foreign owners and Spaniards who own properties next to the sea but who now face an uncertain future. In some cases homes could be bulldozed and there have been no offers of compensation so far. [Guardian, 28 marzo 08. Graham Keeley, A place in the sun becomes a climate of fear for Britons along Spanish coast].

Economía en este Infierno.