Doing Business in Spain
Corren malos tiempos para los negocios transparentes en España, tras los conocidos hechos acontecidos con objeto de la(s) OPA(s) de Endesa y los informes de la Oficina Económica del Gobierno para echar al presidente del BBVA. Bien, pues el Financial Times de ayer se refiere a un contencioso entre unas productoras y el Fórum.
Atención a lo que dice FT:
In its 2007 guide on doing business in Spain, the department warns: “Given the experience the embassy has had in attempting to assist the American citizen [Mr Rosalini], the embassy recommends that Americans who conclude contracts with Spanish entities specifying the US as the venue for adjudicating disputes also come to an agreement regarding how a possible US judgment will be executed in Spain.”
In Madrid, a spokeswoman for Joan Clos, the former mayor of Barcelona who is now the Spanish minister of industry and commerce, denied the filmmakers’ case was affecting relations between Spain and the US. She said the lawsuit against the filmmakers was unrelated to their attempts to recoup their investment in the film project.
But in Madrid, Mr Albá said the Forum lawsuit had ruined his career in Spain. “Most independent filmmakers rely on public subsidies to make their films,” he said in an interview. “When you challenge the government, as I had done, you become an outcast.”
In Madrid, a spokeswoman for Joan Clos, the former mayor of Barcelona who is now the Spanish minister of industry and commerce, denied the filmmakers’ case was affecting relations between Spain and the US. She said the lawsuit against the filmmakers was unrelated to their attempts to recoup their investment in the film project.
But in Madrid, Mr Albá said the Forum lawsuit had ruined his career in Spain. “Most independent filmmakers rely on public subsidies to make their films,” he said in an interview. “When you challenge the government, as I had done, you become an outcast.”
El Departamento de Comercio advierte a los ciudadanos americanos que tengan cuidado con qué jurisdicción es la que ponen en sus contratos en España, y que se aseguren de cómo se van a ejecutar las sentencias desfavorables. Joan Clos dice que no afecta a las relaciones entre España y EE.UU., o sea, que sí va a afectar y, por último, que no hay cineastas independientes del poder político en España, porque éstos dependen de los subsidios del Gobierno.
En Barcepundit se puede ver una referencia más larga.
Arcadi Espada sobre El País
Por cierto, que hoy sí le publican el artículo a Savater en el "Diario independiente de la mañana" o Poder Fáctico Fácilmente Reconocible, en versión de Aznar. Me alegra coincidir en sus críticas del artículo de Pérez Royo comentado por mí el otro día y cómo desvela las mentiras del Gobierno en todo el tema de ETA.
Aperitivo...
Mañana escribiré sobre el dilema de votar o no a Gallardón. Como aperitivo, lean esto.
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