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Bloomberg.com, and of course, on the Bloomberg. So we've spoke to many finance ministers, but now let's get back to someone who we haven't

spoken to yet because he's a newly minted economy minister and he is Roman Escalano, the new Economy Minister of Spain.

Mr Escalano, thank you for joining us.

There's a lot that we want to talk about, we want to talk about trade, tariffs, reforms, but first of all, what was the biggest

surprise in the job? So you've been in the job, you've always followed the

economy. Is there something that surprised you? Well, I've been as an economic

minister of Spain for just one month.

So I'm very brand new.

I'm still brand new in the position.

But I'm surprised by many things.

I mean the intensity of the European debate I just join a train which

is in full speed we have as you know prospects to find important agreements been

the much of June the debate in Europe is at full speed.

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