Abstract

The purpose of this note is to explain the economic and social changes that have taken place in Spain in recent years, considering the interaction between external factors (the internationalisation of the Spanish economy) and the strategies of national actors. To this aim, we consider the characteristics of the national employment model and its evolution. This allows us to show the complexity of the interactions between internal and external factors, as well as the fact that among the Member States "labelled" as Southern European countries diversities exist.