Inés Fernández-Pontes

Inés Fernández-Pontes

Madrid correspondent

Inés Fernández-Pontes was born in Madrid and lived in the UK since 2017. In there she worked for Spanish news agency, Agencia EFE, and completed a BA in Comparative Literature from University College London and an MA in Modern History with a specialization in armed conflicts and Middle Eastern history from the London School of Economics. On October 2024 she moved back to Spain and in May 2025 she was hired by Euractiv to be the Spanish correspondent.

  • Location: Madrid
  • Languages: Spanish, English, Italian
  • Expertise: Spanish politics, Spain, security
  • Location expertise: Spain, UK
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Latest posts from this author

Politics

Spain boosts cooperation with ‘key partner’ Mauritania on migration, security

17/07/2025

2 min. read

Politics

European Commission questions legitimacy of Spain’s Amnesty Law

15/07/2025

2 min. read

Economy

Spain takes a first step towards controversial Catalan financing scheme

15/07/2025

2 min. read

Defence

Indra moves to dominate Spain’s defence sector, but raises conflict-of-interest concerns

11/07/2025

3 min. read

Politics

Sánchez rules out resignation as he launches anti-corruption plan

09/07/2025

3 min. read

Politics

Sanchez to present anti-corruption plan amid deepening party scandal

09/07/2025

4 min. read

Defence

Spain’s arms embargo on Israel hits enemy lines at home

08/07/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Spain’s Sánchez fights for survival as crisis reaches fever pitch

07/07/2025

4 min. read

Politics

Sánchez ally quits Socialist party post amid sexual harassment allegations

05/07/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Spanish politics’ bumper weekend

04/07/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Seville hosts 4th UN Conference on Financing for Development

30/06/2025

1 min. read

Politics

Spanish Court upholds controversial Amnesty Law

27/06/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Spanish justice minister faces Supreme Court probe over corruption allegations

24/06/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Sánchez’s inner circle faces accusations of embezzlement of EU funds

23/06/2025

3 min. read

Defence

Spain reaches NATO defence spending deal

23/06/2025

1 min. read

Defence

Spain wants exemption from NATO 5% GDP defence spending target

19/06/2025

3 min. read

Politics

Spanish Parliament erupts over Socialist party’s corruption case

19/06/2025

3 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Spanish government blames power plant and grid operators for catastrophic blackout

17/06/2025

3 min. read

Politics

Sanchez stands his ground in spite of mounting pressure

16/06/2025

2 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

France-Spain high voltage line gets €1.6 billion EU bank boost

16/06/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Sánchez on the ropes as police links party to ‘mafia-like’ corruption

13/06/2025

2 min. read

Politics

‘Four decades ago, Spain returned to its European home’ says former Spanish ambassador to the EU

12/06/2025

5 min. read

Politics

Commission raises rule of law concerns over Spanish amnesty law

11/06/2025

2 min. read

Politics

Supreme Court to prosecute Attorney General for disclosing confidential information

10/06/2025

1 min. read

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