Antón Costas
Antón Costas is a prominent Spanish economist and the president of the Economic and Social Council (CES), a key advisory body for the Spanish government on socio-economic and labor issues. Recently, he was in the news for overseeing the CES's evaluation of a proposed law to reduce the workweek from 40 to 37.5 hours, where he highlighted the importance of such advancements while also criticizing the government's economic justification for the measure as insufficiently grounded.
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Antón Costas is the president of the Economic and Social Council who presented a study on migration.
¿Por qué los migrantes no van a los pueblos? Vivienda, transporte y soledad, los grandes obstáculos | España
Spain· 2025-11-18
Antón Costas, president of the Economic and Social Council, points out the cultural and economic factors affecting young people's priorities.
El éxito ya no es lo que era (y la culpa es de la precariedad): qué entienden los jóvenes por triunfar en la vida | NegociosSpain· 2025-11-16
Antón Costas is the president of the Economic and Social Council and is described as an effective prophet.
Patxi Aldecoa, el valor del euroentusiasmo | OpiniónSpain· 2025-05-25
Costas referred to the federalization of European debt as 'the Hamiltonian moment'.
La columna de Cercas: La maldición de Monnet | EL PAÍS SemanalSpain· 2025-05-10
Antón Costas is the president of the CES who signed the opinion on the proposed labor law.
El CES reconoce la “importancia” de reducir la jornada, pero cree que el Gobierno no justifica bien la ley | EconomíaSpain· 2025-02-24