The rest of Spain is hurting because (in part)the union work force at all those European auto factories lost their jobs when the factories shut down.
The factories moved to Romania, no unions there, tons of cheap labor.
Nothing I wrote is backed up by cites. On the other hand, nothing I have read contravenes this.
It is all from my tour of Spain during the arrests, the protests, etc.
A few months after I visited Spain, I visited Romania. Auto factories were under construction. Waiters and hotel porters were telling me they were excited about making cars.
Barcelona stays in Spain or Spain must seriously regroup.
Again, I cannot cite, but I did go there, did talk to regular people on the street in both countries, and it did inform me.
Make of my anecdotes what you will.
And I also spoke to the participants of the first yellow vests protests, can't anymore cite their cause, but remember the chats.
And the chats with protesters in Thailand at that time the military took charge.
No cites, but victims of Khumer Rouge also walked me around Cambodia.
Anecdotal.
I by Dog saw it.