Repsol halts investment in Spain due to ‘tax hike’ of 1.2% on revenue
Repsol stands firm against the ‘tax hike’ on energy companies (and banks) that the government has announced it wants to make permanent. As a result, Repsol is putting on hold investments for projects amounting to around €1.5 billion, which would affect the group’s portfolio projects in the Basque Country, Tarragona (Catalonia), Cartagena (Murcia), and A Coruña (Galicia). A year ago, its CEO, Josu Jon Imaz, warned that he was leaving…