TIme ##x proposal is the latest attempt by Spain to improve productivity and align working hours with rest of day . Spanish unemployment in the third - quarter improved slightly to 25.98 % compared with 26.26 % in Q2 of 2015 . Speaking with CNN , Ignacio Buqueras , president of the Association for the Rationalization of Spanish Working Hours , said : `` For 71 years we have been on the wrong clock . Youth unemployment , which remains over 30 % , poses a major problem for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy 's government .
TIme ##x proposal is the latest attempt by Spain to improve productivity and align working hours with rest of day . Spanish unemployment in the third - quarter improved slightly to 25.98 % compared with 26.26 % in Q2 of 2015 . Youth unemployment , which remains over 30 % , poses a major problem for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy 's government .