Lower energy prices were achieved with government debt by subsidising the prices. By comparison, Germany is doing quite fine when compared to Spain:
Spain debt is 112.8% of their GDP according to their central bank data.
Germany debit is 66.4% of their GDP according to their central bank data.
So, basically the tax payer ended up paying the (lower energy prices in taxes raises)[elpais.com/…/espana-en-el-podio-de-paises-de-la-o…]. So you basically fell for the socialist trap, that’s giving some benefits while raising the taxes, which ends up screwing people even more.
The inflation rate being better in Spain is well… good but on everything else they’re far worse than even Germany.