Spain Recovering From Financial Crisis, but Fears a New Recession

A new survey shows 81.7 percent fear Spain would be hit by a new slump within the next five years.

An operator works on processed metal at the Gestamp Automocion factory branch in Abrera, near Barcelona, on June 19, 2018. Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

BARCELONA, Spain—For Enric Casal, Spain’s deep economic crisis was both his downfall and his salvation.

After losing his job in a car company in Madrid, he was forced to resort to asking for food and clothing for his family at a soup kitchen run by the Red Cross.