Spain’s PM appoints Carlos Cuerpo as economy minister

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Spain’s new economy minister will be Carlos Cuerpo, head of the country’s treasury and a key negotiator in a recent deal over the EU’s fiscal rules, replacing Nadia Calviño as she leaves to head the European Investment Bank.

Announcing the appointment on Friday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described Cuerpo, 43,…