Madrid, Spain, Jul 22, 2010 / 16:02 pm
The Institute for Family Policy issued a report this week showing that Spain has the highest rate of divorce in Europe, with more than 110,000 cases taking place each year.
The president of the institute, Eduardo Hertfelder, noted that the “unintended effects of the current fast-track divorce law are becoming evident and clear,” making Spain the country “with the highest rate of divorce in the last 10 years out of all the countries that make up the European Union.”
Spain has seen an increase of 73,900 annual divorces in the last 10 years, with 36,072 divorces in 1998 and increasing to 110,036 in 2008. This constitutes an increase of 205 percent, the institute reported.
The figures “speak of thousands of personal, family and social tragedies to which we must not remain passive,” Hertfelder said. “They constitute a primary challenge for society in general and for the government.”