Ladies and Gentlemen,
This subject has been covered in previous threads.
The problem is that Spanish ATC really do believe they are amongst the best in Europe.
They say that their basic pay is comparable to other European controllers forgetting that their T & Cs allow the uplift of several €100,000 in additional overtime pay.
They do not understand that their country is broke and propped up by North Europe.
They do not understand that tourism is their biggest hope of digging themselves out of the hole their leaders have dug.
They do not understand the world around them has changed and so must they.
All we can do is take a bit of extra fuel and play very special attention to TCAS and don,t let the incompetent Spanish ATC get to you.
As for comparing them with any other European country there is no comparison they are at the bottom of the table by some margin.
Fly safely.