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From the dimension of a state of autonomies, Spain has now become a formal unitary political structure, functioning on basis of the principles of fiscal federalism. The asymmetrical character of regionalism, especially the special statute of the autonomous historical communities, makes the Spanish state have an administrative architecture similar to the ones of the federal states, which does not exclude contestations and especially the fiscal federalism claims which become more and more visible, leading towards secession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The active participation of foreign investors in maintaining Romania's bilateral relations with other states, as well as their role in shaping the brand image of Romania, is more and more evident. Being a homogenous socio-economic category, the foreign investors succeed to be well represented at a central or local institutional level, by efficient and coherent lobbyism. The effective contribution to consolidating branding for Romania consists both in influencing the shaping of opinions regarding the Romanian business environment, but also in promoting values and the ethno-psychological and social peculiarities of the Romanians. Attachment to Romania as investment country, but also the political-diplomatic and economic context of the last years, determined an active involvement of the Italian investors in sustaining Romanian-Italian relationships and, implicitly, the shaping of a brand image of Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]