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Sánchez Goes Back on His Word Again, Now Saying He Will Seek a Third Term

On September 1, 2014, Pedro Sánchez announced that the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) would hold a convention on democratic renewal in which, among other measures, his party would propose limiting the terms of Prime Ministers to two legislatures, a maximum of eight years. This initiative was intended to “banish the old politics of always.” It followed the self-imposed term limits of José María Aznar—who chose not to continue after…

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Spain asks OECD for help tackling soaring absenteeism, which will cost €33 billion this year

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is finalizing a shock plan to address the absenteeism crisis in Spain. The sharp escalation in spending on Temporary Disability (IT) and lost work hours due to illness has raised alarms within the Spanish government, which has turned to the Paris-based international body for solutions to the serious problem of sick leave, as revealed by the newspaper El Mundo. The problem is…