The PSOE suffered around twenty defeats in the Plenary of Congress this Thursday, which sets a record for them in a single day (the previous record was eight). With this, they closed the first year of Government with 75 defeats that not only pertain to control initiatives without legal effects but also to laws.In the first round of votes during the plenary session, when amendments to the Law Against Food…
Aurelio Medel (5 Días) | In Spain, Parliament remains trapped by the whims of minor parties that support Pedro Sánchez’s Government, putting him in the position of either adopting their clientelist interests or renouncing to govern. The political negotiation regarding the tax on banks and energy companies, sectors that have historically been attributed with the greatest capacity for influence in Spain, is a vivid portrait of the blackmail from these…
Fernando González Urbaneja | Pedro Sánchez’s new government follows the model of the previous one: on the one hand a coalition government with five portfolios from the minority group and 17 under the discipline of the president, including four described as independents, although very close to the PSOE and Sánchez. The 22 members of the cabinet belong to six parties (PSOE, PSC, Sumar, Comunes, Izquierda Unida and Más País). But…
Fernando González Urbaneja| Pedro Sánchez will announce his new government today, that of the 15th Legislature, which will not enjoy a single day of respite, harassed by his adversaries in the opposition and the coalition that supports him. So far, there have been five and a half years of Sánchez’s presidency over four legislatures: the 12th, which began with Rajoy’s presidency derailed by the first successful motion of censure in…
Fernando González Urbaneja| The outgoing government has rubber-stamped a pact for the incoming government, signed with solemnity to convey an idea of hard bargaining within the cabinet. At least on the part of the cabinet, since the Podemos faction has been left out of the negotiation led by Yolanda Díaz under the SUMAR brand. The Podemos faction has been left with the option of throwing a hissyfit and little else,…
Today’s Council of Ministers is expected to approve the addendum to the extension of the Recovery Plan, with which Spain will ask Brussels for an additional €94 billion from the Next Generation programme, including soft loans and non-refundable aid. Initially, the European Union assigned Spain direct transfers of €69.5 billion from the Recovery Mechanism, to be unblocked through compliance with the investments and reforms agreed in the Plan, as well…
On the left, Pedro Sánchez promises “93,000 affordable homes for young people and families” at a rally in Toledo on 21 April. On the right, at a rally in A Coruña, a week later, on 28 April, he was already promising 183,000 homes at affordable prices for… And with weeks of election campaigning left.
The World Bank has sent a devastating letter to the Spanish government to demand payment of the awards that condemn our country to compensate the companies and investors affected by the retroactive withdrawal of the premiums granted to renewable energies. The ICSID, the World Bank’s international arbitration tribunal, reminded the PSOE and Podemos government that it cannot neglect its obligations and that it must compensate the companies that have suffered…
Legal uncertainty? In Spain? Not at all. It is just that the judge and the interested parties can choose which wording they prefer to apply to art 16.1 letter c. of the Law on Offences and Penalties in the Social Order (which typifies “the very serious offences faced by companies, recruitment agencies or training entities if they request vetted and personal data when recruiting personnel”). The Official State Gazette (BOE)…
The second vice-president of the Government, Yolanda Díaz has finally formalised the announcement of her candidacy for the presidency of the Government. Yesterday, Sunday, the presentation of her new ultra-left political platform, under the name Sumar, took place. The choice of the party’s name, which means ‘add up’ or ‘sum’ in Spanish, could not have been more appropriate, bearing in mind that no fewer than fifteen political forces will be…