Minister says migrants key to pension system solvency
In an unusual pitch that runs counter-current to the fear-mongering, anti-immigrant rhetoric of nationalist parties across Europe in recent years, Spain’s new…
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New coalition cabinet approves 0.9% rise to pensions
► Spain’s first coalition cabinet since 1936 ‘Frente Popular’ government ► First time a gov’t ministerial cabinet has had four Vice-Presidencies ►…
Pensions enter elections debate as PSOE, PP trade barbs
The debate over the pending reform of Spain’s public pensions system hit the campaign trail at the weekend, after Spanish President Pedro…
Podemos sinks pensions reform initiative in Congress
A last-ditch effort prior to upcoming national elections in April to push through Congress reforms to Spain’s public pension system was torpedoed…
Congress gives nod to cost-of-living index for pensions
The congressional committee on public pensions reform has agreed in principle an all-party accord to modify the formula for calculating public retirement…
Valerio warns of pensions decree if Congress deadlocks
One day after pensioners scuffled with helmeted riot police outside Spain’s Congress Wednesday, Spain’s Labour minister has threatened that the government of…
Pensioners’ nationwide protests to continue in Valencia
A series of rolling street protests by pensioners angry with the government over five straight years of miniscule rises in retirement benefits…
Rajoy digs in, ties pensions rise to budget negotiations
After weeks of street protests across Spain to demand an increase in retirement pensions and a revamp of the way in which…
Unions say women receive 37% less pension than men
► Women receive €500/month less, avg pensions-gap 41% in some regions ► Spain’s leading trade union federations are calling special attention to…
Battle brews over proposed change to pensions formula
► Focus on number of years used to calculate worker retirement benefits ► A fresh battle is brewing in Congress over a…
PSOE wants to shore up pensions with new tax on banks
► Budget fixes, minimum wage hike part of plan to revert pensions deficit ► Pedro Sánchez, general secretary of Spain’s Socialist party…
Spanish Congressional committee calls for gov’t suspension of ‘fracking’ permits, pending review
• Measure would require full vote of Congress, Senate to take effect • A Spanish Congressional committe has made a first move…
Spain nets 140bn euros in compromise EU recovery deal
► Final deal cuts direct grants to 72.7bn, ups loans to 67.3bn with EU oversight ► Spain agrees not to repeal Rajoy-era…
Judges overrule PP’s veto of Madrid Central traffic fines
Two local judges have cancelled the year-long moratorium on the payment of fines by motorists for driving vehicles in downtown Madrid in…
Gov’t to extend Spain’s ‘state of alarm’ until 11th April
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez announced Sunday that his government will ask Congress to extend the country’s current “state of alarm” through Wednesday…
COVID-19: 200bn euros to protect workers, businesses
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez announced Tuesday afternoon that the government will mobilize 200 billion euros in an unprecedented aid package financed with…
Redexis jumps into Spain’s solar energy market
Spanish natural gas utility Redexis is jumping headlong into Spain’s booming solar energy market, having signed an agreement with the national appliance…
COVID-19: Madrid schools shut, hospitals under strain
Healthcare authorities in the regional community of Madrid announced late Monday the emergency closure of all schools and universities in the region…
Spain supports Greece over migrant crisis at border
Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska on Wednesday expressed the Spanish government’s support of Greece in the face of a humanitarian crisis caused…
Congress acts to strip medals from Franco-era torturer
The left-of-centre majority on the governing executive Mesa of Spain’s new Congress has overturned a previous block by right-wing parties on efforts…
What does the EU court ruling on Junqueras mean?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Strasbourg has issued a far-reaching and unprecedented ruling that overturns a widely accepted norm as…
DOCUMENT: PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition accord
Follows is an English-language translation of the 10-point ‘pre-agreement’ toward a coalition government between the Socialist party (PSOE) and Unidas Podemos, signed…
PSOE airs social program in bid to lure Podemos support
► Socialists want solo gov’t with support from Podemos, who insist on coalition ► New elections in November, if PSOE unable to…
Judge blocks changes to Madrid anti-pollution plan
► Court will hear environmentalist lawsuit, halts proposed changes to plan ► Motorists again face fines for circulating downtown without required permits…
Party leaders vie for undecided voters in first TV debate
With as many as 30 percent of Spanish voters still saying they are undecided over which party they’ll vote for on 28th…
Feminists demand political parties deliver real equality
More than 100 women’s organizations across Spain have signed on to a manifesto in the run-up to 28th April general elections, calling…
New norms aim to slash number of Madrid tourist flats
Madrid’s city council approved regulations on Wednesday that will require private owners of tourist flats in the city centre to obtain the…
Prosecutors call first of 256 witnesses in Catalan trial
Leading Spanish and Catalan politicians took the witness stand on Tuesday and Wednesday to mark the start of a new phase in…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2018
Following are 2018’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain — our third annual selection based on a combination of the power,…
Pablo Iglesias sole candidate for Podemos primary vote
After 90 candidates failed to show the sufficient backing required by Podemos to stand as the party’s presidential candidate in general elections anticipated for next…
Podemos’ poor Andalucía showing widens rifts in party
While the poor showing of the governing Socialist party (PSOE) was a focus of Spanish and international news coverage of Sunday’s regional…