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 ►…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
CCOO tells youth to organize for better, stable jobs
The leader of Spain’s largest trade-union federation has called on Spanish youth to reject the precarious employment situation that they have been…
Ombudsman: economic recovery fueling social demands
Spain’s Defensor del Pueblo ombudsman has sounded a warning to the government and Spain’s political parties that continued adherence to austerity policies…
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…
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…
Unidos Podemos propose €24.5bn gov’t spending hike
► Plan eyes €11.5bn tax rise to combat social injustice, economic inequality ► In keeping with their roots in Spain’s 15M anti-austerity…
Unidos Podemos, PSOE critize gov’t budget proposal
• Unidos Podemos slams ongoing ‘pillage’, PSOE says it will vote against budget • Save the Children says gov’t offers 10pct of…
CCOO to campaign to raise 655 euro monthly minimum wage, guarantee affordable rental housing
• Focus on rise in 655 euros/month min wage, defense of pensions levels • Spain’s largest labour union, the Comisiones Obreras (Workers’…