EU Parliament challenges Spain on renewables, solar tax
► MEPs vote 594-67 for increased EU commitment to solar, wind energy ► A European parliament vote in Strasbourg last week to…
Union plan aims to help gender violence victims at work
? Clerical workers union launches plan to get women counseling, protection ? A Spanish labour union representing administrative and clerical workers in…
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…
LIDL first retailer to stop sale of eggs from caged hens
► Retailer meets activists’ 2025 target for end to cages seven years early ► European supermarket chain LIDL has become the first…
Feminists call for 8th March ‘general strike’ by women
► Boycott called to demand gender equality, end to gender violence ► Feminists representing more than 100 women’s groups across Spain have…
CEAR slams Spain’s ‘de facto’ wall against immigrants
► Migrants, refugees detained and deported without due process, says NGO ► The Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR, or “Spanish…
Legal experts say ‘No’ to remote election of Puigdemont
► ‘Parlament’ legal team says leader must return to Catalonia for crucial vote ► Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont has seen a…
Growing energy poverty impacts millions across Spain
► 8 percent of all households have trouble making monthly energy payments ► Faced with record cold temperatures in many parts of…
China’s plastics ban poses recycling dilemma for Spain
? Spain must deal with with 138K tonnes of plastics previously sent to China ? China’s decision to ban the import of…
#VIDEO: PAH files legislative proposal on housing rights
► Proposal seeks to ensure affordable housing, cap runaway rental prices ► Spain’s anti-evictions activist organization PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la…
NGOFILE :: Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca ~ Platform for People Affected by Mortgages
The Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH, or “Platform for People Affected by Mortgages”) is a non-governmental activist organization founded in…
Podemos looks to rebound from 2017 ‘annus horribilis’
► Pablo Iglesias to lay out his vision for party’s future at weekend conference ► Reports that the leadership of four-year-old anti-austerity…
#VIDEO: NGO rescues lions, tiger from circus nightmare
► Circo Francia becomes third circus to give up wild animals in less than year ► Animal-rescue organization Primadomus Spain, the Spanish…
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…
Organic agri-produce boosted by Spanish consumers
► Double-digit rise in purchase of organic foodstuffs for third straight year ► Consumers across Spain are increasingly opting to buy organic…
Scope of ‘gender violence’ to cover all women victims
► Agency to consider murder of all women by men potential gender violence ► The Spanish government agency charged with monitoring gender…
NGOFILE :: Federación de Mujeres Progresistas (FMP) ~ Federation of Progressive Women
The Federación de Mujeres Progresistas (FMP, or Federation of Progressive Women) is a national organization founded in 1987, which for the past…
Bishops seek changes to Spain’s immigration policies
► Church criticizes CIE detention centre conditions, summary deportations ► A spokesman for Spain’s Catholic Bishops Conference has called on the government…
Supreme Court casts pall over ‘independentista’ control
► Rejection of Junqueras appeal complicates Catalonia’s secessionist majority ► A ruling issued by Spain’s Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) on Friday denied…
Podemos seeks jobless benefits equity for part-timers
► Legislation would halt discrimination against mostly female part-time workers The Unidos Podemos parliamentary group in Congress last week introduced legislation that…
PROFILE :: Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) ~ General Confederation of Labour
► Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) ~ General Confederation of Labour The Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT, General Confederation of Labour) is…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2017
Following are 2017’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain — our second annual selection based on a combination of the power,…
Catalonia anti-independence parties win popular vote, but lose parliamentary majority to ‘independentistas’
► Ciudadanos wins 1.1mn votes, 161,499 more than Puigdemont’s PDeCat party ► Pro-independence parties fail to win 50% of ballots in record…
What’s next for Catalonia following regional elections?
► Deputies must select a new President, or face a re-run of regional elections ► What happens now that Catalans have voted…
Whales to get Mediterranean corridor protection
► Several species protected in corridor between Balearics, Catalonia-Valencia ► Spain’s government has secured approval from other signatory nations of the 1995…
More men going to jail as gender-violence reports rise
► 70 percent of cases result in jail time, complaints rise by 11.7 percent ► More men are serving jail time in…
Andalucia’s new LGBTI law set for unanimous approval
► Law to protect LGBTI families from discrimination, provides for sanctions ► In its last legislative session of 2017, Andalucia’s regional Parliament…
Balearics protest over Catalan-only healthcare decree
► Marchers protest linguistic decree affecting healthcare workers ► Thousands of protesters gathered in the capital city of the Mediterranean island of…
Greenpeace spoofs Rajoy’s climate-change promises
► Activists unfurl banner critical of policies on renewables and climate change ► Activists from Greenpeace España unveiled a giant film poster…
NGOs urge more action on migrant, refugee relocation
► On Int’l Migrants Day, NGOs demand better conditions, attention to minors ► Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with migrants and refugees have…
Valencians take lead against Franco-era glorification
► Compromís initiative results in Franco-era signage removals nationwide ► A campaign launched in the Spanish Senate by Valencia’s Compromís party to…