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- 1Junts to vote against housing decrees, endangering Sánchez's government●#URGENT | Junts will vote against the Government's two housing decrees and puts Sánchez's legislature on the brink of th
Junts, the Catalan party led by Carles Puigdemont, has announced it will vote against the Spanish Government's two housing decrees, a move that could bring down Pedro Sánchez's minority administration. With the Socialists relying on Junts' support in Congress, the rejection threatens the survival of the legislature and raises the prospect of early elections or fresh negotiations with the Catalan party.
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Spain's governing parties are proceeding with a so-called 'intrusive amendment' to the 'ley de nietos', the law restoring Spanish citizenship for descendants of exiles, despite opposition from the Congress's legal advisers. The move, reported by El Confidencial, has drawn criticism over whether the amendment properly fits the bill and over the government pushing it through against parliamentary counsel's objections.
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Gabriel Rufián has publicly contradicted ERC leader Oriol Junqueras and launched a sharp attack on Pedro Sánchez's government, calling the Council of Ministers "a disaster". The remarks expose internal tensions within the Catalan pro-independence party and strain its relationship with the Spanish government it has until now supported in Congress.
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Catalan judge and criminal law spokesman Joaquim Bosch is trending in Spain as coverage mounts of the housing protest camp at Madrid's Puerta del Sol. Spanish media are debating whether authorities can legally evict the camp, which is demanding action on the housing crisis. The government has published the first housing decree in the BOE, and unions are pressing parties in Congress to validate two housing decrees, with ERC pledging support despite calling them insufficient.
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A Spanish lawmaker is in the spotlight as Newtral examines the rental income declared by members of Congress, including Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo. The report looks at what deputies have disclosed under 'arrendar inmuebles' (property rental) in their official asset declarations, and what it reveals about parliamentary earnings.
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A Zaragoza city councillor, a defector from Vox, pulled out a stick and a stone during a full council session, saying they were the weapons used in Ceuta to 'invade us'. The incident came amid heated debate over the pepper spray scandal in the Spanish Congress and has drawn wide attention and criticism.