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The Council of the Valencian Generalitat, led by Juanfran Pérez Llorca, has accelerated the implementation of labor improvements for officials and public employees, including the reduction of the workweek to 35 hours and salary increases for teachers and firefighters, as part of its strategy in the final stretch of the legislature before the elections. #MejorasLaborales #EmpleadosPúblicos #Valencia (translated)

Sánchez proclaims that Parliament should resemble the street more — as if he were concluding the legislature with a majority different from the one that invested him — but the truth is that voting against the government's housing measures does not seem to have consequences, at least apparently, for either the PP or Junts. #EncuestaGAD3 #PP #Vox (translated)

The author noted that Pedro Passos Coelho would give an interview to Maria João Avillez on SIC Notícias, between 9 PM and 10 PM, and argued that his governance should be reassessed in light of the financial conditions he encountered. According to the author, Portugal had already requested external assistance when Passos Coelho arrived at the Government in 2011, and the adjustment program of 78 billion euros had been negotiated before he took office. He maintained that during the legislature, exports rose from about one-third of GDP to nearly 40% in 2015, including tourism, and that the tourism sector gained strategic momentum. Regarding privatizations, he acknowledged that some operations were questionable and warranted scrutiny but argued that they allowed the collection of billions of euros, the amortization of public debt, and reduce financing needs and interest burdens. He also considered that cuts in the public sector were painful but questioned what the alternatives would have been when the State could no longer finance itself normally. The author further highlighted that Portugal completed the financial assistance program in 2014 and returned to market financing without a precautionary program, recovering, in his view, decision-making leeway. He stated that Passos Coelho was the most relevant politician of the century in Portugal for having made unpopular decisions and contributed to an economic change whose effects surpassed his Government. #Portugal #Política #Economia (translated)

Nicolas Redondo Terreros questioned the actions of the members of the Constitutional Court in the approval of the amnesty and argued that they had favored Pedro Sánchez and Carles Puigdemont. He claimed that the measure had served to secure the seven independentist votes necessary for Sánchez to remain in La Moncloa and rejected that its purpose had been to pacify Catalan society or facilitate political agreements. The author said that if the Supreme Court ruled against it, the Constitutional Court would still have to pronounce on the so-called "grandchildren's law." He also maintained that the magistrates had lost prestige and had acted in the service of a leader who, according to him, lacked scruples and threatened democratic balances. Redondo Terreros responded to Cándido Conde-Pumpido's assertion that going against the Constitutional Court was going against democracy. In his view, criticizing the court's management and its intervention in the Supreme Court's realm was also a way to defend it. #Constitución #Democracia #Justicia (translated)

MagistraThor stated that in recent years several measures had been adopted to achieve the investiture and maintain the Government during the legislature: the amnesty and pardon for the authors of the coup in Catalonia, as well as extraordinary prison benefits for ETA prisoners which, he claimed, shortened their sentences and allowed their release from prison. He added that this last measure had been agreed upon with Bildu, which he described as the most loyal support of the Government. He characterized all these measures as serious attacks on the rule of law and said that they shared the goal of securing the investiture and maintaining the majority during the legislature. #Amnistía #Indulto #DerechosHumanos (translated)

Pedro J. Ramírez criticizes Sánchez's recent statement about social dissatisfaction in Spain and examines the history of political stability in the country, highlighting how the acting government has managed the narrative and the media to its advantage in the context of its term considered the most sterile and harmful of democracy. #Sánchez #Democracia #Parlamento (translated)

The author asked if Feijóo's sacrifices were better appreciated and described the legislature as a period of growth and job creation, although it was hindered by housing and prices. He stated that GDP had increased by 15% since 2018, despite the collapse caused by the pandemic, and that there had never been so many people working. #Economía #Empleo #Política #ES (translated)

Jeffrey Chiquini stated that the reform of the Judiciary should eliminate political appointments to the higher courts. He said that a Judiciary made up of politicians in robes would not be independent and advocated for judicial independence as a condition for impartiality. Chiquini declared that, in the first week of the legislature, he would call public hearings to start discussions and present proposals for the reform of the justice system. According to him, entities from the sector, state and national associations of the judiciary, associations of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Bar Association, and the Public Defender's Office would be invited. He also advocated for the appreciation of career judges, which he described as a right and a guarantee of society, and said that he would seek to restore legal security. #ReformaJudiciária #Justiça #IndependênciaJudiciária (translated)

What Junts is doing is a matter for study. The PSOE spokesperson in Congress, Patxi López, lamented this Saturday that Junts has entrenched itself in the 'no' at this end of the legislature, preventing, among other matters, the approval of the two housing decrees, which has led the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, to bring forward the general elections to November 29. #Junts #vivienda #legislatura (translated)

The Spanish government is finalizing two royal decrees to promote electrical self-consumption and support energy communities, which will be processed urgently before the end of the legislative session, in light of the growing concern over the stagnation of the sector in the context of an energy crisis. #Autoconsumo #EnergíasRenovables #ComunidadesEnergéticas (translated)