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...party, appeared to backtrack and said only (less-sensitive) parts of the law were going to be culled up front. This statement was promptly contradicted by Unidas Podemos, the minority coalition party, who said the agreement had been reached to scrap
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...and their junior partner, leftist Unidas Podemos (UP), vowed to reset the balance in favour of employees, albeit gradually and in consultation with companies. Naturally, Spain's business world is furious at the latest announcement, and not just
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JOSE MARIA CAMARERO
The leader of Unidas Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, also a deputy prime minister, said on Thursday that the government was putting the finishing touches to rolling out a permanent minimum living wage from May. The policy has long been held by the
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Unidas Podemos' (UP) leader in Andalucía has announced that 11 Podemos regional MPs, under the Adelante Andalucía banner, will break away. They will form an independent left-wing regionalist group separate from Podemos and its current Izquierda
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...low or no income, has long been a policy of coalition partners Unidas Podemos and the government wants it to come into force in June. Estimates are that it will cost the State three billion euros a year, and initially reach100,000 households. There
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...street protests have grown over the Socialist PSOE and Unidas Podemos coalition’s handling of the crisis, amid fears over the economic outlook. Flags, pots and pans The neighbourhood protests began in central Madrid. The capital, along with Barcelona ... the streets in Malaga and Marbella, among other places, on Thursday. In the Madrid village of Galapagar, several Guardia Civil vehicles have been guarding the gates to the villa of Unidas Podemos leaders Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero. Right-wing
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167 voted in favour of Sánchez's candidacy, 165 against and there were 18 abstentions. The 120 PSOE MPs were added to the 35 votes of left-wing Unidas Podemos (UP), guaranteed after the post-general-election pact between Sánchez and UP leader Pablo ... with leftist Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias after the general election in November, Sánchez will lead the country's first coalition government since 1939.
Opinion
Mark Nayler
...minority administration, also comprised of leftist Podemos, is passing new laws with ease, despite being 21 seats short of a parliamentary majority. But none of these decisions have had to go through or will have to go through congress. Instead, they have ... test of how well the new Socialist-Podemos arrangement works will be passing a budget - a task which Sánchez, in his first TV interview as Spain's new president this week, promised would be completed "before the end of the summer". And his ability to do ... of last year, courting votes from centrist voters hostile to the Catalan independence drive, Sánchez refused to answer Torra's phone calls. He also said that working with Podemos' leader would be unfeasible, as Iglesias is further to the left than the
Opinion
Mark Nayler
It was remarkable to see Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias taking up his seat at the cabinet table as one of Spain's deputy prime ministers this week. Iglesias, who formed the anti-establishment party in 2014 on the back of the "indignados" protests, ... As well as old-schoolers like Calviño and Montero, Sánchez's cabinet also contains less experienced politicians who fully-deserve their new roles. Iglesias' success in taking Podemos from formation to national power within the space of six years
Opinion
Mark Nayler
...and tax hikes, only one of which was on the Socialist government's agenda before Covid-19 came along. The challenge issued by Hernádez de Cos doesn't just extend to Pedro Sánchez's Socialists and their junior partner, leftist Unidas Podemos. He also