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In return for support in parliament from radical Basque nationalists, EH Bildu, ministers had agreed to end the 2012 reform which is disliked by the Left. EH Bildu's five MPs abstained in this week's state of the alarm vote. The move was seemingly
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PM Pedro Sánchez failed to get majority support to extend the state of alarm for at least a further month this week. Negotiations with other parties ahead of Wednesday’s debate in Congreso didn’t secure him enough MPs’ votes. In the end, it was ... district of Salamanca. EP This time the conservative PP voted against, as did Catalan republicans ERC. It was only when centre-right Ciudadanos and the Basque PNVinsisted on just two weeks to gain their support that the extension went ahead. Meanwhile,
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The president of the Junta de Andalucía regional government, Juanma Moreno, has promised to provide small firms and the self-employed with access to loans and liquidity "to save as much as possible of the productive capability" of the region. More
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Two local artists, Annabel Keatley and Gerrit Oppelland Hampel, are participating in the Artist Support Pledge, an initiative set up by British artist Matthew Burrows designed to help artists during the coronavirus crisis. Burrows, who is a
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On Sunday, 24 May, the latest extension to Spain's state of alarm expires and the government is looking at ways to get enough MPs' support to renew it. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Saturday that he would ask Congreso to back a new period ... can win concessions from the government. Madrid needs the votes of ERC or Cs to succeed and is looking for a way of softening the terms of the state of alarm to gain their support. It says it needs the state of alarm to stay in place in some form to