The OMSA demands to integrate veterinary services in the prevention and response to forest fires to protect livestock, wildlife, and ecosystems, and to strengthen the resilience of communities.
The ministry led by Mónica García maintains three open regulatory fronts that have shaken up the board: confidentiality is already being applied, work is being done on a new royal decree, and the parliamentary processing of the Medicines Law is an unknown.
Time is pressing and the magenta are hoping to bring several strategic initiatives to the BOE before the electoral call. Which ones and what state are they in?
The parliamentary spokesperson of Sumar and general coordinator of Movimiento Sumar assesses the course in DEMÓCRATA and anticipates the issues that must be specified before the end of the legislature.
The Government passes the 'broom' Plenary with a good grade despite its parliamentary fragility and pushes forward the regional debt, the reform of the Regulation, the transfer of the AP-9, neonatal screening, and partial retirement in the Administration.
Ferraz closes ranks with Zapatero and the PP insists that the former president still has not clarified the origin of the jewels found in his office.
The Government faces the last major parliamentary exam before the holidays. Its majorities will be put to the test on issues such as regional debt, the stability path, the anti-crisis decree, and the reform of the Congress Regulations.
The Catalan republicans have registered more demanding amendments right at the friction points. This Thursday, the report is unlocked and the groups will begin to work in September.
The true challenge begins now, as parliamentary arithmetic does not guarantee in the least that the initiatives will prosper and reach the BOE. The usual partners tend to be reluctant to health issues due to a matter of competencies and time is pressing.
Both draft bills have gone through the CGEYS and their approval is expected for this Tuesday, as confirmed by DEMÓCRATA.
Luxembourg considers that the Spanish norm does not violate Community Law and allows the application of the pardon measure to embezzlement crimes linked to the procés and to the terrorism proceedings of the CDR, a ruling that paves the way for the return of Carles Puigdemont and reinforces the position of the Government of Pedro Sánchez
The European court sets its doctrine on the amnesty law on Thursday in a ruling that could condition the return of the former president, the relationship between PSOE and Junts, the future of the legislature, the Catalan chessboard, and the logic of agreements for the next general elections.
Carles Puigdemont's formation proposes a broad fiscal reform with changes in Corporate Tax, VAT reductions for the cultural sector, reduced contributions for artists, and new audiovisual financing mechanisms
The president of the Spanish Association of Data Centers chats with DEMOCRATA about the challenges facing the sector in full boom and with Europe aiming for sovereignty and strategic autonomy
Verónica M. Barbero and Rosa Martínez take the reins in the post Yolanda Díaz era, but the incógnita of who will lead the coalition in the general elections remains unresolved
The Government begins the calendar for the 2027 accounts while some partners suspect that the objective is to build a narrative rather than achieve a parliamentary majority
The transactional ones, pending negotiation with PP and Junts within the framework of the committee on the bill on minors online, also criminalize new offenses related to the dissemination of intimate content, incitement to suicide, child pornography, and non-compliance with removal orders.
PSOE and Sumar register amendments to reinforce aid to audiovisuals in languages other than Castilian while still not having secured the support to approve the rule
The investigation into José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has reopened the debate on interest groups. It is advisable to differentiate between the legitimate representation of interests and conduct that may constitute offenses such as influence peddling or corruption.
The president of APRI explains in a chat with DEMÓCRATA how current events are hindering a necessary reform: "The Zapatero case is not an excuse"
The parliamentary spokesperson for Sumar and the Secretary of State for Social Rights (and Pablo Bustinduy's number two) take a step forward in the midst of an internal battle to succeed Yolanda Díaz and with the accusations of harassment against Lara Hernández
The Chinese ambassador to Spain chats with DEMÓCRATA about Beijing's role as an economic and commercial ally of the European Union and, specifically, of Spain. He also rejects the theses that present the Asian giant as a geopolitical risk and claims a relationship based on cooperation, market opening, and mutual benefit.
The public consultation on European regulations concludes this Friday while discrepancies emerge over who should bear the cost of eliminating microcontaminants present in urban wastewater.
The proposed reform of the Congress Regulations will have to wait to receive the approval of the Commission and, subsequently, the definitive approval of the Plenary Session of the Chamber.
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The vice president of the Spanish Patient Forum celebrates the approval of the bill, although she asks for changes in governance, funding, representativeness, and patient definition
Ferraz goes on the offensive and claims its actions regarding the 'Mask Case', accuses the leader of the PP of remaining silent about Ayuso and reminds him of the black box, Gürtel and Operation Kitchen
The products to which the regulations will apply are cosmetic products, detergents and cleaning products, and food
The bill enters the amendment phase with the support of Junts still to be secured and several fronts open within the audiovisual sector
Senator Francesc Ten, promoter of the motion in the Senate, warns: "Europe has to look for alternatives and be able to manufacture medicines from here"
The socialists appeal to the presumption of innocence and respect for Justice after the former president denied any irregularity and authorized the court to review all his assets
The legislature hangs by a thread. The red line remains the illegal financing of the party, but the blow would be fatal if the former president's statement does not convince
DEMOCRAT has had access to the draft of the political-organizational report, a document that will lay the groundwork for the Assembly that will take place in July to determine what will become of the party in the post Yolanda Díaz era.
Will does not imply news in the BOE, and between announcements of offensives and accelerations, several of its flagship vessels remain stranded and the legislature agonizes
The Congress will endorse a reform agreed upon by PSOE, PP, and PNV that strengthens the legal protection of prison workers and recognizes a historic demand from the group.
"Governing does not consist, nor should it consist, in resembling the far-right more and more," lament socialist sources in statements to DEMÓCRATA
After pressure from Sumar, the Congress's Board has ended the deadline for amendments in their entirety. PP and Vox have registered the return of the text. Junts still holds the key and the points of friction are the same: independent producers, screen quota, and exhibition window.
In an interview with Demócrata, the president of the Collegiate Medical Organization laments that Health has taken the text to the Council of Ministers without agreement with the medical professionals and demands that the specificities of the profession be recognized
Health intends for it to pass through the Council of Ministers this same month. The proposal thoroughly revises several points with respect to previous versions. One of the most relevant changes is the new proposal for dynamic drug prices.
The vice president of the FEP celebrates the role given to patient organizations in the new royal decree on health technology assessment, but warns that "there is a chain of 'not knowing'" that threatens to leave them in limbo
The body presided over by Cani Fernández, through its report on the draft royal decree, considers that the objectives set are too ambitious, doubts whether Spain has the necessary infrastructure, and observes risks to competition
While the PSOE is going through one of its most delicate weeks due to judicial and media pressure on Sánchez's circle, the socialists are trying to refocus on economic management, reindustrialization, and the impact of European funds on the Spanish productive fabric.
The draft Royal Decree that regulates textile and footwear products and the management of their waste, in TRIS since this Wednesday, sets new less ambitious objectives, but maintains the modulation of fees to penalize fast and ultra-fast fashion
Urban water management companies support pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies assuming the cost of new purification treatments required by the EU: "The economic impact for the industries we are talking about is very small"
According to what Demócrata has been able to learn, both texts have already passed through the CGSEYS and are expected to go through the Council of Ministers this Tuesday. Mónica García's department does not give in and continues processing proposals without the certainty that they will land in the BOE.
For the first time, a parliamentary mission accompanies the European Commission to the signing of an agreement of this nature. The delegation is headed by MEP Antonio López-Istúriz (EPP), who, in a conversation with Demócrata, breaks down the most relevant points at the moment he arrives: "Sheinbaum did not want Trump to see it as something negative"
The PP arrives as the big favorite, but with the unknown of whether it will again depend on Vox to govern; while the PSOE explores its floor
The Justice Commission of the Lower House has six initiatives stuck while Moncloa commits to increasing its pending duties with another eight, four of them organic
The text aims to limit privatizations to exceptional situations, and always with a prior evaluation, thus prioritizing public management. Parliamentary negotiations seem more than complicated due to the Catalan and Basque model
Dr. Javier Castrodeza analyzes in Demócrata why hantavirus does not have the pandemic potential that COVID-19 did and what the risks of zoonosis are