Congress of Deputies: latest news, reactions and political current affairs

The Government requests the appearance in Congress of Marlaska, Robles, Albares, and Bolaños due to the crisis in Ceuta.

The Government has requested the appearance in Congress of the ministers Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Margarita Robles, José Manuel Albares, and Félix Bolaños to report on the management of the migratory crisis in Ceuta. According to what was announced this Friday by Cadena SER, the Executive has registered the request on its...

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María Bisbal, the portraitist of power: "It is important to take our history seriously"

When going down the stairs of the Senate, you can cross glances with Felipe González, Camilo José Cela, Esperanza Aguirre or Adolfo Suárez. When you enter the Constitutional room of the Congress, the seven fathers of the Constitution welcome you. They are there, they are part of the landscape, they...

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The Congress closes the political course: new setback to the path of deficit, endorsement to the bridge to the RETA and approval of the 'anti-crisis' decree

The Congress has closed this Thursday the political course putting an end to the matters that had been left pending before the summer break. In the known as 'broom' Plenary, the Chamber has dispatched some of the most relevant initiatives that were still pending, such as the path of budgetary...

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The price of ERC to save the Film Law heats up the two major fronts of the negotiation: screen quota and exhibition window

This Thursday, July 23, the Congress celebrates an Extraordinary plenary, known as broom, whose agenda includes all the matters that have been pending during the session period to dispatch them before the summer break. And taking advantage of the fact that their lordships will be in the capital, before it,...

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Cinema, minors online, and drug reform: the initiatives that Sumar wants to accelerate before summer despite the blockade

“We want to push and we have started an offensive from Consumer Affairs, Health, and in Congress”. With these words, a deputy from the Plurinational Group of Sumar anticipates an intense end of the semester for DEMÓCRATA. However, given the parliamentary arithmetic and the discrepancies on hot topics of important...

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Leo XIV in Congress: "The Church was not always up to par"

The hemicycle hosted an unprecedented moment this morning. For the first time in history, a pope, León XIV, has delivered a speech in Congress. The pontiff addressed deputies, senators, and authorities in an extraordinary session: "Here differences are heard, ordered, and, when possible, become shared decisions". On the same day that...

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Leo XIV will make history in Spain with the first speech by a Pope before Congress

A historic day. The visit of León XIV to Spain will experience one of its most symbolic moments this Monday. The Pontiff will become the first Pope to address the Congress of Deputies, an unprecedented appearance in the country's parliamentary history and one of the most significant institutional acts of...

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Emilio Delgado sets course for Congress after agreeing that Mónica García will head the list in Madrid

The entente in Más Madrid for the current Minister of Health, Mónica García, to lead the list in the next regional elections has a direct effect on the other name in the equation, Emilio Delgado, who, barring surprise, will make the leap to national politics. The waters, now calm, had their...

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Congress indefinitely suspends press credentials of Quiles and Ndongo

The Congress Bureau has decided to provisionally suspend the press accreditations of Vito Quiles and Bertrand Ndongo. The body has opted to apply art. 56.2 of the Law of Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations (LPAC). This rule provides that an administration (the Congress) adopts provisional measures before formally initiating...

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Three decades since Aznar's investiture: housing as the great pending challenge and the shadow of Felipe González

This May 3rd marks three decades since the first investiture debate of José María Aznar. After 14 years of socialist governments, the PP had managed to win the general elections and Spain was saying goodbye to the 'felipismo' that had transformed the country. 30 years ago, the young Aznar achieved what...

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No PP, no party: the consideration of the shielding of abortion in the Constitution does not guarantee its success

The reform of the Constitution to "shield" abortion in the Constitution faces its first test today. The Government's bill faces its debate of totality in the Plenary of Congress with amendments for return from PP and Vox. A priori, the Executive has the necessary votes from its partners for the...

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The Consortium of Investments of Catalonia, up in the air due to a Junts that once again tensions the investiture bloc

The Catalan Investment Consortium is risking its future this Tuesday in the Congress of Deputies and, for the moment, the numbers don't add up. The bill, promoted by Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), is much more than an initiative. It is a commitment extracted from the PSC within the framework...

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Book Day: nine titles to know the entrails of Spanish politics

On the occasion of Book Day, Demócrata proposes a journey through nine works to better know and understand Spanish politics from within: the parliamentary machinery, the balances of power, the protagonists and also the unwritten codes that govern life in Congress and around it. From the chronicles of the Transition...

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Live, Congress debates the PP's land law

The Plenary Session of Congress resumes its activity starting at 3:00 PM with the debate on the consideration of the PP's Land Law proposal, for which they will need the favorable vote of Vox and at least the abstention of Junts or PNV. The initiative proposes to unblock land, build...

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Live, follow the control session to the Government in Congress

Starting at 09:00 hours, the Plenary of the Congress resumes its activity with the government control session. Among other issues, the deputies will ask the members of the Executive about whether the Government intends to recover the tax on energy companies; or about whether it will "comply with article 161 of the Statute of Autonomy of...

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The prosecutor of the Constitutional Court supports the PP against the endless number of extensions of amendments in Congress

In 2023 the Popular Party the filed in 2023 an appeal for protection before the Constitutional Court against the successive extensions of the amendment period agreed by the Bureau of the Congress to a bill. Specifically, to the one derived from a royal decree-law to manage European funds for Covid-19 which...

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The Congress faces the new political cycle: Industry Law, energy and housing, the priorities of the agenda

With the month of March already in the rearview mirror and Easter Week over, the different parliamentary groups take stock in Demócrata of what has been the first quarter of the year and of the pending issues, which have been many, since the war in Iran and its impact have...

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Congress definitively approves the Multi-Recidivism Law: this is how the text stands

The Congress of Deputies has given definitive green light to the reform of the Penal Code promoted by Junts to toughen the response against multi-reoffending. The initiative, unblocked by the PSOE as a nod to recover a certain harmony with Carles Puigdemont's party, received several modifications during its processing in...

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Support thermometer: Junts will save the Anti-crisis Royal Decree-Law

48 hours before the debate on the validation or repeal of the first of the two royal decree-laws approved to mitigate the consequences of the Iran war takes place, the Government seems to have its numbers add up. The Executive has tied down the "yes" of the majority of its partners and...

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Live, Congress debates toughening sanctions for speeding

The Plenary of Congress resumes its activity from 3:00 p.m. with the debate on the consideration of a bill from the Socialist Group on toughen the Penal Code to sanction speeding offenses sooner. Next will be the turn of the Bill, initiative of the Popular Group, relating to the modification of the...

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Congress of Deputies

The Government requests the appearance in Congress of Marlaska, Robles, Albares, and Bolaños due to the crisis in Ceuta.

María Bisbal, the portraitist of power: "It is important to take our history seriously"

The Congress closes the political course: new setback to the path of deficit, endorsement to the bridge to the RETA and approval of the 'anti-crisis' decree

The price of ERC to save the Film Law heats up the two major fronts of the negotiation: screen quota and exhibition window

Cinema, minors online, and drug reform: the initiatives that Sumar wants to accelerate before summer despite the blockade

Leo XIV in Congress: "The Church was not always up to par"

Leo XIV will make history in Spain with the first speech by a Pope before Congress

Emilio Delgado sets course for Congress after agreeing that Mónica García will head the list in Madrid

Congress indefinitely suspends press credentials of Quiles and Ndongo

Three decades since Aznar's investiture: housing as the great pending challenge and the shadow of Felipe González

No PP, no party: the consideration of the shielding of abortion in the Constitution does not guarantee its success

The Consortium of Investments of Catalonia, up in the air due to a Junts that once again tensions the investiture bloc

Book Day: nine titles to know the entrails of Spanish politics

Live, Congress debates the PP's land law

Live, follow the control session to the Government in Congress

The prosecutor of the Constitutional Court supports the PP against the endless number of extensions of amendments in Congress

The Congress faces the new political cycle: Industry Law, energy and housing, the priorities of the agenda

Congress definitively approves the Multi-Recidivism Law: this is how the text stands

Support thermometer: Junts will save the Anti-crisis Royal Decree-Law

Live, Congress debates toughening sanctions for speeding

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