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Spain Notes, Dec 27: Galicia elections + Vox leadership challenge + AI Spanish history
1/ Reuters: “Spain opposes using the European Union's anti-piracy naval force to protect merchant ships in the Red Sea from the Yemeni Houthi militia, but it is willing to consider the creation of a different mission to tackle the problem, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday”.
2/ MORE ELECTIONS IN SPAIN: Galicia, February 18.
3/ The PP is in charge up there, so this is a Feijóo bet against Sánchez and the amnesty deal with Puigdemont. The PP First Minister, Alfonso Rueda (PP), said it was time to “decide on the future of Galicia”.
4/ Rueda is the guy who took over from Feijóo when he moved to Madrid last year to try to become Prime Minister.
5/ They only passed the regional budget…last week
6/ Sánchez did a Christmas press conference this morning.
7/ The PM said public transport would continue to be heavily subsidised or even free for some train journies.
8/ He blamed the right for the increase in political polarisation and insults.
9/ A report that Ortega-Smith, the senior Vox leader inovolved in the scuffle in Madrid City Hall the other day, might challenge Abascal for the leadership of the party in 20’24.
10/ Ortega-Smith tweeted furiously against the media for publishing the story…but didn’t deny it.
11/ Pablo Iglesias on the King’s speech: the former Podemos leader, from the far-left, sees Felipe VI’s words as clearly aligned with the political right
12/ FT: Spain extends windfall tax on banks and energy companies
13/ Guardian: Andalusia wetlands deal hailed as green transition model
14/ Bloomberg: Spain extends measures put in place to ease inflation hit
15/ BBC: Spain forward Putellas to have knee surgery
16/ Somebody has done an AI image of The Lady of Elche (4th Century BC).
17/ Jaime del Burgo has republished the scandalous photo of the Queen on Twitter, after causing a royal storm several weeks ago and deleting it.
EXTRA: Apart from Japan, Spain is the country where people least trust, or find least important, the news reported by the public TV channel (Reuters Institute).
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1/ Reuters: “Spain opposes using the European Union's anti-piracy naval force to protect merchant ships in the Red Sea from the Yemeni Houthi militia, but it is willing to consider the creation of a different mission to tackle the problem, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday”.
2/ MORE ELECTIONS IN SPAIN: Galicia, February 18.
3/ The PP is in charge up there, so this is a Feijóo bet against Sánchez and the amnesty deal with Puigdemont. The PP First Minister, Alfonso Rueda (PP), said it was time to “decide on the future of Galicia”.
4/ Rueda is the guy who took over from Feijóo when he moved to Madrid last year to try to become Prime Minister.
5/ They only passed the regional budget…last week
6/ Sánchez did a Christmas press conference this morning.
7/ The PM said public transport would continue to be heavily subsidised or even free for some train journies.
8/ He blamed the right for the increase in political polarisation and insults.
9/ A report that Ortega-Smith, the senior Vox leader inovolved in the scuffle in Madrid City Hall the other day, might challenge Abascal for the leadership of the party in 20’24.
10/ Ortega-Smith tweeted furiously against the media for publishing the story…but didn’t deny it.
11/ Pablo Iglesias on the King’s speech: the former Podemos leader, from the far-left, sees Felipe VI’s words as clearly aligned with the political right
12/ FT: Spain extends windfall tax on banks and energy companies
13/ Guardian: Andalusia wetlands deal hailed as green transition model
14/ Bloomberg: Spain extends measures put in place to ease inflation hit
15/ BBC: Spain forward Putellas to have knee surgery
16/ Somebody has done an AI image of The Lady of Elche (4th Century BC).
17/ Jaime del Burgo has republished the scandalous photo of the Queen on Twitter, after causing a royal storm several weeks ago and deleting it.
EXTRA: Apart from Japan, Spain is the country where people least trust, or find least important, the news reported by the public TV channel (Reuters Institute).
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https://thespainreport.substack.com/subscribe