The Government of Portugal overcomes the motion of no confidence that exposes its fragile situation

The Government of Portugal overcomes the motion of no confidence that exposes its fragile situation

The Portuguese Parliament rejected this Tuesday the motion of no confidence from the far-right Chega with 104 votes against, 60 in favor, and 62 abstentions, including the decisive ones from the socialist deputies who, for the sake of stability, thus saved the government of conservative Luís Montenegro. However, the most revealing figure of a debate whose outcome was clear from the very presentation of the motion was not generated by parliamentary arithmetic, but by political dynamics. It concerns the maximum amount of the additional extra payment of 1,611.13 euros that Portuguese pensioners will receive in December. It is part, along with tax reductions for the lowest incomes, of the package of measures announced by a besieged Montenegro, in response to the scandals that have his Interior Minister, Luís Neves, on the ropes, and the growing social unrest due to a much higher fuel cost than in Spain, with more than 30 cents difference on both sides of the border.

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Iceland summons the U.S. ambassador to protest Trump's controversial 'American' map

Iceland summons the U.S. ambassador to protest Trump’s controversial ‘American’ map

The Icelandic government has summoned the US ambassador after President Donald Trump posted on social media an image with a map in which Mexico, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and the Caribbean islands appear covered by the colors of the US flag. “It was made clear in the meeting that the post was completely unacceptable,” said Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir to the public television RÚV.

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Outrage at the Eiffel Tower for hiding its female workers at the request of a religious visit

Outrage at the Eiffel Tower for hiding its female workers at the request of a religious visit

Nothing less than the most emblematic monument of Paris and France, so proud of its freedoms and the defense of gender equality, has been the protagonist of a controversy over sexist behavior. The employees of the Eiffel Tower went on strike on Monday and prevented the opening of the monument, in protest against a private visit made on Saturday by a very conservative Hindu religious organization in which instructions were given to hide the female staff.

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