Bad Bunny is much more than a singer. He is a mass phenomenon, as we are seeing these days with his concerts in Spain. But he not only stirs musical passions, he has become a role model for the most disadvantaged classes thanks to the social awareness he exudes…
It was not possible to bring positions closer between Catalonia and Galicia regarding the proposed reform of the financing system in the colloquium held this Tuesday at the Cercle d’Economia. In a forceful tone, President Salvador Illa defended that the model agreed upon between the Government and ERC reduces inequalities between communities and warned that Catalonia “is not going to ask for permission to make proposals or to lead Spain.” His counterpart in Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, denounced that the bilaterality contemplated in the new model is negative for all communities because it encourages “divide and conquer.” And he asserted that “I am not going to ask for permission either.”
The Government will face a very complicated path to reach an agreement on the reform of regional financing. Yesterday, Monday, the Ministry of Finance, led by Arcadi España, announced that it had sent letters to the ministries of the autonomous communities in order to arrange bilateral meetings to agree on a new financing system. However, today the majority of communities with Popular Party governments have already decided that they will not attend these meetings with the Secretary of State for Finance, Jesús Gascón.
The combination of a rainy spring and the onset of heat has caused mosquito and cockroach populations to soar across much of the territory. This is warned by the Catalan Association of Environmental Health Companies (Adepap) on the occasion of World Pest Control Day, which will be celebrated next Saturday. The tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), a confirmed vector of diseases such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, remains the main threat in urban areas due to its ability to breed in small domestic water accumulations. Adepap also warns about the invasion of cockroaches in the underground and homes.
The grand prize for loyalty to Donald Trump went this Tuesday to Bill Pulte, who is the choice of the President of the United States to serve temporarily as the National Intelligence Director replacing Tulsi Gabbard, who will leave the position this month. The chosen one lacks any experience in the field of espionage and until now managed the federal agency for Housing Finance, which is essentially the mortgage market.
Closed in his favor the first set, in 63 minutes, Sasha Zverev must have felt relief.
The possibility of a motion of no confidence against Pedro Sánchez is once again gaining prominence in the political debate, but the difficulties in forming an alternative majority remain enormous. This is the view of Lola García, deputy director of La Vanguardia, who argues that neither Junts nor the PNV currently find an easy way out of the current situation. “What would interest them is for the current Government to be stronger and more solid, able to present budgets and not be harassed by corruption cases,” she said. In her opinion, the alternative of an Executive led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo with Vox as part of the equation is also not attractive to them.
The PSOE has increased from 15,612 euros to 44,859 euros the payments that the socialist formation in Cantabria paid for communication consultancy to Leire Díez, investigated by the National Court in an alleged plot “to destabilize” judicial processes against Ferraz. In a document sent to the Madrid court that initiated the investigations, the party details the periods in which the so-called plumber of the PSOE provided her services as a freelancer and the amount of the corresponding invoices “in the interest of full cooperation” with justice. The document was sent on May 14, just over ten days before the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard entered the party’s national headquarters to request information under the orders of the National Court.
Pedro Sánchez undoubtedly has many problems to face amid the flood of legal cases involving his family and political circle. But one of these concerns, according to sources at Moncloa, is not the possibility that the PNV and Junts join a motion of no confidence promoted by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, with the indispensable votes of the far-right Vox, to try to overthrow the Prime Minister.
The King entered this Tuesday the plenary hall of the Palau de Congressos in Barcelona welcomed by applause, surrounded by the president of the Cercle, Teresa García Milà, and the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, and urged Europe to wake up and regain its pride above the criticisms it receives in these turbulent times. “To the most skeptical, it should be reminded that one of the constants of the construction of united Europe has been to make real what seemed a distant aspiration, even a utopia. The entire integration process has been a journey from the improbable and extremely complex to the real and tangible.”
