Spain’s parliament kills shorter work week bill in blow to government
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s lower house put a bill that shortened the working week for 2-1/2 hours and took another blow to the minority government, a fragile socialist leader who struggled to cross the reforms he committed through a fragile parliament.
Late on Wednesday, the opposition deputies united with the Regional Catalan Party, and the Minister of the workers came together against the cornerstones of the Diaz and the main unions, and prevented the ground from reaching the ground for discussion.
However, Diaz promised to re -introduce the decreasing measure at weekly working hours and called the veto “incomprehensible” veto ‘and Junts’ veto’ veto ‘veto’.
Business-friendly prophecies, seeking the departure of Catalonia from Spain but sometimes support the central government, joined the Conservative People’s Party and the extreme right VOX for the majority of 178-170.
The competitors argued that small businesses and farmers could not shoulder higher costs from politics, and that they could not endanger the welfare state.
This parliamentary defeat – the last of a few – Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Court comes as parties, helping to exceed a delayed budget for more than two years, trying to move away from the corruption scandals that assign the third period.
In 2023, Sanchez swore with a fine difference with the support of Erc and Kumtlar of the pro -Catalan independence parties, including a contentious amnesty law for separatists who led to anger and protests between many Spanish.
Amnesty passed, the Supreme Court decided that Carles Puigdemont, the leader of illegal clusters, and Sanchez failed to secure the support of the party with a few important votes.
Corruption scandals have reduced the popularity of the socialist party among voters, including the allegations that the key members of the internal environment received recoils in exchange for public affairs contracts.
According to the survey of 40DB for El Pais, support to socialists fell to 32.3% compared to 27.7% compared to 32.3% compared to 32.3%.
(Reporting by Charlie Devereux and David Latona; Editing by Inti Landauro and Kim Coghill)
