Follow today’s control session live, with the latest news on pensions and the migration crisis on the border with Morocco.
09:20
Sanchez reiterates that he will complete the remaining three years of the legislature
In response to questions from Gabriel Rufián, spokesman for the ERC, the President of the Government reiterated that he will complete the remaining three years of his mandate and defended his government program, although he assumed that “there is a lot of work to do.” He also defended the single financing agreement for Catalonia, which he described as “very important.”
09:16
Sanchez accuses Abascal of “xenophobia” and “lack of humanity”
The head of the Executive accused the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, of xenophobia and “lack of humanity” for his immigration policy. Thus, he criticized the fact that the right-wing party intends to send frigates against the cayucos and, he assured, “create institutional crises with the countries of origin.” “You have a lot of insults and you lack ideas. “There is a lot of xenophobia and a lack of humanity,” he stressed.
09:12
Sánchez urges PP to “change the chip” and leave its opposition “vinegared”
The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, urged the Popular Party and its leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to “change the chip” and abandon his opposition, which he described as “sour”. “Wherever we look, the data invite optimism,” said Sánchez, while stressing that today Spain is experiencing greater growth and is “more united” than when the opposition governed. “This is a government of dialogue and agreement,” he said to laughter from the popular bench. “You are not Prime Minister because you do not want to be, but because the Spanish people have told you no,” he replied to Feijóo.
09:08
Feijóo accuses Sánchez’s “offensive” against the press: “Nothing like this has been seen since Franco”
The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, criticized the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, for starting the political year with an “offensive against judges and journalists”, in reference to the democratic regeneration plan presented yesterday by the Executive, and accused him of having a “banana conception” of power. “Censorship and persecution of those who dare to criticize him. Nothing like this has been seen since Franco,” he accused harshly.
09:03
First face-to-face between Sánchez and Feijóo of the new political course
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, faces this Wednesday his first session of government control after the holidays with questions from the PP, Vox and ERC on how he faces the new political course, the continuity of the legislature or irregular immigration.
08:48
Sáiz reports on “serious immigration crisis” and pension reform
After the questions and interpellations, the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Sáiz, will appear at the request of the Popular Group, to report on “the serious migration crisis experienced in Spain in 2023”, as well as the measures that have been adopted and those that must be implemented to provide a solution to this situation. She will also report on the pension reform.
08:46
Government control session: regional funding, immigration and the Koldo case
Wednesday’s plenary session of the Congress of Deputies will host the government control session, which includes urgent questions and interpellations to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez; the First Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero; or the Minister of the Presidency and Justice; Félix Bolaños, among other members of the Executive. There will be questions on regional financing, immigration, the situation of the Government and Parliament and the Koldo case, among others.
08:42
Good morning! Welcome to the live session of this Wednesday’s plenary session at the Congress of Deputies, which will host, among other things, the government’s control session and will hear the appearance of the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, who will report on the immigration crisis and pension reform.
