Etiqueta 'Politics'
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Wanting is not the same as needing, is it...?

Doubtless our kids as part of the aptly named ‘snowflake’ generation, will be furious.

Frank Leavers16/08/2019 09:58

Comment

Changing Times

"We are seeing the rise of the more radical left and right wing parties..."

Jason Moore06/12/2018 16:56

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Politics are changing

“A good result for the Spanish Socialist Party would have meant an early poll...”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter04/12/2018 09:39

King Felipe greets Francina Armengol. In the foreground Emiliano García-Page, president of Castile-La Mancha, shakes the hand of Queen Letizia.

Politics

Politics intrude into rainy National Day celebrations

Balearic president Francina Armengol wanted a word about the investiture of Mariano Rajoy.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter12/10/2016 00:00

The Partido Popular's Marga Prohens said that the government didn't know where to begin with some of its tourism policy.

Politics

32 million euros raised by the tourist tax

The Partido Popular proposed a "grand pact" for tourism that will define tourism policy for the next twenty years.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter21/09/2016 00:00

Political uncertainty may be affecting Spain's holidaymaking decisions, but tourists from other countries don't have similar concerns.

Tourism

Political uncertainty hitting Spanish tourism

The absence of a proper government is affecting Spanish tourism. There has been an 11% fall in the numbers saying they will go on holiday this year.

16/06/2016 00:00

Podemos may vote against tourist tax tomorrow

Tourist tax

Podemos may vote against tourist tax tomorrow

The PP, meanwhile, is agitating for a vote in favour of amending the whole bill, which would, in effect, send it back to the drawing-board.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/02/2016 00:00

King Felipe today met the leaders of PSOE and Podemos, Pedro Sanchez and Pablo Iglesias.

Politics

Spanish left-wing coalition comes closer as King ends talks

“Spain can’t afford to wait for Rajoy,” Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias told a news conference.

Julian Toyer22/01/2016 00:00

Balearic President Armengol: leader of a left-wing coalition.

Politics

Armengol: follow our lead and form a left-wing coalition

Balearic president believes that new government in Madrid can be formed without the Partido Popular.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter18/01/2016 00:00

Rajoy failed to secure a majority despite winning the general election.

Election 20D

Spaniards don’t want new election despite stalemate

87.1 per cent of those surveyed said they would vote the same way if there were another election.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/01/2016 00:00

Equality and employment, key issues for Armengol

Politics

Equality and employment, key issues for Armengol

“We must work so that young people find work, so that older people can return to work."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/01/2016 00:00

PM Mariano Rajoy met the leaders of Podemos, Pablos Iglesias, and Ciudadanos, Albert Rivera yesterday.

Politics

Socialists reject coalition deal with any party urging Catalan referendum

“We will not discuss questions about the territorial integrity of the country,” PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez said today.

28/12/2015 00:00

Rajoy and Sanchez held their first meeting since the election today.

Election 20D

Spain’s socialists reject a pact with the ruling PP

"We will vote against the continuation of the Partido Popular at the helm of the government, with Mariano Rajoy as prime minister.”

23/12/2015 00:00

Political parties warned: Do not raise taxes after election

Politics

Political parties warned: Do not raise taxes after election

Addressing her remarks towards Balearic candidates standing for Congress and Senate, Planas stressed that businesses “can grow without taxes being raised on families or business”.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/12/2015 00:00

The president's pay will not be increasing in 2016.

Politics

Balearic ministers' pay to be frozen in 2016

This block on a salary rise will mean that they will get less than had been earmarked in the budget for 2016.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter10/12/2015 00:00

Armengol and the government’s front bench today.

Politics

Armengol accuses the PP of cuts rather than investment

The president claimed that her administration has not found any formal documentation from the previous president or the national finance ministry regarding the “requesting of money or of a meeting (to make a request)”.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/12/2015 00:00

Extra funds to push ahead with redevelopment of Playa de Palma.

Economy

Eighty million more for 2016 budget following agreement with Madrid

Of the 322 million, 240 euros relate to agreements on road building that go back more than ten years.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/12/2015 00:00

Pedro Sánchez addressed an animated crowd in Inca after a walk around Palma.

Politics

Socialist leader tells Inca rally that PSOE will win the general election

“Taking on the Partido Popular and defending the majority, we socialists will win on 20 December.”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/12/2015 00:00