The man arrested for an alleged sexual assault on a reporter from the Cuatro program En boca de todos has been released without precautionary measures, despite the fact that the Prosecutor's Office had requested to impose a 300-meter restraining order and the prohibition of communicating with the victim by any means.

As reported by the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid, the titular magistrate of the Court of Instruction number 54 of Madrid has taken a statement from the detainee, a 25-year-old Romanian, and has made the decision to release him without precautionary measures as she did not appreciate a risk situation. , urgency, violence or intimidation against the victim. Furthermore, the magistrate in charge of the investigation emphasizes that the detainee until now “did not know the victim until the moment the events occurred.”.

The Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Madrid had requested this afternoon that the judge impose a 300-meter restraining order and prohibit the alleged aggressor from communicating with the victim, a request that has been ignored.. The young man was arrested on Tuesday near the Plaza de Tirso de Molina in Madrid, where the events took place, which were immediately reported by the journalist herself, Isa Balado.. As she herself reported and could be seen live on the program, the detainee touched her ass while asking her which television channel she worked for while he remained next to the journalist.

Shortly after, agents of the National Police arrested the man and transferred him to the Women and Families Care Unit (UFAM) of the Madrid Superior Headquarters.. The video of the attack, which immediately went viral on the social network non-consensual are sexual violence.

Mónica, the wife of the man who died on September 3 at night in Aldea del Fresno after the car in which she was traveling with him and her two children was carried away by the flood caused by DANA, has written and sent a letter today. statement in which he denied that they committed any recklessness, asserting that everything was “a terrible accident”.

In said letter sent to the media, to which Europa Press has had access, the woman, who was rescued by the Civil Guard and who was able to survive like her children, has acknowledged that after what happened “she has little strength” and They are facing an “especially tragic” grief.

However, she wanted to express her “deepest gratitude for the work and disproportionate effort” carried out by all the rescue teams and the Security Forces, as well as all the volunteers who searched for her husband for four days..

“In that time of immense pain, your dedication and perseverance provided us with a ray of hope. All week, the uncertainty and pain have been unbearable, but your intervention has brought us tremendous comfort.. That we can say goodbye to Manuel as he deserves is an immense gift that we will never be able to thank you enough,” said his wife, who has also expressed her heartfelt condolences to the rest of the affected families..

“We try to make the most prudent decisions”

Next, Mónica has denied the information in which a forest firefighter indicated that he had warned of the danger of traveling there with the car.

“I understand the psychological need that this person could feel, faced with an event like this, to vent and describe their own experience. But the reality is that the erroneous testimony of this person and the atrocity of comments that occur in this regard are causing us extreme suffering and, above all, they are staining the memory of Manuel, who deserves to be remembered with respect and love.. “How can we think that, consciously, we are going to minimally put his life at risk?” he asked..

The woman says that from the beginning of their trip back home, to the town of Alcorcón, they tried to make the most prudent decisions. “We left once the news reported that the worst had happened, without rain and with extreme caution. Unfortunately, the trip became complicated for us and for the rest of the drivers in Aldea del Fresno, when the pools of water, the landslide and the branches were more than evident throughout the road,” he says..

“In this way, we returned and stood behind him, heading towards Aldea. Moments before crossing the Arroyo Grande bridge, the van stopped to talk to a vehicle that was coming in the opposite direction and that had just crossed said bridge.. After several seconds of conversation, both continued their journey, while we, with the windows down, without knowing the content of that conversation and driving slowly, came across the vehicle, which at no time warned us of the danger,” he detailed..

“Seeing that the van continued on its way, we continued driving behind it, both entering the bridge. Moments later, we were both trapped by the strong rise of the water, our vehicle being swept away by the flood and falling off the road,” continues the wife of the deceased..

Afterwards, he asked all the media to echo this version of events and to “allow them to rest in peace without leaving the slightest doubt that the decision that we took, in those very complicated moments, was not caused by no recklessness or disobedience, but simply a terrible accident.

“I thank you for allowing me to clarify this event. I will not speak out about it again. We only have his family and friends remember Manuel as the exceptional father and wonderful husband that he was. May he rest in peace,” Mónica concluded in her release.

Since 23-J, the PP was awaiting the verdict of José María Aznar. The former president had not made any statements and, as expected and even feared in some sectors of the party, his first intervention has not left anyone indifferent.. Neither to his own nor to his opponents. The politician harshly attacked the amnesty yesterday and called for mobilization with “we must say again, enough is enough!” that shook the PP due to the depth charge implied by the parallelism with the fight against ETA terrorism and the amendment to the “more temperate” position of Alberto Núñez Feijóo.

Demonstrations were not on the official agenda before the former president led the way. Genoa will promote a “big event” in Madrid against the amnesty on the weekend of September 23, as announced this Wednesday by the general secretary of the party, Cuca Gamarra.. And the rest of the party has also begun to activate. It is also supported by the president of the Catalan PP, Alejandro Fernández, who is very critical of the national leadership due to the contacts maintained with Junts ahead of Feijóo's investiture on September 26 and 27.. In Genoa, so far they are “open to any scenario” when asked if the leader is willing to take the opposition to the streets.. Feijóo sees reasons, but “he will analyze at the time and not in real time” if he supports the march in Barcelona.

script twist. The slogan that was conveyed over the weekend to party officials was that the PP did not adhere to any of the marches that were called, according to several sources told El Confidencial.. “On a personal basis” was the response received by those who, through the internal chats of the Congress, Senate and party, consulted about the convenience or not of attending the anti-amnesty rallies..

Feijóo had focused his offensive on the institutions. On Monday, he announced before the National Board of Directors motions in the regional parliaments and city councils for the PSOE to portray itself in favor of or against the general pardon for the leaders of the process.. Yesterday, the Galician took a step further and announced in an interview on Telecinco's The Critical Look, that he would assert his majority in the Senate so that the regional presidents would also have a voice in the amnesty.. The PP will ask that the general commission of the autonomous communities be established in the Upper House. The announcement was lackluster due to the strength of Aznar's message, which immediately took over the political debate.

Among the barons, there is division over the appropriateness of taking to the streets against Sánchez. Ayuso's disposition clashes with the “prudence” of other territorial leaders who, although they assume that, if the pact with the separatists is consummated, peaceful protests are a legitimate way, they argue that it is now “hasty.”. “We are in the Feijóo investiture phase,” reflects a territorial leader to focus the speech on a “constructive opposition” that exploits the “presidential” profile of his leader. Along these lines, another regional president asks to time carefully and wait for Sánchez to sign the amnesty before standing behind a banner.

“Colón's departure harmed us and fueled Vox,” they insist in the territories where they emphasize that those of Santiago Abascal always make this type of actions “more and better” profitable.. “On 23-J we lost the center due to the pacts with Vox,” clarifies this source, who asks not to lose sight of the fact that there may be a repeat election in January..

The veterans pull the newspaper library and are skeptical about how the PP feels about agitating the streets. They remember that Mariano Rajoy made the banner his main asset against José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on issues such as ETA or abortion and that the effect was that the left mobilized. “Aznar is the perfect glue for Sánchez to achieve the yes of Junts and ERC,” says a popular parliamentarian who, ironically, wonders if “we are going to start collecting signatures against the Statute again.”.

A sector of the popular people knows that it is a priority to rebuild in Catalonia and the Basque Country and they consider that the “frontism” from Madrid does not help. “Aznar has gone too far,” says a former Rajoy collaborator who ventures that this is not the “first or last” step that the former president marks for Feijóo.. “After not joining with Vox, the season has been opened,” he summarizes, alluding to the fact that the father of FAES knows about his predicament in the party.. “No one controls him.”. He has done it with Rajoy and with Casado and he will do it with Feijóo”, concludes the same source..

In Genoa, they see Aznar fully aligned with Feijóo. They emphasize that their relationship is fluid, as with Rajoy. The Galician, according to official sources, “speaks daily” with both and “they share impressions and political analysis”. To leave evidence of the harmony, Feijóo did not hesitate to come out in support of Aznar in the face of accusations of “coup plotting” by the Government spokesperson, Isabel Rodríguez, who demanded that the PP leader force his predecessor to withdraw.. “They did it with [Felipe] González and now with Aznar. Spain will not remain silent in the face of its immorality,” declared the Galician, who recalled that “the same Government that before losing the elections called the amnesty inadmissible, is now negotiating it with independentists while insulting the former presidents who rebel over this.”. Aznar has done it again.

Mariano Rajoy once again crossed the doors of the Congress of Deputies this Tuesday. And he did it using his usual sense of humor.. It was not an announced visit. It was not included in the forecasts. Nor in those of the Popular Party. The former president of the Government returned to the San Jerónimo palace, his natural space for decades, to attend a procedural meeting: the Lower House will publish a printed publication that compiles some of his institutional speeches.

Rajoy crossed the halls of Congress accompanied by the first vice president of the Table, Marta González, who was in charge of managing the meeting with the former popular president for the publication of his most notable speeches.. They were seen alone in the hallways, almost incognito. And the previous tenant of the Moncloa once again boasted about the tranquility of his new life. He left discreetly, with hardly any witnesses, although he is a regular at Alberto Núñez Feijóo's events.. In fact, barely two weeks have passed since his last public appearance, since he accompanied the current leader of the PP at the opening of the political course at the Soutomaior castle..

With the 40th anniversary of the Constitution as a backdrop (2018), the Congress Board – then chaired by Ana Pastor – came up with the proposal to edit some of the most substantive parliamentary speeches given by both former heads of the Executive and the Chamber, as was done in the first years of democracy, parliamentary sources explain.

The initiative aimed to continue the enormous legacy of copies edited and paid for by Congress that collect speeches by Manuel Fraga, Gabriel Cisneros, Cánovas del Castillo or Emilio Castelar, which can be consulted and purchased on the Congress website and which They also refer to public libraries. It was during the XIV Legislature, already under the majority of Pedro Sánchez's coalition government, when this seed germinated.

Rajoy willingly joined the initiative, as can the rest of the former presidents of the Government.. Five years later, the proposal has come to fruition. Parliament emphasizes that this formula does not depend on political decisions that vary depending on the color of the majority of the chamber.. It is more of an “administrative task”. Other sources from the Chamber abound, however, that these types of publications are printed “for the greater glory” of politicians, and that it is not common for someone to buy their work..

The “regulated process” consists of the Congress Board referring—without intervening—to the Technical Publications Committee of the Chamber, where the approval of the editions is resolved after debate and consultation of the Chamber's budgets.. Here four members of the Board do have seats—and a majority—but the decision on what to publish does not depend as such on the governing body of Congress..

This organization was established in 1999, but its structure was modified in 2016. Since then, the Technical Publications Committee is made up of a vice president of the Congress, who serves as president, in addition to three other members of the Board; the deputy secretary general for Parliamentary Affairs; the director of Studies, Analysis and Publications, and the head of the latter department, as stated on the website of the Lower House.

There is still no publication date for the volume that will bring together the best institutional speeches of Mariano Rajoy, although Congress sources point out that all the debates, both those carried out by the former president and those of the rest of the Chamber's authorities, “are published in the Session Diary”, based on the transcriptions of stenographers and editors or, where appropriate, the audio and video recordings of the sessions. It is, therefore, a kind of special edition that will be part of the literary history of the Lower House, like so many other volumes.

At 68 years old, Rajoy says he enjoys that tranquility that he did not enjoy as President of the Government. The infidelity of the PNV to the Galician politician allowed Sánchez to take the decisive step to Moncloa. A few months later, Rajoy returned to his position as property registrar in Santa Pola, although he managed to transfer to Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid in record time.. The former president of the Government had a commented debut as a football reporter during the World Cup in Qatar, and has not stopped participating in PP campaign events to support Feijóo in his attempts to succeed him as a tenant in the Moncloa..

The two thermometers to measure the state of mind of a political movement are its ability to mobilize on the street and at the polls.. The second, the only thing really worthy of reliability, has already certified in the last electoral cycle the key bearish sign of the actions of sovereignty. Catalonia is today more socialist than independentist and this is confirmed by the results of the last regional elections, but especially by the political map of local power after the municipal elections and the beating to which the PSC subjected the rest of the political forces in the last general elections.. In fact, if today Sánchez has a chance of being invested, it is thanks to the large number of deputy records that he garnered in Catalonia..

If the votes go down, the normal thing is that people will also desert on the street. The proof was yesterday's demonstration on the occasion of the Diada. The lowest participation since the process began more than a decade ago: 115,000 people are still a lot of people. But the decline is much more than notable and not only numerically.. Generational transversality has disappeared. The aging of the independence movement that is manifesting itself is so notable that it is inevitable to draw conclusions that the demoscopy also confirms.. Sovereignty has a serious problem with the younger layers of the population.

Fewer votes and fewer protesters. Otherwise, more of the same. Smackdowns between JxCAT and ERC, Òmnium playing the role of a good man trying to put back together what is in tatters and the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) threatening to issue fatwas of excommunication to ERC and JxCAT if they invest Pedro Sánchez without him being able to exercise it in Catalonia the right of self-determination. In fact, one of the few relevant things about yesterday's Diada is the almost announcement of a new independence list in the next elections in the event that Junqueras, but above all Puigdemont, confirms the negotiating logic made by the president of this entity. , Dolors Feliu. This list, if it is born, will cause problems for JxCAT, which has the largest number of sympathizers with unilateralism.. For the ANC, Puigdemont is one step away from joining the list of traitors. This is the patio.

The Diada also served to confirm that among the independence movement the amnesty is taken for granted. The resurrected Zapaterism, Sumar's undermining work and the conviction that Sánchez is willing to do anything to be inaugurated have created the environment in which no one doubts that the amnesty law will go ahead and that it will also do so before the investiture. of the socialist leader. This conviction reduces the socialists' possibilities of rectification. At this point, without amnesty there will be no investiture. There is no room for rectification. It is so digested among sovereignism that neither Puigdemont, nor Oriol Junqueras, will be in a position to present another initial victory other than this one. The creation of this environment is not the sole responsibility of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz and Jaume Asens. Zapaterismo has also acted and acts as a battering ram in the same direction.

More things about the Diada. The exhibition of the differences between JxCAT and ERC anticipates what is also known. If Sánchez manages to be inaugurated, the legislature is going to turn into hell. Junqueras and Puigdemont compete in all areas, but especially for the Generalitat. And a weak Government like the Catalan one – only 33 deputies support, out of 135, the Executive of Pere Aragonès – can collapse at any moment. The Madrid board, as soon as Sánchez begins to govern if he does, is going to be a bloody battlefield between republicans and junteros. And Sánchez is going to be the innkeeper that both will need to kick to gain credibility with the sovereigntist voter for whom they compete.

And to finish an executive summary of the Diada in three lines: fewer people, fewer votes, but more capacity to influence than ever on the future Government of Spain. It is not Puigdemont, it is not Junqueras. It is the arithmetic and the inability of the big parties to act in a concerted manner that is turning sovereign precariousness into a strength.

“[The nationalist tribe] has no other law than hatred of others. It has never built an alternative legality, although it is enthusiastic about counter-legalities. Its attempts at institutionalization never leave it satisfied, because it disbelieves in institutions. It is only interested in counter-institutions. If not, it will work to invalidate even those it maintains under its sole control.”

(Jon Juaristi. The troubled tribe. Basque nationalism explained to my father. Espasa, 2002. Page 13)

Previous note. Today marks 25 years – September 12, 1998 – since the signing in Estella of the pact of eight Basque nationalist parties (including the PNV and Herri Batasuna), several left-wing parties (including Izquierda Unida-Ezker Batua), seven unions (ELA and LAB, the most significant) and 20 social organizations with the terrorist organization ETA. Nationalism, alarmed by the popular reaction after the kidnapping and murder in July 1997 of Miguel Ángel Blanco, and sensing that it could be overwhelmed by the spirit of Ermua, gathered all its forces to propose a negotiation with the State through a terrorist truce to as a decoy and to avoid the loss of power in Euskadi in the October elections of that same year. According to the most reliable analysts, the decision of the EBB of the PNV to promote and sign the Pact of Estella (Lizarra, in Basque) was the beginning of its decline and the beginning of what will end up being the new political hegemony of the legatees of ETA. : currently, the EH Bilbu coalition. For this reason, Arnaldo Otegi demands that today that pact that was the antecedent of the current strength in nationalism of an organization cohesive around Sortu (successor of Herri Batasuna) be updated..

The PNV: “Aged, routine and clientelistic”

The San Sebastian native Juan Pablo Fusi, emeritus professor of Contemporary History and one of the Basque intellectuals with the greatest stature and projection, has just accurately described the situation in which the PNV finds itself: “More than weakened, the PNV appears as a party without pulse, without ideas, without new people, aged, routine, which subsists above all because of the network of clientelistic power that it has held since 1980” (Diario Vasco of last August 28). The electoral figures obtained by the nationalists in the municipal and provincial elections of May 28 and in the general elections of July 23 validate the historian's diagnosis.. EH Bildu grows and PNV slowly decreases. The nemesis of the Lendakari Iñigo Urkullu and the president of the EBB, Andoni Ortuzar, is now conclusively Arnaldo Otegi, who has thrown into the ring the possibility of running for the presidency of the Basque Government in the 2024 regional elections..

Ortuzar seems aware of the situation his party is going through. In statements to El Correo a few weeks ago, the president of the national executive of the PNV acknowledged that his organization “is suffering” from “the rarefied climate” and that “errors must be corrected.”. Self-criticism in nationalism is not common. It was in 1986, the year in which the PNV had to make a gesture of humility after the split led by Carlos Garaikoetxea with Eusko Alkartasuna. These chest beats, however, are much more tactical than strategic in the PNV, because there is no organic or external intellectuality that offers consistency to the ideological body of the party.. The organization continues to have Sabinian, historicist and nostalgic references, always linked to a supremacist mythomania.. And from there, by updating only the language, it is unable to get out.

“Arzalluz would not have had any complexes”

Basque society has changed: industry is giving way to services with a substantial decrease in the GDP of the community as a whole, the demographic crisis is dramatic and also corresponds to the greater longevity of the population and the corresponding payment of pensions that Basque contributions do not even remotely cover, public employment grows due to the bureaucratization of the territories (foral councils) and the unbridled extension of the autonomous Administration. Furthermore, there is a widespread feeling of loss of expectations.. It is, consequently, a structural crisis of the PNV that is also a structural crisis of the Basque Country as a whole..

And it is in this depressed context that a crucial circumstance has occurred: the emergence of EH Bildu, with a presence in Basque society that tries to replace the PNV in its role as interlocutor in Spanish politics, extend its influence to Navarra , where the nationalists fail to establish themselves with a minimum relevance, and refer to themselves as a new Basque radical left—abertzale, of course—and also as manager of the interests pending the suspension of payments of the terrorist group ETA.

Here the ideological confusion fits into the nationalism that has been since 1980—and before—the representative of the country's middle classes, which are moderately conservative and plutocratic, with a sensitive confessional and historically pragmatic imprint.. For this reason, among a sector of the PNV militancy, objections are arising to the EBB's tactic of not differentiating itself in Spanish politics from the Otegi model or distancing itself from its closed support for Sánchez's PSOE..

José Alberto Pradera, deputy general of Vizcaya between 1987 and 1995, has been the most explicit in challenging the PNV's following of Bildu and Sánchez. “The PNV,” he also declared in El Correo on August 27, “must abstain from Feijóo's investiture, because Vox is not in the equation,” adding that “Arzalluz would not have had so many complexes.”. But the coolness of his opinions refers to the Basque social and economic model: “Whoever insults someone who brings money to the public coffers is to put him in jail,” in reference to the attacks of the radical left and Sánchez himself on the business community. (Iberdrola and BBVA maintain their headquarters in Bilbao, although Siemens-Gamesa has left the capital of Vizcaya).

The Urkullu plan, unviable

It is easy to understand that the departure of Iñigo Urkullu proposing a “constitutional convention”, to “reinterpret the Constitution” without reforming it (ignoring it) and with the aim of reaching a “new territorial pact” that is based on the provincial and historical heritage of the Basque Country to achieve a kind of confederal bilaterality, is an unviable approach – as highlighted by the professor of Constitutional Law, with a federalist belief and a leading academic in the Basque Country, Alberto López Basaguren – which, however, is functional to compete with Bildu and the Catalan independence movements in the run-up to the eventual investiture of Pedro Sánchez. Even the most friendly receptions to the Lendakari's approach – not the EBB, which is of the greatest importance – have underlined the implausibility of the initiative.. It is good for the PSOE that there are many offers in the tender for Sánchez's investiture to dilute Puigdemont's prominence, and that is the reason for the exorbitant relevance with which a text as blunt as Urkullu's, which composes an occurrence.

Meanwhile, Otegi and Bildu have it clear: Sánchez is, for the moment, the best option and the compensations are as discreet as they are clear: deactivate the legal mechanisms that keep more than 150 ETA prisoners in jail and win the dialogue of Euskadi in Congress, maintaining excellent relations with ERC and Junqueras, a harmony that the abertzales began in 2018 and that will continue. Without forgetting the eventuality of socialist support for Bildu's candidate for Ajuria Enea in 2024.

PNV-Junts, only apparent harmony

The PNV, on the contrary, has not managed to connect with JxCAT, nor empathize with Puigdemont, although a non-existent harmony is being suggested, perhaps because Urkullu, do not forget, was a witness in the trial of the process and tried, with more will than success , avoid Puigdemont's fleeting declaration of independence and, consequently, undermine the application of article 155. All the documentation of the lendakari's intermediation in October 2017 is deposited in the archives of the Sabino Arana Foundation and a copy of the file is in the Poblet monastery..

The PNV votes for Sánchez's investiture are hopelessly captive. Those of Puigdemont and his JxCAT are not, which explains to a large extent Urkullu's movement – sticking his head out – in the context of the galloping crisis of his party.. These initiatives are the blows of a castaway that, instead of preventing drowning, precipitate it.. And if, as is likely, a constitutional rupture occurs, it will not be due to the foral twists and turns of the 19th century but rather due to the fissure of Catalan secessionism.. Argumentatively, Catalan separatism is more intelligible than Basque separatism and Catalonia itself is a territorial, demographic, cultural and economic entity with which the Basque Country could never compete or even be equal.. A quarter of a century after the PNV protected ETA, its executors are managing to prevail and will achieve it, with little room for doubt, in the regional elections next year.

When Carles Puigdemont spoke of “verifiable facts before committing any vote”, he meant it literally. The environment of the fled former president observes with distrust the progress of the PSOE's argument regarding the amnesty. The Government is beginning to back down on the timing of the approval of the law that Junts requires as a precondition for its support. According to several sources consulted, Puigdemont is not considering lightening his demands and will not reduce them whatever the scenario that Pedro Sánchez manages for the investiture.. Whether the PSOE needs the vote in favor of Junts or if abstention is worth it, the independence party keeps its conditions intact, which imply the prior approval of an amnesty law. “There will be no reduction of any kind,” they assure.

Those closest to the leader of Junts insist that if the norm is not approved, there will be no investiture. The latest movements of the socialists to cut “the price of the bill” have not gone unnoticed. The attempt to obtain support from the Constitutional Court for a “desperate” vote recount or the negotiations with the Canary Coalition seek – they say – to reduce dependence on the nationalist party with the idea that an abstention of the seven deputies of the Catalan party It is easier and, in proportion, the compensation must also be smaller. “They are wrong,” add the sources consulted. Within the framework of said pact, the Government proposed to the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, which falls very conveniently in the hands of Spain, that Catalan become an official language of the European Union, as well as Basque and Galician.

6:47

The letter with which José Manuel Albares, Minister of Foreign Affairs, requested this inclusion was sent at 6:47 in the morning of August 17, the day that Junts decided to support Armengol. The Junts executive met at eight and wanted something more than good intentions, it even wanted something more than proof that the Foreign Minister had taken the promised step: it wanted to see that the Council registered that request, hence the sending of the letter first thing in the morning.

Puigdemont made it clear in the framework of that negotiation that he wants facts, not promises. He repeated it on Tuesday, September 5, during a speech in Brussels in which he established his conditions to support Sánchez's investiture, including amnesty and also a referendum, although he did not express this second condition publicly during the speech.. And that will be the framework that follows in the future..

That August 17, Puigdemont boasted on several occasions that he had the evidence that allowed him to verify that the Government was taking steps, and pointed out that this would be the path in the future negotiation if the Moncloa wanted his votes to invest Sánchez.. “If we reach future agreements, it will be because they have incorporated their compliance in a verifiable way.”. As has been the case” on this occasion, Puigdemont wrote on social networks.

The question of the inclusion of the language in the list of official languages of the European Union is brought to the meeting of the General Affairs Council to be held in Brussels on September 19 and the Government is by no means guaranteed that the maneuver goes well. Some other Member States raise objections, such as the cost of translating all legal texts, in addition to hiring translators.. However, what other capitals, especially Paris, really fear is a possible domino effect that could make other regions want their languages to be recognized as official throughout the European Union..

And to approve this inclusion of Catalan, Basque and Galician as official languages, Spain would need the unanimous support of the Twenty-Seven, so it will not be easy. The Spanish presidency of the Council is not taking the matter to the meeting on September 19 as a discussion, but rather as a vote, so the Government's proposal could be rejected that same day if it is finally decided to vote.. The rest of the delegations have followed the matter with a certain distance and hope that Spain will present its reasoning next Tuesday..

If the vote in favor of Armengol required the entry receipt of Albares' request, the position for the investiture will require a law in progress. “It is the same to abstain as to vote in favor. “They don't understand it,” insist the sources consulted..

• These are the lines cut off from the Madrid Metro due to heavy rains in the capital
• These are the fastest Metro lines (and the slowest ones) of the Madrid Metro

Although most of the work in Metro Madrid is carried out in summer to harm citizens as little as possible, the transport network continues with its plans to renew its infrastructure. The public company is beginning the procedures for planning reform works on line 6. Specifically, there will be cuts between the Conde de Casal and Ciudad Universitaria stations.

The Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM) thus includes the “contract for the comprehensive renewal of the track superstructure of L6”. A specific date has not yet been set to undertake these works, but the document reflects that “they will last 12 months”. In any case, the cuts will not occur in the short term, since the project is still in an initial phase.

The reforms will seek to replace the circulation routes with others that will require less maintenance with an investment of 38 million euros by the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Infrastructure. In the first phase, the works will affect the section between Conde de Casal and República Argentina and the second will cover from República Argentina to Ciudad Universitaria.

Large influx of travelers

Due to the interruption of circulation, as is usually the case in these cases, an alternative transportation plan is expected to be undertaken.. The proposed project is similar to the one being undertaken on Line 1, closed since June between the Sol and Valdecarros stations to modernize the infrastructure and replace the transit routes.

L6, which closed last year for two months between Sainz de Baranda and Nuevos Ministerios to remove asbestos and improve the accessibility of four stations, is one of the lines with the most passenger traffic in the suburban network. In 2019 – before the pandemic – it registered a total of 111.7 million trips, according to Metro data. It allows connecting peripheral points of Madrid without passengers having to go through the center of the capital. Along its route there are busy interchanges such as Moncloa, Príncipe Pío, Plaza Elíptica and Avenida de América.

• The independence movement is preparing for a Diada of low voltage and moderate participation
• Celebration of the day in Barcelona: schedule, route of the demonstration and events

Like every September 11, Catalonia celebrates its official holiday, the Diada. This date commemorates a crucial event in the War of the Spanish Succession: the fall of Barcelona in 1714 to the Bourbon troops, which later led to King Philip V abolishing Catalan institutions.. Four large columns – 'Freedom', 'Language and culture', 'Country' and 'Sovereignty' – will converge in the Plaza de España, as part of a demonstration called by the ANC (Catalan National Assembly). With the main motto “Via Fora!”, which refers to an ancient Catalan medieval cry of alarm with which the population was called to defend themselves against a threat, each of the four columns will start from different places in Barcelona.

⚠️ Effects on mobility for #Diada2023.

Traffic is closed at:
⛔️ the Av. Queen Maria Cristina, all day
⛔️ the streets where the four columns will pass that will go to pl. Espanya, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. (approx.) pic.twitter.com/Z5cxih1QgZ

— BCN City Council (@bcn_ajuntament) September 11, 2023

In this sense, Barcelona City Council will divert the route of around thirty bus lines during the day, reinforce the Metro and limit traffic in the city center. Thus, the City Council has called for using public transport, “especially the Metro”, to access the Sants area, Plaza Espanya and the center.

traffic cuts

The Metro increases the offer of trains on lines L1 and L3 with respect to a holiday between 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.. It will add up to 18 additional trains. In addition, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) will reinforce the service on the Barcelona-Vallès and Llobregat-Anoia lines during the Day. Regarding buses, between approximately 3:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. there could be detours and route limitations on thirty lines.

The demonstration will cause traffic delays and roads will be closed from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in addition to the Plaza de España itself:

• Start at the Sants station (Plaza de los Països Catalans, Calzada del Besòs side) and tour Tarragona (both Calzadas)
• Start in the City of Justice (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 111) and tour the Plaza de los Països Catalans (calzada del Besòs side) and Tarragona (both calzadas)
• Start in Plaza del Doctor Letamendi and travel through Aragó, Muntaner, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes (central road) in the opposite direction until Llançà and Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes (side road on the sea side) in the opposite direction
• Start at Escuela Proa (Almería, 57) and tour through Gavà, Moianès (in the opposite direction) and Creu Coberta

Parking will also be limited from 2:00 p.m. Saturday 9 to 11:00 p.m. Monday. During this period of time you will not be able to park on Avenida de la Reina María Cristina, nor on Avenida de Rius i Taulet, from Avenida Reina María Cristina to Guàrdia Urbana..

The head of the Central Court of Instruction number 1, Francisco de Jorge, has admitted this Monday the complaint filed by the Prosecutor's Office for the crimes of sexual assault and coercion against the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales, for kiss he gave to national team player Jenni Hermoso at the World Cup trophy presentation in Sydney (Australia).

The magistrate, to whom the complaint for distribution corresponded, agrees to the first steps in this procedure. Before setting up interrogations, he wants to have the images in which the kiss was seen. Thus, it demands from RTVE the video or videos that they have in their files that capture the moment from all angles in which the defendant kisses the complainant, as well as the minutes immediately before and after the event related to the celebration of the victory of the women's soccer team. In addition, he has requested the video of the celebration in the locker room and the celebration on the bus of the Spanish women's soccer team..

The resolution transfers Rubiales as a defendant to the Prosecutor's Office brief so that he can learn about the alleged facts and exercise his right to defense with all procedural guarantees.. The magistrate has taken over the investigation after the Public Ministry reported the facts due to indications of the commission of a double crime: sexual assault and coercion..

The order accepts jurisdiction over the facts as the National Court is in charge of instructing on crimes committed by Spaniards abroad.. Provided that the act is also punishable in the country where the alleged crime occurred and there is a complaint from the Public Prosecutor's Office, as is the case.. After collecting the documentary evidence detailed, the magistrate will expand the investigations to the statements of witnesses, victim and defendant, according to consulted legal sources..

constant pressure

The prosecutors' complaint was filed after the player appeared before the prosecutor on September 5, accompanied by her lawyer, and expressly denounced the events that, according to her statement, occurred without her consent.. Jennifer Hermoso also stated in her statement that both she and those closest to her suffered constant and repeated pressure from Luis Rubiales and his professional environment to justify and approve the facts.. The prosecutor considers that this harassment could constitute a crime of coercion.

FIFA suspended Rubiales for three months from his position as head of the Federation and as vice president of UEFA in a resolution that was announced on Saturday, August 26.. FIFA has yet to decide on the merits of the file that has cost him the temporary suspension and the result could be a years-long disqualification..

In the complaint, the prosecutor requests that a statement be taken from Luis Rubiales, as an under investigation, and Jenni Hermoso as a victim.. Likewise, it requests that information be collected from the Australian authorities on the classification of crimes against sexual freedom in their criminal regulations.. Once the complaint has been filed, the court of the National Court to which it corresponds by distribution will be in charge of investigating the case..

According to the Penal Code, these acts can be punished with between one and four years in prison: “Whoever carries out any act that violates the sexual freedom of another person without their consent. It will only be understood that there is consent when it has been freely expressed through acts that, in light of the circumstances of the case, clearly express the will of the person.” However, in the chapter on aggravating circumstances included in article 180 it is contemplated that The penalty can reach up to eight years in prison when the person responsible has taken advantage of “a relationship of superiority.”