The Canary Islands have been an hour ahead this time, and not, like the rest of the year, behind the clocks. The change of cycle that the polls predict for the end of July (in the event that Pedro Sánchez fails to revive for the fourth time) is already a reality on the islands. It took the Canary Coalition twenty-six years to lose power, only four to recover it. A statistical extravagance, a temporary anomaly to which different factors have contributed.

In 2019, the combinations turned their back on CC. The good fortune that had always accompanied them suddenly went out, giving rise to government majorities that condemned CC to the opposition, to death row in practically all the institutions. However, the electoral results of May 28 have shown that the flower of the nationalists, far from going out, is in very good health.. The bets announced the consolidation of the change championed by Ángel Víctor Torres (acting president and general secretary of the Canarian PSOE), but, against too many odds, the Coalition has regained centrality thanks to its preferred partner, the PP. Long-term change of cycle or waiting for what happens on July 23? Depending on what happens in the general elections, on the magnitude of the earthquake that it may cause, the aftershocks of the earthquake will shake, or not, the agreements signed in the Canary Islands and elsewhere, at regional or local levels.. If Sánchez falls, the guerrilla war in the corridors of the PSOE could lead to surprising agreements in the Cortes and, from there, in the rest of the territories – in the air is the possibility that Sánchez falls and they will be the historic ones of the party those who finally decide the position of the PSOE in a hypothetical investiture of Alberto Núñez Feijóo—.

The Canarian Coalition has not recovered without the collaboration of third parties the centrality it lost four years ago. He has done his part, but he would not have achieved it without the help of, for example, Pedro Sánchez (of the president, yes). Without him it would not have been possible. Coalition did its thing. He has debuted twice. CC has made its debut in the opposition and, consequently, for the first time in its thirty years of life, it has faced an electoral campaign these months without the tools that government positions allow, with hardly any resources, making a gap where they could not find it, fine rain, municipality by municipality, island by island, retracing their steps towards the origins, working on municipal spaces and focused on building or rebuilding island leaderships. The next president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has spent these years evangelizing, announcing to his people that the journey through the desert would be brief.. got it right.

There is more. CC has not grown, but it has managed not to go back, consolidating a ground that is explained by its strength (and resistance) in councils and town halls, islands and municipalities. These four years away from power have to some extent vitaminized Coalition. In the eyes of those who have associated them all their lives with the established power —the regime, according to the terminology used by its adversaries— Coalición has ceased to be the party that was voted for in secret, the vote that was silent at weddings or after dinners because better not say it. In recent months, many Coalition voters have abandoned their hidden status. never happened before. That change of habit or attitude announced that CC would not obtain bad results because its electorate was still there. This cocktail has been the first of the factors that has promoted the change of change that the PSOE led in 2019. That task has gone hand in hand, it has been on the roof of the Coalition. They return to the Government, remain strong in the town halls and recover three of the seven councils, thus gaining control of four out of seven, guaranteeing themselves four essential platforms to carry out politics in the archipelago, having the upper hand in many corporations.

Ángel Víctor Torres won but lost. Fernando Clavijo (CC) and Manuel Domínguez (PP) lost but won. Also Domínguez, president of the popular on the islands, has been an essential piece for the change of cycle. Boosted by the pull of the brand (by the good wave), the imminent vice president of the Government of the Canary Islands does not match the conformist character that contaminated the PP after the departure of former minister José Manuel Soria. Domínguez is not one of those who goes out to tie. His ambition has infected his family, a winning spirit that has given many joys to the institutions, where they have grown up with luck on their side, covered by additions and subtractions that have made it easier to shape government majorities.. In the vast majority of cases with Coalición, in others, no; hairs to the sea. Domínguez is aware that the 24th of July could feel more reinforced, supported by the presence in the ministries of his fellow ranks. Who knows to what extent that can shake things up in the Canaries. No hurry. Now the important thing is to lay the foundations of a pact born to last.

The third factor has been luck. The arithmetic has played to the foot of CC and PP, but nothing would have been possible without the help of Pedro Sánchez, the eighth passenger, involuntary prescriber of the change of cycle on the islands. Without the president, the CC-PP pact would not have been possible. Contributed in two phases, with two steps. By converting the regional and municipal elections into primaries, also in the Canary Islands he fed a vote of punishment that hit, in a more than notable way, the socialist candidates for Parliament, councils and city councils. Far from leaving them to their own devices and strategy, Sánchez wanted to lead the campaign, and subtracted. Not satisfied with sneaking into a party that was not for him, the Prime Minister and candidate for re-election finished off his people with the electoral advance, denying the socialist candidates any possibility of reaching agreements with the PP, a scenario that dynamited the immediacy of the ongoing campaign. Two cups. Two blows on the waterline of the Canarian PSOE. Two favors to CC and PP. Two clumsiness that have made the change of cycle possible on the islands. An hour before, and duly aired in the rest of the country by Genoa, so that it is known that the PP does not only agree with Abascal.

These days, most of the media have raised the issue of pensions with the excuse of the summer bonus that retirees in our country are getting. Thus, we have learned that some of them are going to collect for the first time more than 6,000 euros in one go in June. This will be possible thanks to the inflation-indexed revaluation that has raised the maximum pension in 2023 to €3,059 and the fact that the summer extra is added to the normal monthly transfer, which is also paid for Christmas.

They are true data. Only that presented in this way they blur the reality of the Spanish pension system as a whole. As with salaries, it is better to leave aside the monthly amounts to focus on the annual amount. And yes, in Spain we have pensions of €42,829.29/year. Pensions that will continue to rise in value each year at the rate of inflation that has moderated compared to recent highs, but that will continue to give us problems in the coming years, according to most forecasts.

The lucky ones with this pension are, according to data from the National Social Security Institute for the month of May 2023, a total of 476,160 people, out of a total of 9,074,316 pensioners. A figure slightly higher than 5%, which could be corrected slightly downwards if we discount permanent work disabilities in order to stick strictly to retirees. What the global photo says is that, after the package of the lucky ones with the maximum pension, there are 4,681,388 fellow citizens with a pension lower than the current SMI and a total of 3,916,768 Spaniards who are located in the wide fork that exists between the SMI and the maximum pension.

On Tuesday, the INE published its annual salary structure survey with data from 2021. The average annual profit per worker was 25,896.82 in that year. However, the most frequent salary is €18,503/year. Naturally, these figures will have to be updated with the increases for 2022 and also for 2023.. But, unlike pensions, salaries cannot be automatically updated with inflation, unless we want to turn Spain into a solar in a semester. The agreements between employers and unions marked a recommended increase of 4% for 2023 and 3% in 2024 and 2025, plus 1% depending on the rise in inflation.

We could go on and get drunk on an ocean of numbers. But the ones presented so far are enough to tell us without any shame that we have a serious problem with salaries and with smaller pensions.. Regardless of how colorful the headlines are about summer pensions of more than 6,000 euros.

But that does not mean that these pension payments of 6,000 euros in the month of June cannot serve us to continue affecting the minister José Luis Escrivá and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, the unsupportive measure of indexing the increase in pensions, regardless of its amount, to the evolution of inflation.

It is not acceptable that workers lose purchasing power and pensions of €42,829.29/year, and those that are close to this figure are guaranteed to be updated. What the Government of Pedro Sánchez presents as a success of his management is a full-blown generational scam.

Their obligation as rulers, for the sake of the general interest, involved performing surgery, positively discriminating against low pensions —some unworthy—, but not for ensuring the level of income for all pensioners simply for the fact of being so..

Extra work and added social response for the governments of the future. The Bank of Spain, in its annual report published in May, has already made it abundantly clear that it will have to adjust the pension system —which Pedro Sánchez boasts about on Twitter with graphs that border on economic illiteracy— in 2025 to ensure its financial sustainability.

The rental agreement was not this. And the intergenerational pact, we don't even talk anymore. It is unacceptable, to bring up a sad example lived closely in recent days, that a primary school teacher in Barcelona does not make ends meet and cannot support his family —not easily, but without having to defer the payment of current expenses (food, basic services) – and that pensions, from some amounts, should not also bear part of the chronically bad economic situation that exists in the homes of many workers, whatever they say macro growth figures.

Newly published La youth atracada (Peninsula 2021), by José Ignacio Conde-Ruiz and Carlota Conde Gasca. The subtitle —How an aging electorate curtails the future of the young— perfectly explains what the text intends to illustrate. It is a pessimistic book, but very necessary. Some of the solutions he proposes are certainly naive, at the discretion of a server, but as a whole it perfectly illustrates, among many other issues, the reasons why a country that really wants to take itself seriously cannot celebrate decisions such as the latest reform of pensions. Decisions more typical of a reactionary and not at all courageous government than of an Executive that aspires to be remembered as the most progressive in history.

The acting president of the Junta de Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, continues to raise the question of whether he will be a candidate again in the foreseeable scenario of electoral repetition. When he announced this Wednesday his intention to stand for the investiture, even without sufficient votes for the majority, after the clash between PP and Vox, he responded on this possibility that “I have not thought about it”, despite the lack of replacement. This Thursday, during an interview on Onda Cero, he left it on the air again, assuring that “I don't know”. “I have to speak with ours, with my family, wife and children, I was already in retirement,” he added to focus his message on the “frivolity” and “seriousness” of repeating the elections due to the cost and political and economic instability.

In Ferraz they leave no doubt that he is the main asset of the party in this territory. However, in line with his speech, they are now focused on emphasizing that “he won the elections and he is the president that Extremadura needs given the show that PP and Vox are giving”. The baron from Extremadura, who is part of the PSOE executive, has held two personal meetings in recent days with the leader of the Socialists and Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.

Vara himself, who has asked the PP to abstain to let the most voted list govern, “to see if instead of preaching he practices it”, he wants to send the message that in his case he does not seek “personal interests”, but institutional ones. Faced with those who accuse of turning Extremadura into a “laboratory” and looking for “only armchairs”, it is presented as an option for the unblocking that avoids an electoral repetition, as the candidate of the popular, María Guardiola, already assumed..

His chances are practically nil as he does not add enough with Podemos, but along the way he is discharging responsibilities in PP and Vox, as a pre-campaign. If he is confirmed as a candidate if the elections are repeated, a phase in which the Extremadura socialists are not now to portray the right-wing bloc, his letter of introduction is clear. Despite not having options in advance, Vara has collected the argument of the PP from the most voted list to defend his decision.

A way of trying to portray the leader of the PP after she forcefully distanced herself from Vox's postulates, establishing herself as a dam against her denialist demands regarding gender violence or sexual diversity, as she has been denouncing.

investiture schedule

The acting president has reproached the PP and Vox for their “chess game” in which “we Extremadura put the pawns”. “They talk about everything except the problems of the people,” he lamented to warn that a repeat election would cost around 2.5 million euros to public coffers and would endanger the execution of the European funds from the recovery plan.

The investiture will take place within a maximum period of one month from the constitution of the Parliament of Extremadura last Tuesday. It is in the hands of the president of the Table, which has fallen into the hands of the PSOE due to the clash between PP and Vox, to set the date within the deadlines set by the autonomy statute. For Vara, “the clock has to start working”, also taking into account the possibility of “a complicated summer of fires, and the Government has to be putting out fires, it has to be there”.

Some 25 Greenpeace activists have traveled to the Cigüela aqueduct, in Cuenca, to denounce the country's “unsustainable” water policy and call for a “fair and urgent” water transition..

“Despite the fact that we have, and will have, less water available, the hydrological plans continue to increase the area of irrigation, in a country with 75% of the territory at risk of desertification”, they have warned in a press release.

They consider that the current hydraulic policy allows “short-term economic benefits, in fewer and fewer hands, at the cost of a serious environmental impact”.

Along with another huge 35 x 18 meter banner with the slogan 'Save Water', more than twenty activists have wanted to denounce the “lack of political responsibility in this major problem”..

Greenpeace has chosen the Cigüela aqueduct as an example of pharaonic hydraulic infrastructure -6.2 kilometers-, to which such priority has been given in the management of water in Spain and which “still continues to be claimed by some parties and lobbies”.

“The Tagus-Segura transfer, which circulates through this aqueduct, is oversizing irrigation in the Levante, ending a jewel of biodiversity such as the Mar Menor. Works like this are not a priority for the efficient management of water and leave aside the real problem, playing with false promises to obtain a handful of votes, against the real protection of the water environment,” they have denounced..

From this organization they consider that the survival of traditional and family agriculture is being put at risk, “to put it in the hands of large agro-industries and investment funds”, and fundamental enclaves for their biodiversity such as Doñana or Las Tablas de Daimiel are being harmed..

Unsustainability of extensive irrigation

Greenpeace has presented these days the report 'The irrigation bubble' that clearly warns of the unsustainability of the current intensive irrigation model: 16.23% of irrigation in Spain are in stressed areas, that is, with aquifers in poor quantitative condition and qualitative and in areas vulnerable to nitrate.

They warn that 13.8% of irrigated lands are in areas that affect protected natural areas and that the modernization of irrigation actually increases the irrigated area, generates changes towards more water-demanding crops and stimulates double or triple annual harvests , apart from the fact that it reduces the return of water.

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We unfurled two giant banners at the Tajo-Segura transfer.
THERE IS NO WATER FOR SO MUCH IRRIGATION
Our country dries up, but we irrigate an area the size of Switzerland.
We must transform the agri-food system, reduce irrigation and tell the truth to the public. pic.twitter.com/ifDPVUDgiq

– Greenpeace Spain (@greenpeace_esp) June 22, 2023

“We have little water but, on top of that, we export it, in the form of fruits, vegetables and meat, and we throw it away. In Spain we waste more than 1 million tons of food a year, about 130 liters of water lost per person per day,” they warned..

Greenpeace warns that, despite the rains this month, the dammed water still does not reach 47.5% this week and 44% of the aquifers are already in poor condition.

“With these serious data, it is incomprehensible that, between 2004 and 2021, irrigation, and only the “legal” ones for which there is data, have increased by 16%. There is a lack of control of the resource and policies without a climate strategy that only seek immediate economic benefit without understanding the seriousness of the water situation that we are going to have to face”.

“Our political leaders continue to promise water, a water that does not exist and that in the future will be even more scarce. We have to change the way we manage it and bet on a fair water transition. We are at stake to have drinking water, that our agriculture has a future and that we can maintain our biodiversity in the face of the consequences of climate change,” warned the head of Water at Greenpeace Spain, Julio Barea, from Cigüela.

After warning that the next droughts will be even more intense and prolonged, he considers that promising to expand irrigation is “a lie that all of society and our environment will pay for”.

The electoral campaign, time to know proposals

“The electoral campaign prior to 23-J is the moment for the parties to define their position on this problem and thus the electorate knows what are the proposals that protect water, people and ecosystems. Greenpeace appeals to the responsibility of citizens with respect to the different parties and how they propose to manage natural resources.

In addition to raising awareness among citizens with this Thursday's action, Greenpeace is also touring public fountains and toilets these days in more than 35 cities throughout Spain to alert the population about the danger of intensive irrigation, which takes almost 80% of our country's water.

The Mossos d'Esquadra arrested again on June 20 a 61-year-old man and athletics teacher for allegedly groping two minors in Cambrils (Tarragona), after being arrested in December for similar acts.

Sources close to the case have explained to Europa Press this Thursday that the events of the last arrest occurred approximately a year ago, before he was arrested for the first time, and that, after going to court, the judge ordered his release.

The same sources have reported that the investigation is still open because “it is not ruled out that there may be more cases.”

The Local Police of Puerto Real (Cádiz) has sanctioned a neighbor for a Facebook comment, as indicated by the Diario de Cádiz. It all started when a user published a post in which he recounted a brawl between young minors. “We have called the Local Police giving information about the fight and the Local Police have arrived an hour later when the children had already gone with their parents to report. This is shameful,” he said..

The sanctioned user responded to the publication like this: “Then the locals put medals on their Facebook doing nothing, but for these things kakita. It's not a new thing”. This has been the comment that has served the Police to proceed with the sanction and they did not hesitate to respond to the citizen through the official profile of the Local Police of Puerto Real on Facebook. “Hello, RA, we don't wear medals or kakita as you say. The act of infraction will be completed (LO 4/2015 of Protection of Citizen Security). If you want a copy, go to the Local Police Headquarters”.

This law, popularly known as the Gag Law, states that in its article 37.4 as a minor infraction “lack of respect and consideration whose addressee is a member of the Security Forces and Bodies in the exercise of their security protection functions, when these conducts do not constitute a criminal offence”. Likewise, it details that “minor infractions will be sanctioned with a fine of 100 to 600 euros”. The person involved has decided to share the message from the Police again, defending his freedom of expression and adding: “I won't say more, lest Franco get up”.

Mechanisms to identify fake profiles

Likewise, although the comments hide behind false profiles or others in which the user cannot be clearly identified, there are mechanisms to identify them, such as the IP address, a unique address that is assigned to each device connected to the Internet, including computers or mobile devices

As expected, the post has caused controversy and there have been many reactions from users who have joined the comments.. “What we call freedom of expression is sometimes not, because disrespecting a person or authority, regardless of the means used, is a crime. But don't worry, if you think you have not committed an infraction, you can appeal it,” said one user.. “In the middle of 2023 we have the Gag Law in force, rappers in jail (like Pablo Hazel) for telling the truth about a corrupt monarchy or security forces making “hot” returns and shooting at the fence of Melilla. Unfortunately, this is not surprising”, “Because they have to answer all the criticism, they are going to have to hire staff for 3 shifts”, have been some of the responses.

Some twenty social organizations specialized in migration have filed a complaint with the European Commission this Thursday in which they denounce the “collapse” of the appointment system to request international protection or asylum in Spain.

The state coordinator of the legal service of the Spanish Refugee Assistance Commission (CEAR), Elena Muñoz, has denounced the “deficiencies” of this service which, according to the European directive on this matter, should receive the applicant for protection within a period of between 3 and 6 days; but that in Spain there is an average waiting time, “for those who can access an appointment” of around six months.

This implies, as warned by the head of the legal area of the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM), Diego Fernández Maldonado, that potential asylum seekers end up living in the country without a receipt that identifies them as such and, therefore, without power access the rights that this entails, such as access to the asylum system in the country.

The absence of this accreditation, as indicated by Fernández Maldonado, also leaves migrants in a precarious situation when the time of stay in the country is over.. “They live with the fear and anguish of not knowing what can happen in their circumstances,” he pointed out..

Reporting the issue since 2018

In some cases, asylum seekers end up living on the street, warned the legal officer of the NGO Andalucía Acoge, Elvira Pérez.. The expert has pointed out that this situation has been reported since 2018 and worsened with the imposition of the online appointment with the pandemic. In fact, as Pérez has indicated, in recent years complaints have been filed with the Ombudsman for this situation and recourse has also been made to the judicial sphere..

Pérez has also explained that three months ago “attempted to solve the problem” by implementing telephone appointments or other procedures, depending on the province, but the current problem is that these telephones are not even picked up. So the situation remains the same.

The NGOs hope that, after this complaint before the European Commission, “the infraction” that Spain is committing will be recognized, according to Muñoz.. And it is that, from the NGOs they remember that the country has not transposed the European directives that establish the legal obligations in this matter.

According to the NGOs, the right to request asylum and the application of the principle of non-refoulement, which is included in article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, is being violated; as well as article 41 of this same text, on the right to good administration. The entities denounce that article 6 of the European directive on common procedures for the granting or withdrawal of international protection, which stipulates a maximum period of three business days to register the application from the formulation made by the applicant, is not complied with either..

More human and financial resources

The entities are also demanding more human and economic resources, as Fernández Maldonado has pointed out, who has recalled that, as demonstrated with the Ukrainian refugees in Spain, “when there is political will” this procedure can be done quickly.

Asked about the number of people who could be in this 'limbo' situation without being able to request protection, Muñoz explained that they cannot be quantified. The lawyer explained that precisely this lack of data prevents the necessary material and economic means from being implemented to cover the real needs of these people..

The NGOs that have promoted the presentation of the complaint to the European Commission, in addition to CEAR, SJM and Andalucía Acoge, are the Atalaya Intercultural Association, the Claver Association, the Loiola Etxea Association, the Padre Lasa Center, CESAL, the Neighborhood Coordinator, Creando Huellas, Diaconia , Ellacuría Foundation, Migra Studium Foundation, Red Íncola Foundation, San Juan del Castillo Foundation-Centro Pueblos Unidos, La Merced Migraciones, MPDL, Progestión, Provivienda, Red Acoge, SJM Almería, SJM Valencia and Sercade.

The Government delegate in the Valencian Community, Pilar Bernabé, has displayed this Thursday the LGTBI flag on the facade of the headquarters of the Government Delegation on the occasion of the celebration of Pride Day.

“Today, more than ever, the Government of Spain claims the diversity of Spanish and Valencian society,” Bernabé defended in a statement.

For this reason, it has indicated that the rainbow flag has been hung at the headquarters of the Government Delegation and has advanced that it will also be displayed in all subdelegations.

“We cannot take a step back, we are not going to allow the setback in rights achieved over the years and that today, in a very dangerous way, are being questioned by far-right governments with the PP,” he warned..

Isabel Díaz Ayuso has completed the total revolution of her Governing Council. The acting president of the Community of Madrid announced this Thursday, during the second session of the investiture debate, the names that will make up her Executive for the next four years, with technical profiles unknown to the general public. The new structure, with nine ministries and marked by “austerity”, will be made up of Miguel Ángel García (Presidency, Justice and Local Administration), Rocío Albert (Economy, Finance and Employment), Emilio Viciana (Education and Universities), Carlos Novillo (Environment, Territorial Planning and Interior), Ana Dávila (Family, Youth and Social Affairs), Miguel López-Valverde (Digitalization), Jorge Rodrigo (Housing, Transport and Infrastructure), Fátima Matute (Health) and Mariano de Paco ( Culture, Tourism and Sport).

The regional team, which will take office next Monday, faithfully complies with the premise advanced by the popular leader: a commitment to renewal and the quarry. Among the new names are deputy councilors in past legislatures and other figures with previous experience in the public administration. The Government, with the same ministries, will also reduce the number of deputy ministries and general directorates, an extreme that fits into the recurring demands of Vox. “We have the most austere government in Spain,” Ayuso stressed during his speech, one day after reeling off the main lines of his program in the Assembly.

The main novelty is the Digitization area, which is separated from Local Administration. To maintain the existing structure, it has been decided to merge some competencies, without touching large portfolios such as Health or Education. there will be no vice presidency.

technical profiles

The elected councilors are unknown to the vast majority of Madrid residents. Miguel Ángel García, in charge of the Presidency, Justice and Local Administration, has held different second-level positions in the Community of Madrid. In the last two legislatures he was Vice Minister of the Presidency and before, between 2015 and 2019, he did the same in Finance and Employment. He previously held the position of General Director of Unit Coordination in the region.

At the head of Economy, Finance and Employment will be Rocío Albert, who also knows the regional Administration. During the last term, she worked in the Vice-Ministry for Educational Policy, with responsibilities as General Director of Teaching Quality Improvement and of Universities and Research.. Also in Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Consumption. His fit into this portfolio, detailed from Sol, is justified by his career outside the Administration, with several works on issues related to the economy and innovation, regulation or public policies, participating in colloquia at universities such as Harvard or Bologna..

Emilio Viciana is chosen for Education and Universities. Civil administrator of the State, he is currently vice-secretary of the Consultative Board of Public Contracting of the State, a department dependent on the Ministry of Finance and Public Function. Carlos Novillo, in charge of the Environment, Territorial Planning and the Interior, served as the Vice-Ministry of the Interior during the last legislature. With extensive experience in emergency services and firefighters, he was director of the Madrid 112 Security and Emergency Agency.

The most controversial appointment is that of Ana Dávila for Family, Youth and Social Affairs, also with experience in the regional Administration. Dávila was the one who signed the commission of Isabel Díaz Ayuso's brother with the purchase of masks during the pandemic, as Deputy Minister of Health Care. She is a PP deputy in the Madrid Assembly and has been mayor of Health, Family and Minors in Las Rozas. She also served as deputy spokesperson for the Popular Group in the Health Commission and head of Comprehensive Disability Policies.

Digitization is the only novelty in the organization chart of the Community of Madrid, with the aim of turning the region into an international benchmark in new technologies. Miguel López-Valverde will lead this strategy after 25 years of experience in positions related to information and communication technologies in large companies such as Siemens, Kern Datanet or Atos. His background in the regional Administration has been as General Director of Information Systems and Digital Health in the Ministry of Health, with actions such as the development of virtual health card services or the use of artificial intelligence in prevention systems and the early detection of diseases.

Housing and Health

Housing, Transport and Infrastructures, one of the most greedy portfolios of the Executive, falls to Jorge Rodrigo. His recent past is linked to the Madrid Assembly, as First Vice President and Secretary of the Bureau in the Chamber of Vallecas.. He is part of the circle of trust of Isabel Díaz Ayuso in the PP of Madrid, at the head of the Vice-secretary of Electoral in the formation. He has also been general director of Relations with the Assembly and coordinator of the Cabinet of the Presidency. Previously, he worked with the PP in the Madrid City Council, with positions as managing director of Madrid Espacios y Congresos and general coordinator of Circulation of the Security Area. In addition, he was the manager of the Hortaleza district.

Health, the great Achilles heel of the president during the last legislature, changes hands after an extremely turbulent period. The chosen one is Fátima Matute, a graduate in Medicine and Surgery, and a specialist in radiodiagnosis. Vice President of the Society for Safety and Quality in Radiology, she has worked for 20 years at the San Carlos Clinical Hospital, where she is currently the coordinator of the Medical Imaging Laboratory. Its relationship with the Ministry refers to SERMAS, after collaborating to implement the Quality Assurance Plan in the Community of Madrid 2022-2025 and unify the portfolio of radiology services, reports from the Executive of the Community of Madrid.

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports is for Mariano de Paco, who has grown in the cultural organization chart of the Executive. To date, he was managing director of the Teatros del Canal. Also associate artistic director of the Teatro Círculo in New York, of the Ibero-American Festival of the Golden Age of the Community of Madrid, of the Royal Coliseum of Carlos III in San Lorenzo de El Escorial and head of the Madrid Performing Arts Fair (MadFeria).

The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) has agreed this Thursday the return to active service in the judicial career of the former Minister of the Interior and Justice of the Community of Madrid and magistrate Enrique López after he requested his return to the National Court.

As reported by the governing body of the judges, the decision has been adopted by the Permanent Commission, and that López is assigned to the Appeals Chamber of the National Court with effect from June 16, 2023. Now, the one who was also a Constitutional magistrate has 20 business days to take office from that 16th day.

They also point out that Enrique López registered the request for re-entry into active service on the 15th, the date of his dismissal as counselor to the Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso..

The Appeal Chamber

López joined the court of that Appeals Chamber in July 2019 after the CGPJ so agreed. Before, López held a seat in the Plenary of the Constitutional Court, a position for which he was appointed in June 2013 at the proposal of the PP and after six years of vetoes by the PSOE for him to enter the court of constitutional guarantees. But his stay at the TC ended in the summer of 2014 when he resigned after being caught driving a motorcycle without a helmet and under the influence of alcohol..

After that positive, and upon leaving the TC, he requested his reinstatement in his former position as magistrate of the Criminal Chamber of the National Court.

Enrique López developed his legal career in courts in A Coruña, Valladolid and León, and at the end of the 1990s he joined the CGPJ where he worked as head of the Section of the Continuing Education Service of the Judicial School. Later he was appointed member of the CGPJ and acted as spokesman for the governing body of judges.

Article 355 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary (LOPJ) indicates that you have 20 days to join your destination: “If you do not do so, you will be declared on voluntary leave of absence with effect from the day you left the position or position performed. The reentry will have economic and administrative effects from the date of the request”, explains the article.