HOSPITAL PRESSURE WILL MARK THE FIRST INTERTERRITORIAL COUNCIL OF DARIAS AS A MINISTER
Madrid (EFE) .- The international tension due to the delay of vaccines, the escalation of the third wave with an incidence in Spain of almost 900 cases per hundred thousand inhabitants, the spread of the British variant and the increase in hospital pressure It is the scenario that the Interterritorial Health Council will address this Thursday, which will be the first that Carolina Darias will preside as Minister of Health.
Six autonomous communities register a cumulative incidence of covid of more than a thousand cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, a fact that does not give truce amid the uncertainties surrounding the vaccination process: new controversies over the irregular administration of doses , the suspension of the campaign in Madrid and international tensions.
THE POLEMIC CUTTING OF THE COMPETENCES OF THE CGPJ IN FUNCTIONS RETURNS TO THE PLENARY
Madrid (EFE) .- The plenary session of the Congress debates this Thursday four amendments to the entire bill with which PSOE and United We Can want to prevent the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) from making appointments when it is in office, as it has been for more than two years.
A debate that takes place on the same day that precisely the CGPJ plans to approve seven new judicial appointments, those of the presidencies of the social chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands and the provincial hearings of Cantabria, Granada, León, Navarra , Balearic Islands and Ciudad Real.
THE KING RECEIVES TODAY THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS WITH LESS INVITED BY THE PANDEMIC
Madrid (EFE) .- Felipe VI, accompanied by Queen Letizia, will preside this Thursday the traditional reception to the diplomatic corps accredited in Spain, which this time will see the number of guests reduced by half due to restrictions by the pandemic.
Along with the kings, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who did not attend the ceremony last year, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, and the leadership of this department will be in the Royal Palace (12 noon).
NATIONAL LEADERS ACCOMPANY THEIR CANDIDATES AT THE START OF THE CATALAN ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN
Barcelona (EFE) .- Catalonia kicks off its most open, atypical and uncertain electoral campaign this midnight: there is no clear favorite, the volume of undecided people is historical, the pandemic cancels large-format rallies and multiplies telematic acts, and the 14F is still awaiting judicial confirmation.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the candidate of the PSC for the presidency of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, intervene in Barcelona at the start of the socialist campaign, while Pablo Casado accompanies the head of the PPC list, Alejandro Fernández. Arrimadas and the candidate of Cs for the presidency of the Generalitat, Carlos Carrizosa, travel through Barcelona by cable car.
GONZÁLEZ LAYA DEFENDS IN THE CONGRESS THE DECREE LAW OF BREXIT
Madrid (EFE) .- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya, appears in the extraordinary plenary session that debates the Royal Decree Law of Brexit.
Laya defends the validation of Royal Decree-Law 38/2020, of December 29, by which measures are adopted to adapt to the situation of third State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after Brexit.
ROBLES PRESIDES THE TAKING OF POSSESSION OF THE CHIEF
Madrid (EFE) .- The Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, presides this Thursday the swearing-in ceremony of the new Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral General Teodoro López Calderón.
Calderón replaces Lieutenant General Miguel Ángel Villaroya after his resignation for having been vaccinated against covid without complying with the protocols.
THE CGPJ WILL MAKE SEVEN NEW APPOINTMENTS WHILE THE FULL DEBATE PROHIBITS IT
Madrid (EFE) .- The plenary session of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) plans to approve seven new appointments of judicial positions this Thursday, the same day that the plenary session of Congress debates the proposed law of the PSOE and United We Can to prohibit him from continuing to do so while in office.
On the agenda for today’s meeting, the governing body of the judges has included the appointment of new presidents for the social chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands and the provincial courts of Cantabria, Granada, León, Navarra, Baleares and Real city.
CAMPO AND DELGADO TAKE PART IN AN ACT ON THE EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION DAY
Madrid (EFE) .- The Minister of Justice, Juan Carlos Campo, the director of the Spanish Agency for Data Protection, Mar España, and the State Attorney General, Dolores Delgado, intervene in an act -programmed on the occasion of the celebration of the European Data Protection Day.
At the event, the “Digital Pact for the Protection of People” and the campaign “A single click can ruin your life” will be presented.
THE INE PUBLISHES THE EMPLOYMENT DATA AFTER THE CONFINEMENT
Madrid (EFE) .- The National Institute of Statistics (INE) publishes the Active Population Survey (EPA) for the fourth quarter, after the return to activity after confinement in the third quarter allowed the addition of 569,600 employed persons in the best quarter of the Serie.
In the third quarter, the number of unemployed increased with 355,000 more, to 3.7 million and a rate of 16.26%. in this third trimester.
THE CIS PUBLISHES THE BAROMETER FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY
Madrid (EFE) .- The Sociological Research Center (CIS) publishes this Thursday the barometer for the month of January with the vote estimate and the opinion of the Spanish on the country’s problems.
In the last CIS barometer he pointed out that the economic crisis was the main problem for citizens, leading the list with 42.6%, followed by the pandemic, with 38%, although concern about politics, politicians and their attitude increases overall and adds 72.5% of mentions in the table. Economic problems rose to first place in the list of people’s concerns in December.
THE MADRID ASSEMBLY CELEBRATES A MONOGRAPHIC PLENARY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FILOMENA
Madrid (EFE) .- The plenary session of the Madrid Assembly celebrates this Thursday a monographic plenary session on the management of the regional government of the Filomena storm, which will be preceded by the control session of the regional Executive in which the opposition will question the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, for the advance of the coronavirus in the third wave.
Specifically, the spokesperson for Vox, Rocío Monasterio, will ask Ayuso about the Government’s planning to face the consequences of covid-19 in the coming months, while the spokesperson for United We Can, Isa Serra, will be interested in his strategy to contain the third wave of infections.
ALMOST GENERALIZED THERMAL RISE WITH MAXIMUM OF 25 DEGREES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Madrid (EFE) .- The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) foresees a general increase in daytime temperatures for this Thursday, although in areas of western Galicia and in areas of persistent fog a decrease is possible, and the maximums may reach 25 degrees on the Mediterranean coast.
Stable weather will prevail on Thursday, although in the northern third of the peninsula there will be an increase in cloudiness with rainfall in western Galicia, more intense and frequent in the southwestern area of La Coruña at the end of the day. EFE
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