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1βSpain won its first World Cup match against Costa Rica. πͺπΈ 7-0 π¨π·. Next match is on Sunday evening against Germany π©πͺ.
2β30 million overnight stays in hotels in October takes Spain back to pre-Covid levels, the latest INE data showed.
3βMPs only began debating the passage of sedition reform at 10 p.m. SΓ‘nchezβs controversial sedition reform has arrived in parliament for the first time. The debate began shortly before 10 p.m. There will be a roll-call vote at some point tonight on allowing the bill to go through parliament.
4βVox turned their attack on Montero yesterday into pissing contest. βYesterday they yelled at a woman,β said SΓ‘nchez del Real: βwho did not cry, because a single female Vox MP has more manliness, more bravery, more courage than the entire Speakerβs committee and than all left-wing MPsβ.
5βSΓ‘nchez: βYesterday we saw a new case of political hooliganism that the right and far-right have gotten use used to over the past few years that we have been in government in Spain, with insults, contempt and no proposals, just blocking things to block themβ.
6βEFE reported Spanish journalist Pablo GonzΓ‘lez had been jailed for another three months on remand in Poland while awaiting trial for spying for Russia. That will take him to a full year in prison during which time there has been little news about what exactly the Polish authorities accuse him of.
7βThe coalition government got the 2023 budget through parliament. 10 left-wing and regionalist parties supported the deal in the end, setting up the final 12 months of this parliament for the Prime Minister and the PSOE-Podemos coalition, as everybody gets ready for all the elections next year.
8βAn editorial in ABC reacts to the decision of the British Supreme Court on Scotland yesterday: βWhat is most striking is the naturalness with which British institutions operate despite their unwritten constitutionalism. There is no call for a rebellion, disobedience or contemptβ.
9βIn El Mundo, they believe the Government's deal with the banks for mortgages is disappointing: "In the end, the income ceiling that can benefit from a still imprecise and voluntary agreement by the banks is reduced in scope and limited to the most disadvantaged classesβ.
10βEl PaΓs, more or less, agrees: βThe government and the banks, with the consent of the Bank of Spain, have opted in the end for a middle ground that alleviates the effect of the rate hike on the most vulnerable families without punishing banksβ balance sheets, which markets look at with a magnifying glass, too muchβ.
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