Friday, 2 October 2020

01/10/2020

President of the Government takes part in UN high-level meeting on gender equality and empowerment of women and girls

The President of the Government, Pedro Snchez, took part in the Beijing+25 high-level meeting entitled "Speeding up the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls", held by the United Nations (UN). The event was held to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women, which approved the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

01/10/2020

Pedro Snchez calls for approval of European Union Recovery Plan "as soon as possible"

The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Snchez, is attending the extraordinary European Council in Brussels to advocate implementation "over the course of next year" and "with all the guarantees" of the fund to combat the economic and social consequences from the pandemic.

30/09/2020

Pedro Snchez calls for more ambitious commitments from international community to respond to "unprecedented environmental emergency"

The President of the Government, Pedro Snchez, took part in the United Nations (UN) Summit entitled "Urgent action on biological diversity for sustainable development". This initiative seeks to strengthen the level of ambition of the future global framework on biodiversity.

30/09/2020

Pedro Snchez claims that government is protecting "present and future of Spanish people" and their institutions

The President of the Government defended "co-governance" with the regional governments of the European Reconstruction Funds and announced that in the coming weeks this will be addressed at a Conference of Regional Presidents, which will include the presence of the President of the European Commission. He also called on the parliamentary groups to approve the appropriate Budget for the "extraordinary circumstances" of the country.

29/09/2020

Government extends Temporary Lay-Off Plans and support for independent contractors until 31 January 2021

The government will also extend the measures to protect the most vulnerable groups, facilitate the hiring of healthcare workers and teaching staff, and regulate remote working for public servants.

29/09/2020

Pedro Snchez proposes raft of economic and social measures to world leaders "to not leave anyone behind in this crisis"

The President of the Government, Pedro Snchez, took part in the United Nations (UN) High-Level Debate "Financing Development in the COVID-19 era and beyond". This event, called by the Secretary-General of the UN, Antnio Guterres, and the Prime Ministers of Canada and Jamaica, Justin Trudeau and Andrew Holness, seeks to structure a multilateral, coordinated and integral response to the urgent crisis facing finance development as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pedro Snchez recalled that "it lies in our hands to ensure that no-one is left behind in this crisis" and that "development financing is the key to the success of this task".